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Jon the Mekanik
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 Posted - 06/19/2019 : 07:30:31 AM
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| Hello all What makes a good working environment for you guys. Im try to do everything I can with out going over the top to make a good shop. most of us have to drive and do other things that normal shop tech don't have to put up with. |
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aaronwilmoth80911
Top Member
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Posted - 06/19/2019 : 08:12:28 AM
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| Having correct tools, access to manuals or other literature, a clean shop, and good working relationships with other the entire department really. I find that having good relationships with my drivers can help out a ton. Make them feel comfortable, but not overwhelmed. Give them knowledge, but not too much. |
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muddywater
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 06/19/2019 : 09:30:23 AM
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I agree with aaronwilmoth80911 to a large degree,....but.
People, good people. If you are good to the people around you, and they are good people, it makes a lot of the insignificant thing not be any problem at all. I work at a shed that was built 60 years ago, do all my work outside in the elements on a cement pad at 6500 ft above sea level in NW Colorado, with virtually no diagnostic tools or contemporary shop convenience's, in a one man operation with a great boss and drivers for the last 22 years. Having all the modern tools and equipment with a bad work environment, I would have been gone along time ago. We are in the transportation business, and the most important part of any business are the people doing the job. |
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bwest
Administrator
United States
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Posted - 06/20/2019 : 09:24:47 AM
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Originally posted by muddywater
I agree with aaronwilmoth80911 to a large degree,....but.
People, good people. If you are good to the people around you, and they are good people, it makes a lot of the insignificant thing not be any problem at all. I work at a shed that was built 60 years ago, do all my work outside in the elements on a cement pad at 6500 ft above sea level in NW Colorado, with virtually no diagnostic tools or contemporary shop convenience's, in a one man operation with a great boss and drivers for the last 22 years. Having all the modern tools and equipment with a bad work environment, I would have been gone along time ago. We are in the transportation business, and the most important part of any business are the people doing the job.
I believe you have a good handle on it! I have any tools I need but the shop isn't the best, I get kind of overwhelmed at times (old buses mainly) but I have had a great boss and good drivers (who I am in charge of). It makes all the difference in the world! |
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Jon the Mekanik
Active Member
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Posted - 06/27/2019 : 11:27:58 AM
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| This school bus thing is so unlike any thing else. Some times you love it and some of the times I feel I am becoming more and more unemployable some where else. You gain some skills but I am falling behind in my craft I could be wrong but having school bus mechanic and shop manager on my CV causes some eye rolling Because unless you Do this job a person cant image the problem solving and turn over a person encounters in a contract bus fleet. |
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RonF
Top Member
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Posted - 06/27/2019 : 12:14:51 PM
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Originally posted by Jon the Mekanik
This school bus thing is so unlike any thing else. Some times you love it and some of the times I feel I am becoming more and more unemployable some where else. You gain some skills but I am falling behind in my craft I could be wrong but having school bus mechanic and shop manager on my CV causes some eye rolling Because unless you Do this job a person cant image the problem solving and turn over a person encounters in a contract bus fleet.
We don't seem to have those kind of problems in district ran systems, or at least the ones I've worked in and know people from. Particularly the last sentence. |
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jmeyer92
Active Member
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Posted - 06/27/2019 : 12:26:54 PM
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| That's because a lot of the district ran systems have better pay, and all of them have WAAAAAAY better benefits. At least that's what I understand from some of our drivers. That's why a lot of the techs leave the business when the contract businesses come in and take over. I work for a contract company, and I enjoy it. They treat me well. But the benefits are absolute garbage. |
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jmeyer92
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Posted - 06/27/2019 : 12:30:09 PM
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| Almost any business you look at, you will find that the companies that have the lowest turn over are those that offer good benefits, reasonable pay (doesn't have to be the highest), and give their employees a voice. I've seen OK companies lose all their good employees because they were made to feel like they had absolutely no voice. |
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