Originally Posted by
Pete
I know a lot of us have the DIY experience when it comes to working under the hood. But how many of you guys have worked for a shop at one point or another. I'm not positive how much experience you need to apply for a place like Firestone or Goodyear but I think I would want to do something like that as a summer job next year. Did they require a certain kind of experience?
I worked for Mitsu for a year, and left there to go to school.. My friend works at Firestone - Too lazy to attempt to go to school, and settled for Firestone for the rest of his life. Its shitty work, long hours, and average pay. Hes 22 now, i'm 18, and I will be making more than him allready just out of school next year. For a summer job, I say try it out.. It stops being fun REAL quick though. They dont usually require experience, if your a n00b you'll start out as a G.S. doing oil changes and patching tires. Then start taking your ASE tests, and as your pay raises due to them, so does your work load - you'll start doing regular work on cars and yada yada it snowballs up to being a regular tech. Just go for your ASEs if you do decide to go work at a shop.