On this week’s episode of Grease the Wheels, we have a message for the service managers and shop owners out there. They're thinking, “god I hate uncle jimmy. He keeps telling techs that they are worth something and they should be paid well!” If you're in charge of the things that happen to technicians in your shop, these are the things that you need to know to keep them. Number one is actually the pay. It's not necessarily the pay right now, but we can see how much you charge the customers and having a pathway to making more money is important. The only reason that techs show up is because you are paying them. Number two is having a healthy respect for your technicians and this is a give and take social transaction. When management think that you're not doing the job right, or even worse, think that they can do the job is a fast way to lose respect for them. Number three is making sure that all of the parts of the shop are working properly. If a tech gets bad CSI because the customers car wasn't properly detailed, that isn't on the tech. Also we discuss shop equipment working properly and days off because of the physicality of the job. Also, Uncle Jimmy proposes capital punishment for people who give raises in cents as a part of his brief discussion of inflation.This episode of Grease the Wheels is sponsored by toolheadzcrate.com. Toolheadzcrate.com is a monthly subscription box filled with all sorts of discount codes, coupons, tee shirts, and things that give you a little taste of some of your favorite tool companies. They ship out the 15th of every month, and at 35.99 plus exact shipping, it’s a lot less than what you owe your tool guy. Plus one lucky winner every month gets their golden wrench box with well over $100 worth of stuff in it. Cheap Box, better stuff- Toolheadz Crate: the only crate made for the listeners of Grease The Wheels.