Techs starving in a billion dollar building. No work. No hours. No pay. Meanwhile the dealership flexes its giant showroom, overpriced labor rate, and “look at us” bullshit while the guys in the bays are wondering how to pay bills on five hours a week.

This episode is the truth about flat rate starvation, slow season panic, and how fast a dealership will forget you exist the second the cars stop rolling in. When it’s busy they grind you. When it’s slow they hide. Either way, we’re the ones getting screwed.

If you’ve ever sat in an empty bay losing your mind while management hides in their office blaming everyone but themselves… this one’s for you.

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Every shop’s got that one “super tech” everybody’s supposed to worship. The guy who somehow turns 90 hours every week, never gets comebacks, and magically has every gravy job routed straight to his bay. Yeah. That guy. The one who games the system, steals hours, cuts corners, and leaves the rest of the shop buried in warranty comebacks he somehow never sees again.

And the worst part? Management protects him. Every. Single. Time.

In this episode, I break down how these scammers operate, why they get away with it, and how dealership managers enable the whole thing because it keeps their numbers looking good on paper. We’re talking stolen dispatch, fake “productivity,” sabotaged hours, favoritism, the secret rules nobody admits exist, and how the shop culture rots from the inside when a scammer gets crowned king.

If you’ve ever wondered why the honest tech turning real hours can’t catch a break… or why the same guy keeps walking out with the fat check while you’re drowning in leftovers… this episode is for you.

We’re calling it what it is: a system built to reward the wrong people.

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People love saying dealer techs are “parts changers.”
Cool story. Meanwhile we’re the ones dealing with new systems, nonstop software updates, warranty-time nonsense, manufacturer politics, and problems the independents don’t even see yet.

This episode breaks down the whole myth and calls out exactly who’s spreading it  washed-up ex-techs, YouTube University heroes, and shops that guess their way through a repair before sending the car to the dealer anyway.

I go through:
• Why dealer techs get stuck following stupid test plans
• How warranty, SSMs, reps, and politics force bad procedures
• Why independents only see failures AFTER dealers figure them out
• How the brand uses dealer techs as guinea pigs for new problems
• Why the “parts changer” insult is just lazy and outdated

Dealer techs diagnose, document, troubleshoot, and clean up everybody else’s mess, all while being underpaid and over-regulated.

But hey… call us parts changers if it makes you feel better.
Just remember who you run to when you can’t fix it.

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New techs keep quitting because they’re being lied to and set up to fail. No mentors, no support, no plan, just empty promises. This episode breaks down why shops can’t keep the new generation of  mechanics longer than a year.

LOOK IN THE MIRROR FATBODY!

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They don’t pay you enough to control you. They don’t own you. They just think they do.
In this episode, we’re talking about side jobs, shop control, and the unspoken truth every tech knows: the dealer doesn’t get a say in what you do after you clock out. They want your time, your loyalty, your weekends, your silence… without paying you anything close to what that’s worth.
So here it is.
The reality behind why techs take side work.
Why shops hate it but can’t stop it.
Why the rules only exist when they benefit management.
And why techs are done letting anyone dictate their lives outside the bay.
This one is raw, direct, and aimed straight at every tech who’s tired of being treated like property instead of a skilled professional.

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Every shop’s got one the foreman stuck between techs and management, trying to keep the place running while catching heat from both sides. This episode digs into what that job really looks like the pressure, the politics, the burnout, and the bullshit that comes with being “the middle guy.”

If you’ve ever been a foreman, wanted to be one, or dealt with one who forgot what it’s like to turn wrenches this one’s for you.

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You can feel it, can’t you?
 Every year, there’s fewer and fewer of us left. The real techs.
 The ones who actually know how to fix shit not just swap parts, not just follow flowcharts.

We’re watching the trade fade in real time. The old heads are walking out.
 The next generation’s walking in blind.
 And the people running this industry still don’t get it.

They call it a “technician shortage,” but it’s not a shortage it’s an extinction.
 Because when the last real techs leave, the knowledge, the pride, and the backbone of every shop goes with them.

This episode dives into what real skill actually looks like, what happens when experience walks out the door, and how the next generation’s already burning out before they even start.
 We’re also talking about the sellouts the influencer techs cashing in on the same system they used to cry about.
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This one’s for the real ones still standing in the bays.
 The ones keeping it together while everyone else looks the other way.
 The ones who still give a damn.

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This Episode was already out on Youtube days ago. Subscribe for the video episodes!

AI’s coming for every white-collar job out there the office people, the analysts, the “safe” careers.
And when that wave hits, guess who’s waiting with open arms?
The same industry that’s been burning techs out for decades.

This episode breaks down how the auto industry is about to win the AI war not by fixing flat rate, not by paying techs better, but by flooding the bays with desperate workers looking for “job security.”

Flat rate was built for this world  a system that thrives on turnover, protects the company, and feeds off desperation.
And when AI wipes out half the job market, this system doesn’t just survive… it gets stronger.

If you think the trade’s finally turning a corner, this one’s your wake-up call.
Because when the world runs out of options, the industry wins.

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You’ve probably seen that Lizard Ford guy online the one always talking about the factory side of things. Strikes, contracts, solidarity… all that. The truth is, he only talks about that side because that side actually fights back. The union guys on the line have structure, leverage, and a voice. Meanwhile, the dealership techs the flat rate soldiers are the ones holding the brand together with no backup, no representation, and no respect.
This episode breaks down exactly why dealership mechanics/ technicians don’t have a voice, how the flat rate system keeps us divided, and what “fighting back” really looks like inside a dealership. It’s not about picket signs it’s about finally saying no to the free labor, the unpaid diagnostics, and the silence that’s been eating this trade alive.
Because the truth is, they’ll listen when we stop saying yes. 

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This episode was out last week on YouTube check it out there is you want. 

The Ford CEO’s out here crying about the “technician shortage” again.Talking about how hard it is to find and keep techs.Yeah, no $hit. We’ve been saying that for years.
But here’s the truth: this shortage didn’t just happen.The industry created it.
They cut pay. They slashed warranty times. They treated techs like disposable parts.And now that the bays are empty, they’re pointing fingers everywhere except the mirror.
In this episode, we’re calling out the corporate spin, the fake “solutions,” and every CEO, OEM, and YouTuber still pretending this is a great trade while cashing their checks off techs getting screwed.
It’s not a shortage.It’s fallout.And it’s been a long time coming.

This is the truth from a 25 year technician thats seen it all and even wrote the book. Flat Rate Life the life of a Flat Rate Tech available on Amazon. 

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