Flat Rate Tech Podcast

Why do good technicians stop caring? The automotive industry loves to talk about the technician shortage, but nobody seems to ask why experienced technicians are becoming burned out, frustrated, and ready to walk away...

Ever picked up your car from the dealership service drive, only to have the check engine light pop back on before you even made it home? You’re not alone and it’s not an accident. Here’s the truth: most mechanics out...

One of my favorite episodes is back. Recorded back in 24, How to play the game. Thats all the shop is, a GAME. Play it. The manager plays all day same with the owners and everyone in the building. Play them cause they...

Managers feeding good work to the new techs to keep them from quitting, even when they are on a guarantee! ZERO respect for loyalty. When managers do this they are basically feeding the new techs the good work so they...

Should you become a mechanic? Everybody online makes this industry sound like a six-figure dream. Trade schools sell it. Managers sell it. Influencers sell it. I’m here to tell you what it actually looks like. Flat...

Has your shop manager ever hired in a real scumbag tech? They say "We are a teacher" yet they hire in anyone off the street to join. And all we have is HOPE. Everybody talks about technician productivity. Nobody talks...

Everybody talks about the technician shortage. But what if there isn't one? What if the real problem is an industry that burns through skilled technicians faster than it can replace them? In this episode, I take a look...

Is being a mobile mechanic the way out of this BS and work for yourself? Support the show THE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook page Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast Check out...

This episode you get the Patreon cut. Subscribe Help Support the podcast. They had this planned the whole time. The technician shortage was a smoke screen for the big VISA takeover. AI can't take our jobs, but importing...

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Do you ever ask yourself why you're still a mechanic? I do every day. Today we shoot the $hit. Some real talk and we make fun of mechanics. Don't be that old guy eating Salisbury steak frozen dinners while your project...

Parts stolen from the factory and also stolen from the dealerships parts employees. Theft everywhere not just from us technicians. Some employees are fighting back LOL. Support the show THE BOOK...

Do you ever ask yourself why you're still a mechanic? I do every day. Today we shoot the $hit. Some real talk and we make fun of mechanics. Don't be that old guy eating Salisbury steak frozen dinners while your project...

All that information and knowledge from technicians around the country just taken away. What did they do with it? Thats what we talk about today. If you haven't got the books yet get them. Support the show THE BOOK...

There is no team in a flat rate shop. And training schools are a joke. Why pay $30,000 to start at the bottom anyways. Support the show THE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook page Follow the...