Re: O.T. What next?

Posted by JD Seller on August 09, 2015 at 09:21:24 from (208.126.198.123):

In Reply to: O.T. What next? posted by T.E.C. on August 09, 2015 at 08:00:19:

First off it depends on where your located. If it is in the middle of now where than you have limited options. If your even close(50 miles) to a larger urban area then there are many options for fellows with Mechanical ability an experience. I have a very good friend that switched to a beverage company servicing their drink machines. Another one trained and is an auditor for auto repair claims with an extended warranty company. There are jobs out there that your skills would switch over to. The issue is where they are in relation to where you are currently living.

As for switching to a larger dairy farm. You would be right back doing repair work in short time. They would switch you to doing their repairs internally over sending things out. So that would not be much of a switch.

Also as to your current job. Being a shop foreman is a HIGH stress job. The average turnover in an Ag dealership for the shop foreman or service manager is 3 years. Guys get burnt out too quick most of the time. Just because your a good mechanic does not make you a good foreman. It is a different skill set. Actually I could make a good argument that good mechanics make bad foremen on average. Many really good mechanics do not like working in groups. They tend to be more independent/loner type of personalities.. This does not help when your a foreman as managing a group's work is the goal. So you can be at cross purposes with your "natural" instinct. Also most shop foreman's do not make much more than the top mechanic does at the same shop. Especially if the foreman's job is salary. A good mechanic with over time usually makes more than the manager/foreman if they are salary. So there is not much "reward" for the extra responsibility.

Just going by the time your saying you have worked as a mechanic I would say your 45-50 and that is when guys really start to look at where they are in relationship to where they thought or wanted to be in life. Reality is usually less exciting than what we dreamed of. LOL

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