Benefits You Offer Technicians

[5 Star Auto Spa]

Just trying to get a feel for what types of benefits you all are offering for your technicians. Do you all offer the following:

 

Health Benefits - If yes, 100% paid or 50% paid?

Vacation Time - If yes, how many days/hours per year?

Personal Days - If yes, how many days/hours per year?

Use of shop for personal vehicle repairs?

401K w/ Company Match?

Saturday's Off?

 

Any other benefits?

 

[AJFA]

Health Benefits - yes - 50% paid, individual only

 

Vacation Time - yes - 6 national holidays after 6 months work, 1 week vac. after 1 year.

 

Personal Days - yes - 1 per quarter accrued at the end of the quarter, unused are paid at end of year.

 

Use of shop for personal vehicle repairs - yes, repairs with my permission only, free oil changes and state inspections on the car you drive to work.

 

401K w/ Company Match - yes, 2% after 1 year.

 

Saturday's Off - yes unless need to catch up in summer time.

 

5 employees normally, have had up to 9 at one time, too many issues!

 

paid training, paid ASE tests one time only, retakes they pay 1/2.

Dave

[Marksas]

Health Benefits - yes, 75% company paid for employee medical, 100% company paid for LTD and $30K Life Insurance

Vacation Time - Yes, 5 days after 1 year, 10 days after 2 years, 12 days after 5 years, 15 days after 10 years

Personal Days - Included in vacation or PTO. If there children have something going on at school during the day we encourage them to attend.

Use of shop for personal vehicle repairs? Yes

401K w/ Company Match? SEP with 3% dollar for dollar match

Saturday's Off? Yes, we only open Mon- Fri

Paid training, paid ASE tests one time only, retakes they pay 100%. They also get paid a flat $50 for attending any training in the evening.

Any other benefits? Paid Uniforms, Bi-Weekly Efficiency bonus, EOY Bonus,

[ATLAuto]

Health Benefits - 100% paid by us, entire family

Vacation Time - 2wks after 6mo of work. Holidays don't count.

Personal Days - 0, same as vacation

Use of shop for personal vehicle repairs? Yes, all our techs live a LONG ways away, so no problem after hours.

401K w/ Company Match? No

Saturday's Off? Closed weekends

Any other benefits? Great scan tools, clean environment, signing bonus, higher than average pay, uniforms, ASE tests paid.

Funny how similar we are to MARKSAS!