Fields Land Rover had a Casino Event Celebration for the the Service Department for successfully breaking the service record!!! The top 3 employees each received a $200 gift card.
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Our Auto Tech students earned a total of 58 entry level ASE certs this school year!
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Basic Class Lesson of the Day: Tire Inspection
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We are finishing up are Spring semester and have successfully completed out first full year for out EV/Hybrid Courses.
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Whether you're a mom or just bring those mom vibes to work, which “mom move” have you caught yourself doing in the shop?
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Jr certified technician working on a intake manifold on a Jetta.
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Happy Birthday to our Gold Meister Tech Dan!
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💐 Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Tom Wood Subaru! 💐
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Detail Spotlight: Zach + This Toyota Supra = Perfection!
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We're Hiring – All Departments, All Levels!
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Big shoutout to our Nissan Service and Parts team for clinching the win in Nissan’s Steak & Beans competition against other dealers!
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Community Support in Action – Thank You, SafeHaven!
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Jay Goninen, Co-Founder & President of WrenchWay, discusses our recent article where technicians answered: What is the one thing that needs to change to improve the technician shortage? Some of the topics covered include compensation, public perception of the trade, charging for diagnostics, relationships with managers, and much more! View the full article: https://wrenchway.com/blog/technicians-on-how-to-fix-the-technician-shortage/
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Individual had to do a turbo on a 2.7L truck, reports took him 4-5 hours, got done, looked up the OEM scale, and found it pays 2.2. Currently doing a front crank seal on a LM2. Gotta pull the radiator. Very, very tough job, pays 4.7, while the much easier base trucks pay 5.3. There is often no rhyme nor reason to the labor times. At least my OEM released 5 videos of them doing time studies so I see what they put in that 21% they add to every ticket. But I've beat that horse to death. So, we attempt to address these issues with our leadership, and get blown off as whiny techs, or told, "So and so can do the work in that time." So and so must be the technician the store needs. I am failing to do it in twice the time I'm paid. I must be the problem. "Hey Siri, what are some excellent career choices for former mechanics?" By no means did I mean this to be another whiny technician post. There's a lot to running a business, and a lot of people don't want to do the hard work of wading through the personnel difficulties required to build a top notch team. As Lucas Underwood said in the podcast I listened to this morning, "Flat Rate is a lazy man's management method." However, just throwing money at a person also isn't the right answer. It takes having a plan for professional development tailored to the individual to build them up and achieve both the goals of the shop and the goals of the individual. (edited)
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