Only the Corvette-certified tech may flag a Z06, only a high-voltage-trained tech earns the EV job, and the sales floor closes on steep unit-count tiers, not fat single-unit grosses. WageTime pays all three lanes the way they run, every EIN, one Friday.
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A Chevy store's pay run isn't a truck store's with the badges swapped. Certification decides who may be paid for the Corvette and the EVs; sheer unit count drives the sales tiers; and the incentive money arrives on GM's calendar, not yours. Every one of these is unpaid office time or a quiet liability.
Servicing the mid-engine C8, Z06, and E-Ray takes a separate Corvette certification: a participation agreement, a Spring Mountain training trip, and Corvette-only special tools. Only that technician may flag the warranty work, at a premium rate. Pay it to the wrong number and the claim and the check both break.
GM won't let a technician touch an EV's high-voltage system without current high-voltage training and PPE on file. So on an Equinox EV or Blazer EV job, the first payroll question isn't the flag time: it's whether this tech is even eligible to earn it. Nobody's tracking that against the pay plan.
The Silverado alone sold 577,434 units across GM in 2025. A Chevy floor closes on unit-count tiers and minis, not the fat single-deal grosses a high-line store lives on. More salespeople, more tiers, more minis, and one spreadsheet still tallies them by hand.
Limited-allocation Corvettes routinely close over sticker. That deal pays on the markup booked into front-end gross, not the flat unit mini a Malibu earns. Two comp shapes in one close, reconciled by whoever owns the sheet.
After Chevrolet's EV sales push, dealer cash and EV bonus money clear on GM's schedule: mid-cycle, after the commission close, often owed this week. Correct tax treatment and an off-cycle check, both on you.
The retail store and the commercial/fleet company are separate LLCs with separate filings, and payroll still has to land on the same day. Generic providers answer with two logins and a workbook the bookkeeper stitches together.
The mid-engine Corvette can't be serviced on the general GM ladder alone, and WageTime mirrors that: the Corvette flag rate binds to the certification with an effective date, so Z06 and E-Ray warranty hours pay only to the tech who holds it.
| Tech | Corvette flag hrs | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D. Alvarez · #04World Class · May 2 · $52.00 | 22.4 | Eligible |
| T. Boyd · #09GM Master gold · not certified | - | Not eligible |
| R. Deng · #12GM cert silver · in training | - | In training |
| M. Cardoza · #17GM cert bronze · not certified | - | Not eligible |
Replaces the sticky note reminding the advisor which tech is allowed to touch the Corvette, and the corrected check after someone else flagged it.
Whether the tech may earn the job comes first: GM requires current high-voltage training and PPE before anyone touches an EV's high-voltage system, so WageTime ties the EV flag rate to that credential.
| Tech | EV flag hrs | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D. Alvarez · #04HV thru Apr 2027 · $49.00 | 18.6 | Eligible |
| P. Nguyen · #08HV thru Nov 2026 · $41.00 | 15.2 | Eligible |
| R. Deng · #12HV training expired Mar 2026 | - | Blocked |
| M. Cardoza · #17No HV training on file | - | Not eligible |
Replaces the service manager's memory of whose high-voltage card is current, and the reversed EV flag pay after it turns out one wasn't.
Chevrolet moved roughly 1.83 million U.S. vehicles in 2025, about 64% of GM's volume, and the floor closes like it: many units, thin front-end each, steep unit-count tiers on top. WageTime runs that close as a screen, not a spreadsheet.
Replaces the volume-tier tally in one tab, the Z06 markup math in another, and the EV spiff someone forgot to add.
All four ride one WageTime run: the wage-floor true-up tests every flat-rate tech every period (GM warranty time flags tighter than customer-pay), rates follow certs, hours arrive imported, and the group approves once.
| Company | Net pay | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Chevrolet LLCEIN •2470, 71 paid, auto-filed | $248,900 | Ready |
| Lakeshore Chevrolet South LLCEIN •6318, 44 paid, auto-filed | $158,200 | Ready |
| Lakeshore Fleet & Commercial LLCEIN •9052, 12 paid, auto-filed | $52,640 | Ready |
Replaces the warranty-floor check the controller runs when there's time, and the login-per-LLC consolidation workbook.
Full-service payroll is $10 a month per person paid that month, plus $50 a month per company, with unlimited runs. No long-term contracts, no per-run charges.
Off-cycle runs and bonuses cost nothing extra. No long-term contracts; cancel anytime.
Example: 50 people paid × $10 + $50 company = $550 for the month
HR & hiring, onboarding, PTO, time tracking, benefits, and workers’ comp are optional add-ons, priced separately when you’re ready.
See a demoYes. The premium Corvette flag rate is tied to the Corvette certification with an effective date, so it only exists for the technician who holds it. Warranty flag hours on a Z06 or E-Ray pay at that rate to the eligible tech; another tech's hours on the same car don't inherit the halo rate.
The markup over sticker is booked into front-end gross, and commission calculates on that gross rather than on a flat unit mini. It rides the same month-end close as your volume deals: one salesperson can carry an over-sticker Corvette and a stack of unit-mini trucks in the same period, and both compute correctly.
Yes. The EV flag rate is tied to the technician's current high-voltage credential. If that training has lapsed or was never recorded, EV flag hours won't pay at the EV rate: the run flags it beforehand instead of paying it and reversing later. GM publishes no formal HV rate ladder, so we treat it strictly as eligibility.
EV dealer cash and spiffs can ride the regular close when they arrive in time, or go out on an off-cycle run at no extra cost when they clear later, with correct tax treatment applied either way. You don't wait for the next scheduled payday to pay incentive money GM released this week.
Yes. Front-end gross, unit minis, and unit-count volume tiers compute per salesperson across the whole floor, and F&I with chargeback netting and draw offsets apply against each running balance. A thin-front-end, high-unit-count plan is exactly the shape it's built for: the tiers do the tallying you're doing by hand now.
No. GM's Technician Excellence Program is manufacturer-funded and paid to techs outside your dealership payroll, so it doesn't run on your pay cycle or your books. WageTime pays what your store owes (flat-rate flag hours, the minimum-wage true-up, cert-tied rates, and commissions) and leaves GM's rewards where they sit.
$50 per month per company plus $10 per month per person paid that month, no long-term contracts, cancel anytime. The three-EIN group in the screens above, 127 people paid, runs $1,420 for the month: $150 in company bases and $1,270 in per-person fees. Runs are unlimited, so off-cycle EV-spiff and final checks cost nothing extra, and year-end W-2s and 1099s are included.
The month a Z06 closed over sticker, an EV spiff landed late, and the warranty board ran heavy. Twenty minutes with a payroll specialist on a live demo store: if WageTime can't carry the Corvette lane, the EV board, and your volume close, you'll know before the meeting ends.
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