"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:08:06 +0100, Dave Plowman wrote:

Well, London BMW dealers charge over 100 quid an hour,

'leeding 'ell. I'm in the wrong job!

*BUT* I bet the grease monkeys that actually *do* the work don't get
anything like that, wouldn't be at all surprised if it was £10/hr or
less.


Yup, probably true.

They're mostly run on bonus schemes - finish jobs under the ticketed time
and there's bonus in it. The problem for the poor punter is that just about
all jobs have an allotted time - for instance new alternator could be down
as 1 hour. If they go significantly over you'll bet that they will chase
you for extra labour, but if it only takes them 10 mins you can be sure that
you won't see a reduction in your bill.

My brother used to be a Renault technician - he was earning relatively well
for the location (York) and his age. Does hell of a lot better rescuing
folks with crippled Land Rovers, Jags and the like now, though.

cheers
Richard
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