Didn't want this response open to the world.

Preston, there are several reasons I left.  I was paid different than anyone else there.  I was paid a salary plus commission.  The reason for the salary was I worked on the cars that they sold and any fleet vehicles, plus any shop maintenance or general shop b$*#h.  Which was fine for a while.  I was the shop foreman and I had a key to the shop and I was required to open the shop everyday and sometimes close it depending on if they owners were still there or not.  So I was always there more hours than anyone else, more responsibility, etc...  Less than a year ago I just happen to find out how much my top two techs were making.  It was by accident, but now I knew.  So I pulled out my calculator and started figuring numbers in dozens of different ways.  No matter how you looked at it, they made significant more money than I did, unless they didn't turn any hours.  Which never happen.  Even during slow times, they were making more than me.  Oh did I mention that neither one of them worked 6 days a week like I did?  Yeah, that sucks.  I had asked for some more time off so I could spend it with my wife and son.  They said I could have 1 saturday off a month, if they weren't busy.  Guess what, about half of them  got cancelled.  Sometime just wasn't adding up.  So during my injury over the past 6 months, I got to spend a lot of time with my family and I started thinking.   I want more time time with my family.  I knew they weren't going to give it me, and if they did, they would want to take some of my pay away.

I had made the decision it was time to look for another job.  I felt I was truly being taken advantage of.  I figured if I meant that much to them that they would fight for me or at least try and match what the other techs were making.  Well they didn't fight for me and after I told them I was leaving, they said they were going to change how I was paid for the remainder of the time I was there back to flat rate.  I don't know if they can do that or not, but either way that's fine.  So I asked at what rate.  They gave me a rate $5 hr lower than the other techs.  Now they don't know I knew how much they made, but I just figured they wouldn't do that.  I just looked at them and said are you kidding me?  I might have been worth that several years ago, but not now.  They asked me what I thought was fair.  I knew I wasn't going to be there much longer and wanted to give them one last chance to stop being jackasses.  I told them whatever they thought was fair.  I still don't know what they are going to pay me.  Doesn't really matter I start orientation today.

Sorry Preston, that was a little long winded for what could have been a much shorter answer.  Guess I needed to vent a little.

Scott

man I know how you feel. I love capitalism and the American way but its hard to understand sometimes why bosses owners etc. sometimes treat employees the way they do. I have had that happen once or twice. >:( My fault is I take too much pride in my job as I suspect you do as well. At the end of the day I think sometimes all owners care about is the bottom line regardless of what they say.
Sorry I guess I wanted to vent also  :P At the end of the day family is the most important thing. congrats I always enjoy working on Hondas.

Good luck on the new job. Dealer life has its moments, good and bad. I'm sure you will find it sometimes to be boring at least I do, but the latest paid training and being on the front line for all the newest problems is exciting.

Hopefully Honda has a better quality CVT trans. than Nissan, man I get tired of replacing those things [smiley=laughing2.gif].. Oh yea, recalls, thats a whole story in itself.   ;) Again, Good Luck - Mike