The Realities of Technician Training Programs

The flat rate thing that, the reason why that. That's become such a polarizing, like it's such a been a polar. Polarizing thing is because it's not just simple thing like, you know, work on three cars and do really good on the MPIs and inspections and keeping it simple that way. I mean, is that kind of.

I think, I think a part of it too is like, these kids, when they go into school, they're promised to, you know, because kids don't want to go in, they're promised they're going to make all this money and that it's going to be easy. And, and then reality, when you hit a dealership, like, think about your 22 or something.

You're.

You, you think, okay, I'm going to make six figures. And then you get into the dealership, it's like, oh, I got. There's a production element to this. So I think kind of like Kogi was saying at the top is a lot of this too is in the education. Like, they're not, they're not, they're not necessarily promoting that in some of these schools in the sense that if they were, then the kids wouldn't want to be there. So I, I see that all the time that there's just a gap of. Yeah, well, okay, now welcome to the real world.

And you eat humble hot pie for.

The first six, which is a failure in, in the training.

Really.

Yeah, yeah. It's, it's a, it's, it's a sign of the time. So it just, the pressure just transfers. Right. So, you know, what is it now? Seven techs are leaving the field for everyone coming in.

Yeah.

And if not more, that, that stat's probably behind already. And so just like we, we know that stat to be true for us. And what's not as well known is that a lot of these trade schools.

Their enrollments are down, closing locations down, all that stuff. Right. So they're, they're, they're, you know, trying to draw these guys in. And to Chris's point, they're telling them, hey, you can make a million bucks a year. And all you got to do is learn how to plug this laptop in. It's going to tell you what's wrong with the car. The car is going to fix itself. That's, you know, so they're kind of sold this bag of goods and, you know, and then you get to the, get to the dealership and, you know, there's a lot of hard work attached to it to be, you got a.

Hot engine, hot Liquids and like, all that, it's not. It's not a joke.

Right, right.

So when remembering back, and some of the guys that were coming in.

Because of where I'm located at, we had the NASCAR tech there, and that was a big thing. And these guys would go in and, you know, they would come to the store and I can rebuild a motor and I can set up a nascar. I just need you to change oil and tighten a drain plug and make sure the lug nuts are tightened. And it was that stuff. So I think, you know, when you're talking about keeping it simple, even the basics, like, just do the basic stuff. That's great.

Yeah, yeah. And all those simple things. If you do all those things well, you know, it just. It leads to other things. Right. There's a starting point for all of it, but there's definitely some disconnections there. And. And, you know, I started with that one because it's as number one, because it's as deep as it is wide, obviously, just opening this conversation up. But one of the things I think that's important to segue and is for number two, kind of on this same subject is a focused hustle is the right speed. Focused hustle is the right speed. It's very, very important. Right. So, yeah, you don't want to be the guy that doesn't care about his production or his paycheck. Right. And then when you go to flat rate, there's this urgency, you know, to. To make all you can. But most shops have that guy in their shop where they're like, man, Cliff, I don't know how he does it. The dude's a machine. No, no, look at him. It doesn't even look like he's doing anything. Yeah, but he's a machine. Like, I don't know how he does it. The guy makes, you know, 8 million hours of pay period or whatever, but I don't know how he does it. Well, the thing is that, you know, there's a focused hustle. Right. And, you know, little things that you'll notice about that guy is you're not going to see him at the back parts counter very often. He's not getting coffee five times a day. Yeah. He has a morning routine. He comes in. Cleanliness is godliness. His stall pretty much looks the same way every night when he goes home. There's always something on his rack when he goes home at night.

You know, you're not ever walking around.

Asking where he is. Yeah, tools are clean and put away, you know, so, yeah, he doesn't have.

Time to talk about a lot of the.

Right.

He's not up on the local gossip.

Yeah. Most people think he's rude because he doesn't. Yeah.

Hang out and talk to anybody.

He just. Yeah. Gets it done. Yeah. Yeah. And so, you know, when you look at those guys, that's. That's a common trend for. For. For sure. And. Or girls. Yeah. Or girls. For sure. Yep. And. And, yeah. And honestly, I'm seeing a lot of really good female tax that nowadays.

Only if they got the right uniform.

I'm so glad you guys are being politically correct because often on this show.

Yeah. It's really. It's a different dynamic.

Yeah. Do you see what this feels like?

Yeah. Consider it almost uncomfortable for me.

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