What is a good hourly wage for working at a scrap yard?

Originally Posted by webuyselltradestuff

Here is the honest truth...I am not sure how many times you have "negotiated" for a job like this....and please note, this is to insult you, but the "knowledge" you have is fairly easy to acquire for many people (they just need a couple of months helping and they can do most of the things that come across the scales).

So, that being said...work at a scrapyard (outside management) is going to be at the bottom of the barrel....again all depends on your location...I would guess most guys in the yard make $8-10/hr in most places...it is manual labor and there is a LONG line of people to replace you.

NOW, a good judge/starting point is "how much do you make from the temp agency?"...they typically charge the company 125-150% of what you get for manual labor. The company isn't going to pay you that same amount the temp agency takes because they don't have the employee expenses like you have as an employee (payroll, taxes, etc etc etc). So if you are making $10/hr at the agency to do this job, then they are making $12.50-15/hr and taking the spread.

NOW, let discuss "negotiation" of salary. I have worked a number of jobs including management ones. You are not going to get to "negotiate" a **** thing most likely. IF IF IF...you can PROVE you are worth more than the next temp agency guy and they actually NEED someone with that extra knowledge you MIGHT can get $9-11 MAYBE MAYBE $12/hr if the range is $8-10/hr. 99% of the time, you are given, "we are paying $XX for this job" and it is a take it or leave it proposition. Once you have been there 6 months or more, then maybe you can talk about a raise, ESPECIALLY if you show how much extra worth you are. THAT IS THE REALITY....seriously.



Even with 20+ years of sales and cust ser exp for instance, I can only demand SLIGHTLY more than the base of the range they offer...on a good day. And I am pretty good at negotiations and have a HUGE variety of skills to back it up. AGAIN, welcome to the real world here...unless you OWN it or have some specific skills that are rare, they can always call the next on the list. This is why I tend to try to OWN my own businesses as much as I can, granted that comes with it's own headaches. Now CONSULTING...being able to attach that to your name allows you to charge a F ton more, but they expect results for your fee. That comes in later and you better know your SH$%.

Good luck. Take that simple math I gave you above and you will know what they pay the temp agency....you aren't going to get close to that.

Amen.

Loved it, negotiating for a scrap yard position.

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