Workin for the Enemy
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Workin for the Enemy
Well my backyard passion has become a proffession, Only problem is I'm workin for the Enemy, I just landed an apprenticeship at the local GM dealership. Solved two of my problems however. I make money to work on cars/trucks, and I get to use the shop on wekends for my own needs.
So I will be workin for the Enemy but consider me a double agent
Kinda scarey to hear from my new boss that thier biggest workbase is waranty work.
Anyways besides the badges and pride a truck is a truck so I should be able to apply my soon to be new found knowledge/experience to help others on here.
So I will be workin for the Enemy but consider me a double agent
Kinda scarey to hear from my new boss that thier biggest workbase is waranty work.
Anyways besides the badges and pride a truck is a truck so I should be able to apply my soon to be new found knowledge/experience to help others on here.
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ALL apprentices get the warranty work..experienced techs don't make as much money on warranty work, so they reserve the money jobs for them, and give most of the warranty and general grunt work to apprentices.
BTW, there is nothing dishonorable about working for GM..Your working, and learning. Good on ya!!
BTW, there is nothing dishonorable about working for GM..Your working, and learning. Good on ya!!
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At a nearby onetime Delphi (GM) plant any non-GM drivers were banished to the furthest outreaches of the parking lot.
Hope they don't do it to you there.
Take advantage of the perks & do good work. It'll pay off in the end.
(So sez a onetime GM dealership apprentice.
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Hope they don't do it to you there.
Take advantage of the perks & do good work. It'll pay off in the end.
(So sez a onetime GM dealership apprentice.
)
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Warranty work won't be bad. Everything will generally be new and clean with no rusted bolts, etc.
I work on lots of GMs at work (private shop) and don't mind at all. And maybe if they know you're the Ford guy, you'll get to work on them if they come in. That's kind of how it is for me anyway.
I work on lots of GMs at work (private shop) and don't mind at all. And maybe if they know you're the Ford guy, you'll get to work on them if they come in. That's kind of how it is for me anyway.
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Originally Posted by Scndsin
At a nearby onetime Delphi (GM) plant any non-GM drivers were banished to the furthest outreaches of the parking lot.
Hope they don't do it to you there.
Take advantage of the perks & do good work. It'll pay off in the end.
(So sez a onetime GM dealership apprentice. )
Hope they don't do it to you there.
Take advantage of the perks & do good work. It'll pay off in the end.
(So sez a onetime GM dealership apprentice.
)
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ford, GM, or dodge. if it goes down the road safely thats good enough for me. it could be any truck and ill still take pride in it
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Trust me GM warranty work pays 3 times more than FORD. I know becasue I work/worked for both. I started at the Chevrolet dealership under the GM mentor program. Great learning tool. I switched to Ford 5 years ago. Its sad what Ford pays for warranty time compared to GM. For instance camaro window motors on say 1993-2002 Camaro paid 2.8hrs, usally get them done in about 45 mins or less, Ford say a window motor on a 1999 newer crown vic pays .9hr and takes that amount of time. I started being a pro back in 1998 and the money was there, now there is hardly enough there. crazy stuff. Good luck mang
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in the fall ill be doing the study abroad program at a local college for auto tech and the requirement for the course is to do 100 hours in the summer of work at a shop. Private or dealership. Its better to work at a private shop. One of our sponsors is a private shop and sometimes if we need to use say the alignment lift or need space to pull a motor and we work on the customers cars, we get paid. I like being in priavate shops... Nothing like drinkin beer, listening to classic rock/country, and workin on cars all day long...
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true that about private, but the books and resources avaiable at a dealership is much much better than any private shop, and when you work at the dealership you typically work on teh same car lines everyday so you learn tricks and common things that go wrong so on that next car down the line you have it figured out in 10 mins instead of 2 hours, private you work on anything so you may not see the same car in like a year and forget, just a thought