Metro273

How is the pay down here?

I'm a Nissan tech, up here in the Windy City and I recently came back from the Tampa/Clearwater area, on vacation and I was thinking about moving down there. I have no ASEs at the moment and I currently work in a non-union shop and I'm making close to $50K a year!

What would I be making down here? I plan on sticking with Nissan cause I have almost 10 years with them, so I can't lose all that Nissan training! Maybe Infiniti, since it's the same crap!

Help me out guys...please!

The wife and I are thinking of making the move in about 2 years...

weezyfbayba

dont move to florida stay were ur at im a tech at tires plus and so many dealerships are closeing down here i only make 40k a year tho but im only 20 lol

Metro273

Are there anymore techs in Florida?...

TCBABY22

i work at Sears auto center
they make pretty good money if u work hard enuff.
we get paid hourly and comission..

weezyfbayba

so many forecloseurs were i live its scarry thats why im hella scared to keep dropping all this money into my car lol

TCBABY22

lol i feel ya on dat bra
gotta have a back up

Metro273

Some of you must be living in the best parts of FL...

weezyfbayba

lol no i live in ft myers its nice but not the best

TCBABY22

the best i will say is down south miami

weezyfbayba

naples is hella nice by the beach

SoFloTC

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i live in Boca Raton. prob one of the most rich and jewish cities in florida... (im neither) lol... my friend was working at a sears in this city and made pretty good pay but idk how much

TCBABY22

yea i been workin there for like 3 years now
they make pretty good money if you kno how to work and sell.

weezyfbayba

its honestly all about the service manager if he can sell jobs then the tech's make money if u got a ____ty service manager then u aint gonna make anything...my work has a awsome SM i did 2,500 alone monday havent had a day that big in a while

Metro273

Now I'm starting to hear promising things...

TCBABY22

the good thing bout my job is that im my own service manager cuz my head manager makes me sell and work on cars so im getting paid both ways naw mean

weezyfbayba

lol i had another 2k day today worked 13 hours this week is looking nice!

GUNNIST14

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Dude don't move here I used to work lincoln/mercury before they closed down now I'm unemployed and it sucks. I'm a ford tech with most of my certifications and can't find a job for anything. I only have two years experience but I thought that would get me a job easily. Only techs with 4-5 years are being hired. I moving north in the following months.

GUNNIST14

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Don't mean too sound negative I guess it's just the domestic dealers that are going down since all this bankruptcy issue. I wish I had went to BMW OR BENZ cause there hiring like crazy.

Metro273

^^^Sorry to hear what happened about your job loss!

Good thing I work for Nissan cause they, or any other Japanese or European dealers, are closing out here. It's the domestic ones that are...

I figure I might have a chance to get in at a Nissan, Infiniti or even Toyota, down there, with the experience I have. Only time will tell... :D

weezyfbayba

all i can say is dont come down without a job already lined up not just hopeing and praying that ull get hired because u got experiance.. we turn people away every day with years and years of experiance