On this week’s episode of Grease the Wheels, we Tarantino it.  Uncle Jimmy begins to formulate the answer for how to lower the “Verdun-esq” attrition rates among new hires. To do this, he’s going to need more time, but in the meantime we take a look at how corporate minds plan on dealing with the solution. The problem is that they are taking the position of the shop when in order to solve this problem you need to solve it from the perspective of the new hire themselves and address the root causes of this high attrition. We also have to continue to work on the overall occupational PR that we (don’t) enjoy as mechanics to continue to recruit new talent. The one thing that we will give these articles is that they do address that pay is one of the main barriers to entry in this field, and that tool expenses are out of control and can set new technicians up for failure. 

Also Uncle Jimmy muddies the waters on the “technician” versus “mechanic debate” again, and slams EV’s. 

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