Looking for a new job

[MyNameIsThien]

Anyone have a suggestion? Looking for a new job. Getting tired of working for Firestone. Willing to move, and I don't mind wrenching. I'm also tired of the snow, and I just want to get the hell out of here. Any suggestion would help a lot.


Thien

[slipkord]

What do you like to do, need more info before I fourm up a opinion. Mobile is nice this time of year though

[alpha]

you still opposed to moving to SoCal?

[MyNameIsThien]

Mark: Still opposed to moving to SoCal. Cost way too much to live out there. Lifestyle over there is too hectic for me.

Jer: I'm not moving back to Alabama. Haha sorry to say it.

Well, I'm a mechanic. Its something I like doing. Again, I don't mind wrenching for a living, but I would like to get out of it down the road. Thinking of becoming a service writer down the road, but I would want to be a service writer for a dealer. Doing it for an independent, they don't pay you next to nothing. You make your money on bonuses and comissions on certain items.

[timot_one]

Move to Ohio and work for Honda.  The training facility for all Honda tech's is just down the street from where I live.

[alpha]

Move to Ohio and work for Honda.  The training facility for all Honda tech's is just down the street from where I live.

I'm also tired of the snow

[MyNameIsThien]

Sorry Tim, but I want to avoid snow. Tired of the cold. My knees can't take it anymore.

[timot_one]

That's bullshit.  The snow isn't too bad here.  It was in the 60's today.

[slipkord]

Move to Ohio and work for Honda.  The training facility for all Honda tech's is just down the street from where I live.

I like Tim’s idea of working for Honda. You should be a service writer for Honda or Acura. Apply at a few and work out the moving/housing details from there

[MyNameIsThien]

That is what I'm looking at right now, but none of the dealers around here are hiring.

[CrackerTeg]

Just curious Thien, did you look around in person or have you looked online at those dealers around you? There may be some posting on Honda's/ Acura's career portal or some shit. I'd look but since I'm at work and we're heavily scrutinized...

[MyNameIsThien]

Just curious Thien, did you look around in person or have you looked online at those dealers around you? There may be some posting on Honda's/ Acura's career portal or some shit. I'd look but since I'm at work and we're heavily scrutinized...

I actually went to 3 local Honda/Acura dealers. None of which are hiing for service writers, but they are hiring techs. I kind of want to stop wrenching. Its tiring, and its physically tiring on my body. Especially during the winter season, my knees are in massive amount of pain.

[timot_one]

Maybe being a tech is a good way to get your foot in the door at Honda though.  That's how I got the job I'm at right now.  Sure, I hated what I was doing, but I'm glad I stuck it out and got the job I have now.

[MyNameIsThien]

The huge downfall to being a tech at a dealership is that they don't offer a guarantee. If its a slow week and I only do like 15 hours for that week, thats all I get. I can't live off of that. I have a few friends who work at the dealership, and they all say its really slow. I won't be able to get by on that waiting to become a service writer.

[Mike]

Is there a number you need to make hourly to get by?