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?
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We know most techs listen to music or a podcast while wrenching...but do you prefer to listen to your tunes out loud with the rest of the shop, or keep the good vibes to yourself?
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At Sheppard Motors, one of our passions is empowering our people. We love seeing Jeff return from training excited about our industry and happy to share his knowledge with the team.
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Last weeks luau themed fix ops banquet was a blast!
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Our building is on schedule, and we couldn't be more excited about our new work-home!
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We had our first ever Tom Wood Toyota Overlanding and 4x4 event this past weekend at our store. We had an awesome turnout!
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Looking for a new job or career?
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Our team is on a roll... Energy is high, alignments are flowing and the shop is busy!
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Pictured are Jake and Garrett, our Master VW technicians. We are a Volkswagen EV battery repair facility and we had the opportunity to repair our first ID4 battery! Jake and Garrett are in their PPE removing the battery cover and removing and replacing the failed module while working as a two-man team.
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Tyler B. was hired this past spring. He is a senior and will graduate in May. He has been working with us part time through a program at school. Tyler will be training all summer here before he begins school at FVTC in the fall. Once school starts Tyler will be working here helping him gain experience both inside and outside the classroom.
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Hi, my name is Logan Larson. I work at Komro Sales and Service. I am a Bobcat Technician, i've been in this field for four years.
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Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting our first Fixed Ops Banquet of the year at Tom Wood Aviation to celebrate our hard-working Fixed Ops Department.
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Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting our first Fixed Ops Banquet of the year at Tom Wood Aviation to celebrate our hard-working Fixed Ops Department.
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Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting our first Fixed Ops Banquet of the year at Tom Wood Aviation to celebrate our hard-working Fixed Ops Department.
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Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting our first Fixed Ops Banquet of the year at Tom Wood Aviation to celebrate our hard-working Fixed Ops Department.
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Russell Wickham
Russell Wickham
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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)