Flat Rate Tech Podcast

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Flat Rate Tech Podcast episodes

June 29 ZERO RESPECT FOR LOYALTY: When Managers Feed The New Guy Good Work
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 think thats the work they will be getting so they will stay.
Series coming soon.
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SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
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9 min
June 15 Should I Become a Mechanic?
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 rate. Working for free. Buying thousands of dollars in tools. Broken lifts. Shady pay plans. Shop politics. Managers promising the world and delivering bullshit. Watching other industries move ahead while you're fighting every week just to make hours.
This episode is the raw truth about dealership life from someone who’s spent 25 years living it.
If you're thinking about becoming a mechanic, listen to this episode first.
If you're already a mechanic, you're probably going to be nodding your head the entire time.
Managers are probably thumbs-downing this video already.
Good.
Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
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19 min
June 08 Desperation Hires, and HOPE
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 about what happens when there is no work.
When management fails the techs pay the price.

Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
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18 min
June 01 The System Works Exactly As Designed
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 at the automotive industry's favorite talking point and ask the question nobody seems willing to answer: If the technician shortage is so bad, why does nothing ever change?
We talk about flat rate pay, warranty labor times, dealership culture, technician turnover, corporate pressure, and the organizations that continue to defend a system that leaves many techs frustrated, exhausted, and eventually walking away from the trade.
This isn't an attack on the technicians still fighting every day in the bays.
It's a challenge to the people at the top who keep saying they care about the shortage while refusing to address the reasons experienced techs leave.
The truth is simple:
The system isn't broken.
The system works exactly as designed.
Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
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9 min
May 18 Mobile Mechanic: The Way Out?
Is being a mobile mechanic the way out of this BS and work for yourself?
Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
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Tech

10 min
May 11 THEY'RE REPLACING YOU ( AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT )
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 cheap labor can. And they knew that all along.
Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
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Tech

9 min
May 04 Why Manager Lie
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Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
Don't Forget To Rate And Review!

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Tech

8 min
April 28 Don't Be That Guy In The Shop
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 car rusts away.
Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
Don't Forget To Rate And Review!

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Tech

13 min
April 27 Parts Theft
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
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
Don't Forget To Rate And Review!

Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!
Tech

7 min
April 20 Don't Be That Guy In The Shop
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 car rusts away.
Support the show
SPONSORED BY BAY DIAGNOSTICS
www.BayDiagnosticsGroup.com
You've heard the problems on this podcast for years — technician turnover, broken communication, bad dispatch, lost productivity, pay-plan issues, and shop culture problems.
Bay Diagnostics helps dealership managers find out what's actually happening inside their service department.
Built from more than 30 years of firsthand dealership experience, Bay Diagnostics provides anonymous technician feedback, workflow analysis, and diagnostic reports designed to identify the problems that can cost a shop technicians, hours, repair orders, and profit.
Truth from the bays. Solutions for the shop.
Dealership managers: Want to find out what's really happening in your shop?
Email: [email protected]
THE BOOK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57
Follow the Facebook page
Follow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcast
Check out the website
Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com
[email protected]
Don't Forget To Rate And Review!

Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!
Tech

13 min

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