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Tom Wood Subaru

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about 1 hour ago

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#ThrowbackThursday: The Start of the Tom Wood Legacy 🚘
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Tom Wood Subaru

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about 2 hours ago

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Have a safe & Happy 4th of July!
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Carr Chevrolet

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about 3 hours ago

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From Everyone here at Carr Chevrolet we wish you a Happy and Safe 4th of July!
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McCurley Dealerships

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about 3 hours ago

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🔧 A Day in the Life of a Technician! 🚗
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Tom Wood Subaru

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about 3 hours ago

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Nice job Wil!
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Walser Automotive Group Top Shops

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about 6 hours ago

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We Showed Up With Pride 🌈
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Hoffman Ford and Lincoln

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about 9 hours ago

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Hoffman Auto Group will be closed for the 4th of July! Enjoy your Holiday!
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HM Repairs & Services

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about 10 hours ago

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If you could give one tip to a new diesel tech, what would it be?
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Capital District Transportation Authority

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about 12 hours ago

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🔔 Upcoming job fair alert! 🔔
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WrenchWay

about 13 hours ago

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What's the best part about 4th of July?
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Fabel Repair & Collision Center

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about 13 hours ago

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What’s in Your Toolbox?
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C. Harper Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

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about 13 hours ago

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What type of shop would you like to work in most?
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C. Harper Ford/Kia

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about 13 hours ago

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What worries you the most about the future of auto repair?
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C. Harper Chevrolet/Cadillac

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about 13 hours ago

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How prepared do you feel to work on Electric Vehicles (EV's)?
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Audi Indianapolis

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about 15 hours ago

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Happy 4th of July!
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Russell Wickham

Profit sharing. I like simple things. "We made X, our expenses were Y, your share of that is Z."

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Jay Goninen

I like profit sharing as well. Early in my career, I worked for a company that did profit sharing. I found it motivating to a point but they really pushed us to put it into our retirement account. Obviously doing so results in greater long term results but being young, I didn't love the lack of the immediate payoff. Not sure if that makes sense or not. Would definitely look at it differently now.

Craig Tomczyk

I’m fine with hourly plus a performance bonus. Or straight hourly depending on the rate.

Craig - How would you want to a performance bonus to be structured? Paid on billable hours, efficiency or something else?

I would probably need something that focuses on the shops performance as a whole as I bounce around the shop quite a bit.

Great point, Craig. A preferred plan might be different per tech. Hard to manage multiple pay plans but could be very beneficial to the shop.

Paul Garcia

Jay it is really hard to go off of efficiency standards due to the nature of the beast. The tech hanging suspension and brakes every day is going to be a lot more efficient than the tech doing invasive electrical and diesel / transmission heavy line work. It's possible to be efficient doing these tasks, albeit a lot more unrealistic in how efficient based on standard scales.

Totally agree, Paul! I think that's why I'm so interested in hearing what techs think is fair for a bonus structure. There are times where I feel like the way we structure a bonus punishes the best techs. With that being said, we're starting to see more and more shops improve in this regard.

Dale Techel

Flat rate is totally fine but rates were stagnant for decades. Got a $14 flat rate increase when I went to quit 2 yrs ago. I've talked to other techs, fleet, dealer and aftermarket, almost everyone told me they received some sort of big bonus or pay increase during covid pandemic years.

I think that's a positive, Dale. It does feel like we're moving in the right direction. I also believe that keeping the conversation going has helped shops understand topics like this at a different level. Is any part of our industry perfect? Of course not but hoping that continuing to help each side get a better understanding is going to be huge moving forward. Always appreciate your comments, Dale!

Marcus Meeks

In my experience hourly or flat rate with tiered bonuses have been very motivating. If you turn x number of your you get $y more per hour with the dollar amount increase with the higher hour tiers. Downside is you can get techs saving hours at the end of a pay if they know those hours won’t get them to another tier and the comfortable where they are hour wise.

Great to know, Marcus! I really like that style of a system as well. Simple to understand with some great upside for techs. Appreciate your thoughts on this.

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Tom Wood Subaru

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Carr Chevrolet

McCurley Dealerships

Tom Wood Subaru

Walser Automotive Group Top Shops

Hoffman Ford and Lincoln

HM Repairs & Services

Capital District Transportation Authority

WrenchWay

'Murica

Fabel Repair & Collision Center

C. Harper Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

C. Harper Ford/Kia

C. Harper Chevrolet/Cadillac

Audi Indianapolis

Russell Wickham

Jay Goninen

Craig Tomczyk

Jay Goninen

Craig Tomczyk

Jay Goninen

Paul Garcia

Jay Goninen

Dale Techel

Jay Goninen

Marcus Meeks

Jay Goninen

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