Celebrating the Moms Who Keep Us Moving – Happy (Belated) Mother’s Day!
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Celebrating the Moms Who Keep Us Moving – Happy (Belated) Mother’s Day!
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At Tom Wood Subaru, we take pride in providing exceptional service—not just for our customers, but within our team as well. That’s why we’re excited to shine the spotlight on Tony Varcak, our newest Service Advisor, who’s already making a big impression in a very short time.
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Our brand new Ford Pro Elite building is in the final stretches of being up and operational! We are more than excited to be able to offer our technicians, and our guests, a new and more efficient environment to have all of their needs taken care of!
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ECCA Automotive Students Earn Ford Mobile Service Technician Certification
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What percentage of technicians do you currently work with or have worked with in your career truly have the training and knowledge to properly diagnose and repair the vehicles of today?
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Giving Back, One Pint at a Time! ❤️
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Here at Tom Wood Ford, we strive to further your education in automotive and get you any and all certifications! Congratulations gentlemen!
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Its crazy how many folks are in need of information. Posted this video a few months back. Shop owners have been calling me up to ask for tips on performing alignments. They all admit they didnt know how to work on cars but bought a shop anyway!
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Happy Mothers Day to all the mommas out there!
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Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there!
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Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there!
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What’s one shop task you secretly enjoy that most people hate?
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Based on a WrenchWay poll, the majority of technicians would rather work a 4-day, 10-hour work week versus the traditional 5-day, 8-hour work week. In our latest WrenchWay Buzz, we discuss how shops that adapt to this new schedule could open up their capacity and increase their productivity. Share your thoughts on this topic in the comments below.
Technician
Whether it is a WFH or in person type role, I believe that 4-10's reign supreme over the traditional 5 8's. To put myself mentally back into the environment of having to drive to the shop and be there in person to wrench, most of my 5 8's ultimately did turn into 10 hour days, where I was simply waiting for the traffic to die down before heading home for the evening. Once you're in the zone and working, the additional two hours can come and go without even knowing it. Allowing the flexibility of the third day off allows more time to recharge which is an added bonus.
Technician
Lot of shops sell themselves as "No weekends", yet expect their techs to be in the shop 9-10 hours a day, 5 days a week. My wife hates the long hours. I'm just burned out on them. I want 4-10s, but on alternating weeks, so first week it's M-Th, and the following week it's T-F. Every other week has a 4-day weekend which allows me to go camping, travel, see family, spend time with my kids, work hobbies, and generally have a life outside of work. My dad's younger sister was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer this past weekend. Non-smoker, lives healthy, about 18 months younger than my dad. It's hit me really hard that I'm here in Texas chasing hours when everything that matters to me is 1000 miles away and I can't go see them. Getting faced with the mortality of one's closest family really makes one rethink life.
Technician
While 10 hours days are not overall difficult. I think it would be helpful if techs really evaluate prior to accepting that schedule wether they think they can really manage it. Imagine adding 2 hours to your schedule every work day just as you’re getting ready to clock out. Can you manage to hustle through another 2 hours? Because you need to. If you can’t 4 10’s may not be for you.
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