Flat Rate Tech Podcast

All that information and knowledge from technicians around the country just taken away. What did they do with it? Thats what we talk about today. If you haven't got the books yet get them. Support the showTHE BOOKhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

There is no team in a flat rate shop. And training schools are a joke. Why pay $30,000 to start at the bottom anyways. Support the showTHE BOOKhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Join The Patreon Link BelowThis episode is just real stories.Mechanics.Shop guys.People in the same trade…who lost their shit.Support the showTHE BOOKhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Today there is 2 episodes in one. I been pushing towards getting the YouTube channel going and the episodes have been shorter. I know that sucks for podcasts cause I listen to podcasts all day every day. So soon there will be longer episodes coming. I been working on a lot of for the podcast so hopefully we get back to normal. This episode is about the flat rate effect and how they blame everything on the technicians. Support the showTHE BOOKhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Most shops will tell you there’s a technician shortage.But that’s not the truth.The real reason shops are always hiring is because techs keep leaving.In this episode I break down what’s really happening inside the bays. The revolving door of technicians, the broken flat rate system, the paperwork they make you sign just to get the job, and why so many experienced techs are walking away from the trade.This isn’t about people being lazy or not wanting to work.It’s about an industry that expects technicians to carry all the risk while management keeps the control.Techs are burning out.Techs are leaving.And the industry still refuses to admit why.Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Most people think independent shop owners are getting rich. The truth? A lot of shops are one bad month away from closing. High overhead, debt, equipment payments, and constant pressure mean many independent shops survive because one or two technicians are carrying the entire operation. If one of those techs quits, the whole place can collapse overnight. This is the reality behind struggling shops, unstable business models, and why techs carry the weight of an entire business. Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Go to my website.They judge you on four numbers.ProductivityEfficiencyProficiencyEffective Labor RateIn this episode we break down what each one actually means, what you control, what you don’t, and why a slow week doesn’t always mean you’re a slow tech.Flat rate turns shop problems into your pay problem.Understanding your wrench time vs billed time shows the real story.Are you slowor are you starving.Know your NUMBERS!Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Go to my website and order the NEW book 'The Grey Mechanic" I BET you can relate to it. Training is a scam. The more you know, the less you make. Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

The new book is out "The Grey Mechanic" Link belowThe Grey Mechanic Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKVGDSPMThey tell you that master certification is the finish line.That once you hit that level, the stress eases up and the money finally makes sense.That’s not how it works.In this episode, I break down what really happens after you become master certified. The heavier workload. The nonstop problem cars. The unpaid diagnostics. The expectation that you’ll fix everyone else’s mess while your own numbers quietly fall apart.You become essential and invisible at the same time.Too valuable to promote. Not valued enough to protect.Expected to lead without authority and carry the shop without support.I talk about why “big bucks” doesn’t mean anything when you can’t turn hours, how bad management survives by leaning on strong techs, and why so many master techs end up burned out, isolated, and questioning whether being good at this job actually worked against them.Competence shouldn’t be a punishment.But i

Starting over doesn’t scare techs. Being wrong again does. This episode is about the moment when leaving one shop and going to another starts to feel heavier than staying, and why that happens after you’ve been in this industry long enough. It’s about burnout that shows up quietly, experience turning into hesitation, and what “starting over” really means when you’ve already done it before. If you’re still showing up, still doing the work, and quietly questioning how long you can keep going, this episode puts words to that space. The Grey Mechanic is out now on Amazon, and links to the book, free resources, and manager training are below.https://flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comThe Grey Mechanic Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKVGDSPMSupport the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Than

Is your manager clueless about why techs are leaving your shop? go to flatratetechpodcast.weebly.com and click the manager link. Print out the form and put it on his desk. This is what will change your shop. New book is coming the "Grey Mechanic" will be out soon!If you related to the last one wait until this one comes out. This industry is a joke and it’s rigged against technicians.You’re told to trust management, trust the manufacturer, trust the process. Then your hours get cut, your pay changes, and you’re blamed for numbers you don’t control.Flat rate is broken on purpose. Corporate doesn’t care. Manufacturers protect the brand, not the techs fixing their mistakes. Managers smile, lie, and throw you under the bus.Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks f

This trade is being held together by technicians who are burned out, under pressure, and tired of being ignored.We’ve talked for years about why techs are quitting.Why morale is dead.Why good people are walking.Why nothing ever seems to change.Complaining isn’t the hard part.Fixing it is.Over the last year, I’ve been building something quietly, not for techs to buy, not for sponsors, not for clicks, but for the people who actually control what happens in the shop.It’s a straight, no-bullshit briefing for managers that lays out what technicians are really dealing with in the bays and why shops keep losing people.If you’ve got a manager who claims they want change…If leadership keeps saying they “don’t know why techs are leaving”…Or if your shop swears everything is fine while people keep quitting…There’s a flyer linked below. And on the QR code. Print it.Put it on their desk.Walk away.No arguing.No explaining.No putting your name on anything.If they care, they’ll scan it.If they don’t, nothing changes anyway.T

“Be more professional.” That’s the line. And it’s bullshit.Every time technicians speak up about unpaid labor, flat rate abuse, or unsafe pressure, the same word gets thrown at them.Unprofessional.In this episode, I talk about what that word actually means in THIS industry.Why it has nothing to do with skill, quality, or doing the job right.And how “professionalism” gets used as a leash to keep techs quiet while the system keeps taking.Technicians are already professionals.The problem is the industry punishes professionalism the moment it costs them money.Have you ever been told to stay quiet, take the hit, or stop having an attitude when you called out something wrong?This isn’t about acting better.It’s about why the people doing the real work are expected to give it away for free.Listen before they tell you to be “professional” again.Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.

It’s a new year.Same shop. Same pressure. Same lies. Labor rates went up.Budgets went up.Expectations went up. Your pay didn’t.They changed the wording.They call managers “leaders” now.They hang balloons, push culture slogans, and talk about productivity.But nothing actually changed for the people in the bays.This episode breaks down how pressure flows downhill, why techs are still being squeezed harder every year, and why the industry keeps blaming technicians instead of fixing the system that’s breaking them.If you’re tired of hearing promises while watching the same bullshit repeat itself, Welcome to the club.Nothing changed.And that’s the problem.Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

We were lied to.We were told to work harder.Buy more tools.Stay loyal.And somehow it would all work out.This episode breaks down why being a good technician was never enough, why flat rate keeps techs unstable, and why there was never a real future built into this job.Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Dealerships love to talk about “growth” and “training” for lube techs.What they don’t talk about is how many of them never leave the lube rack.In this episode, I explain why so many lube techs are promised a future that never shows up.How “just give it time” turns into years.Why moving you into the shop isn’t always in management’s best interest.And how this cycle keeps pay low and turnover high.Any lube techs watching BEWARE of the SCAM. Don't be a LIFER in the Lube Shop.Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Techs starving in a billion dollar building. No work. No hours. No pay. Meanwhile the dealership flexes its giant showroom, overpriced labor rate, and “look at us” bullshit while the guys in the bays are wondering how to pay bills on five hours a week.This episode is the truth about flat rate starvation, slow season panic, and how fast a dealership will forget you exist the second the cars stop rolling in. When it’s busy they grind you. When it’s slow they hide. Either way, we’re the ones getting screwed.If you’ve ever sat in an empty bay losing your mind while management hides in their office blaming everyone but themselves… this one’s for you.Subscribe to the YouTube channel Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech

Every shop’s got that one “super tech” everybody’s supposed to worship. The guy who somehow turns 90 hours every week, never gets comebacks, and magically has every gravy job routed straight to his bay. Yeah. That guy. The one who games the system, steals hours, cuts corners, and leaves the rest of the shop buried in warranty comebacks he somehow never sees again.And the worst part? Management protects him. Every. Single. Time.In this episode, I break down how these scammers operate, why they get away with it, and how dealership managers enable the whole thing because it keeps their numbers looking good on paper. We’re talking stolen dispatch, fake “productivity,” sabotaged hours, favoritism, the secret rules nobody admits exist, and how the shop culture rots from the inside when a scammer gets crowned king.If you’ve ever wondered why the honest tech turning real hours can’t catch a break… or why the same guy keeps walking out with the fat check while you’re drowning in leftovers… this episode is for you.We’r

People love saying dealer techs are “parts changers.”Cool story. Meanwhile we’re the ones dealing with new systems, nonstop software updates, warranty-time nonsense, manufacturer politics, and problems the independents don’t even see yet.This episode breaks down the whole myth and calls out exactly who’s spreading it  washed-up ex-techs, YouTube University heroes, and shops that guess their way through a repair before sending the car to the dealer anyway.I go through:• Why dealer techs get stuck following stupid test plans• How warranty, SSMs, reps, and politics force bad procedures• Why independents only see failures AFTER dealers figure them out• How the brand uses dealer techs as guinea pigs for new problems• Why the “parts changer” insult is just lazy and outdatedDealer techs diagnose, document, troubleshoot, and clean up everybody else’s mess, all while being underpaid and over-regulated.But hey… call us parts changers if it makes you feel better.Just remember who you run to when you can’t fix it.#mechan

Want to watch the episode? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. New techs keep quitting because they’re being lied to and set up to fail. No mentors, no support, no plan, just empty promises. This episode breaks down why shops can’t keep the new generation of  mechanics longer than a year.LOOK IN THE MIRROR FATBODY!Support the showTHE BOOK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK654G57 Follow the Facebook pageFollow the instagram page-- Flatratetech_podcastCheck out the website Flatratetechpodcast.weebly.comFlatRateTechPodcast@gmail.comDon't Forget To Rate And Review!Thanks For Listening, and Thanks for your support!Tech