A Buick GMC store pays a Denali-heavy close, a fleet desk on flats and tiers, and diesel techs on long HD warranty jobs, all under one EIN. WageTime runs the GMC pay run the way it’s actually built.
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A GMC rooftop pays nothing like a generic store. Every item below is either hours of unpaid office work at close or a liability compounding quietly while nobody has time to check.
More than 30% of GMC’s 2024 retail mix was Denali and Denali Ultimate: high-ATP units that carry heavier F&I back-end and larger front-end gross. The close isn’t a stack of volume compacts; it’s a handful of big high-line deals, each keyed and rechecked by hand.
GMC’s commercial and Business Elite / GM Envolve book pays fleet consultants on a flat per unit plus volume tiers: volume, not retail gross. That’s a whole comp bucket generic payroll doesn’t model, tracked in a second spreadsheet next to the retail one.
Almost every GMC rooftop is a combined Buick GMC store: one service department, one EIN, techs flagging warranty and customer-pay work across two OEM brands with two warranty schedules. The books still need each franchise’s labor split out. By hand, today.
GMC sells only trucks and SUVs, so the drive skews to Duramax and HD warranty work: long jobs on tight OEM book times. That concentrates the minimum-wage true-up risk on a few diesel techs, and the top-up is owed whether or not anyone did the math.
Only a tech with current GM high-voltage authorization can be paid to flag a Hummer EV or Sierra EV Denali repair order. When authorizations lapse, those flag hours can land on the wrong tech’s check, and nobody’s watching the expiry dates.
Upfit spiffs that clear when the ship-thru completes, fleet dealer cash, aged-unit money, contest cash: they land mid-cycle, and the store still owes correct tax treatment and, often, a check this week, not at the next scheduled run.
A GMC close is a handful of back-end-heavy high-line deals, and WageTime runs it as a screen: gross commissions, minis, high-line spiffs, and F&I chargeback netting compute per person. You approve a number, not a stack of Denali sheets.
Replaces the Denali-by-Denali recheck, the F&I chargeback reconciliation, and the argument that starts with “my sheet says.”
GMC’s commercial and Business Elite / GM Envolve book pays fleet consultants a flat per unit plus volume tiers, and WageTime computes that bucket in the same close as retail, so the showroom and the fleet desk pay together.
| Fleet consultant | Upfit spiff | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Dana W. · 22 unitsflat $3,300.00 · tier +$750.00 | +$400.00 | $4,450.00 |
| Miguel A. · 17 unitsflat $2,550.00 · tier +$500.00 | +$250.00 | $3,300.00 |
| Owen T. · 13 unitsflat $1,950.00 · tier +$250.00 | - | $2,200.00 |
| Priya N. · 9 unitsflats $1,350.00 · no tier yet | +$150.00 | $1,500.00 |
Replaces the second commission spreadsheet the fleet desk keeps, and the “was that a flat or a front-end deal?” argument at close.
A combined Buick GMC store is one company with one EIN, and a single WageTime run pays every tech who flags across both franchises: each brand’s warranty ROs book at their own OEM times and land on the same run.
| Tech | Total flag hrs | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D. Ruiz #05Buick 6.2 · GMC 11.4 · CP 62.9 | 80.5 | Ready |
| K. Tran #10Buick 4.8 · GMC 18.1 · CP 56.1 | 79.0 | Ready |
| W. Boyd #14Buick 3.1 · GMC 30.4 · CP 27.5 | 61.0 | Ready |
| H. Marsh #18Buick 2.0 · GMC 9.0 · CP 31.0 | 42.0 | Ready |
Replaces the two-tab spreadsheet that splits one service payroll across a Buick franchise and a GMC franchise by hand.
Only a tech with current GM high-voltage authorization can be paid to flag a Hummer EV or Sierra EV Denali repair order, so WageTime ties EV flag-eligibility to that authorization with an effective date.
| Tech | Rate on EV ROs | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D. Ruiz #05HV current · EV ROs eligible | $47.00/flag hr | Authorized |
| K. Tran #10HV exp Sep 30 · EV eligible | $37.00/flag hr | Renew soon |
| W. Boyd #14HV in training · no EV yet | - | Not cleared |
| H. Marsh #18Not HV trained · no EV ROs | - | Gas/diesel |
Replaces the sticky note on the shop board tracking who’s cleared for the EV bay, and the misrouted flag hours when it’s wrong.
GM warranty time books tighter than customer-pay, and a long Duramax or HD job earns few flag hours for many clock hours. WageTime tests each tech’s flat-rate earnings against the wage floor every period; a shortfall posts as a documented true-up on the run.
Replaces the by-hand floor check the controller runs on the diesel crew when there’s time, because the liability doesn’t wait for when there’s time.
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 month-end commission close computes gross commissions, unit minis, volume tiers, high-line spiffs, and F&I with chargeback netting per person: the heavier F&I back-end and larger front-end gross a Denali or Denali Ultimate unit carries flow through the same math. Denali and Denali Ultimate ran over 30% of GMC’s retail mix in 2024, so that high-line weight is most of the close, not an edge case.
Yes. A combined Buick GMC rooftop is one company with one EIN, and one run pays everyone who flags across both franchises. Buick and GMC warranty ROs book at their own OEM times; the flag hours land on a single run, split by brand and by warranty vs. customer-pay, so the books show each franchise’s labor without a by-hand spreadsheet split.
Commercial and fleet deals pay a flat per unit plus volume tiers: GMC’s Business Elite / GM Envolve book rewards volume, not front-end gross. WageTime computes those flats and tiers in the same commission close as retail sales, so the fleet desk and the showroom close on one run. Commercial upfit spiffs that land after a ship-thru clears can run off-cycle at no extra cost.
Only a tech with current GM high-voltage authorization can be paid to flag a Hummer EV or Sierra EV Denali RO. WageTime binds EV flag-eligibility to that authorization with an effective date, so an expired credential stops those hours before they route to an unauthorized tech. GM publishes no separate high-voltage pay grade: it’s an eligibility gate, not a special rate, and the tech’s cert-tied flat rate applies.
GM warranty time books tighter than customer-pay, and a long Duramax or HD warranty job earns few flag hours for many clock hours. Because GMC sells only trucks and SUVs, that drag concentrates on a few diesel techs. Each period their flat-rate earnings are divided by actual clock hours and tested against the wage floor; any shortfall becomes a documented true-up earning on the run, before the check goes out.
Yes. Upfit incentives, fleet dealer cash, aged-unit spiffs, and contest money that land between scheduled runs can be paid on an off-cycle run (unlimited runs cost nothing extra) with correct tax treatment applied. You don’t hold the money to the next Friday or push it through as an untracked adjustment.
Last month’s Denali close, a fortnight of Duramax warranty flag hours, the fleet delivery log, and the Buick and GMC ROs side by side. Twenty minutes with a payroll specialist on a live demo store: if WageTime can’t carry your comp plans, you’ll know before the meeting ends.
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