by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 09/19/2017 at 09:06
by "ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
Published 09/19/2017 at 09:06
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Bear with me, this will get to cars if you can stick with it.
I am starting a new marketing effort. An HR consultant reached out to me because he needs a lawyer to work with. The problem is that most lawyers are kind of shitty people (especially in LA for some reason). So he found me, and wants to pursue a business and referral relationship. Economic dating, so to speak.
I reviewed and revised his handbook, and he is going to connect me with small and medium sized family businesses in SoCal. Wednesday, I go down to Brea to talk to a group of auto repair shop owners, a demographic he is apparently connected to around the state. I would love to work with those guys.
They have problems. Flag rates have effectively been banned here as a compensation system, and mechanics have to be paid 2x minimum wage if they supply their own tools. Our minimum wage is $10 for small businesses, but will be $15 by 2023.
Sadly, the unintended consequence is less jobs for mechanics, because small shops cannot afford to hire them and grow.
I am totally going to ask these guys for sources for Japanese car parts. SoCal is the mecca of Japanese vintage cars, so I may well strike gold.
See, I told you this would come around to cars.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
09/19/2017 at 09:22, STARS: 0
You guys have the same minimum wage as Arizona. I imagine the cost of living is much higher than in Arizona.
Seems like as a shop owner, you wouldn’t want to pay your mechanics minimum wage. Specialized skills/knowledge and all.
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
09/19/2017 at 09:43, STARS: 2
$20/hour to be a mechanic? That’s shitty.
Charging an average of $167/hour for auto repair rates (in California) and claiming it’s hurting your business to pay your mechanics 18% of that is shittier.
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
09/19/2017 at 11:40, STARS: 0
There’s a reason I changed my major from pre-law when I was an undergrad in Orange County. I took a good look at the industry and the people I would be working with/for and ran like the wind. No regrets...