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  2. Looking for some career advice

    in Window Tinting - General Discussion

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    On 1/11/2023 at 12:33 PM, sweetcheeks said:

    Although it is my first post here, I have been reading these for awhile now and I have come looking for some advice / opinions before I really pull the trigger on what I feel needs to be done.

     

    I have been tinting for seven years now, five for dealerships and two years in retail, where I am currently at. Was hoping to get some information regarding your experiences and if it is a common trend in this industry.. what exactly would you guys consider fair pay for the work that you do? Lets say I work for an absentee shop owner. Lets say I handle front and back end duties of the shop.. I provide quotes, schedule appointments, handle walk-ins, take calls, send invoices, as well as install for the retail side and maintain a contract with a close by dealership.

     

    To be fair, we do have a lady who takes care of most front end aspects but she floats between two shops so she is not always in shop with me.

     

    I get paid $19/hr and it is just me handling ALL installs and dealing with dealership bullshit. At this point in my career I am feeling SUPER jaded and absolutely demotivated and am teetering between getting out of the industry for good or thinking that maybe it is just the shop I am at now. 

     

    To the owners out there, do you work your shop full time? Do you have help or is it just you? Is it common to have an absentee owner?

     

    I am not a greedy person by any means but it just feels so disheartening to be breaking my back and being SO stressed out maintaining retail and a dealership with what feels like absolutely no incentive to do so. At this point, I might as well just open up my own shop and make all the money but I am so over it I don't even want to deal with that. Maybe being on commission will help? Maybe salary + commission on gross profit? I don't even know.

     

    It's funny because my paychecks now are not much more than what I made doing dealer work and I am now doing 2-3x the amount of work running a shop that is not even mine. I just can't seem to get ahead and it is extremely tiring and hard on my state of mind. I could use some help and advice and I truly appreciate you reading this. Feel free to do so over private messages, I am an open book but tried to keep this as vague as possible.

     

    much love,

    Not enough money for the value of what you bring to the business. 

    I would have a meeting w/ the business owner and or manager. Articulate what you bring to the table on paper and then ask for a pay increase, whether it be a higher commission rate or overall higher salary. 

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