All Episodes

The Recruiter Scam: How They Profit From the Technician Shortage

ZERO RESPECT FOR LOYALTY: When Managers Feed The New Guy Good Work

Should I Become a Mechanic?

Desperation Hires, and HOPE

The System Works Exactly As Designed

Mobile Mechanic: The Way Out?

THEY'RE REPLACING YOU ( AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT )

Why Manager Lie

Don't Be That Guy In The Shop

Parts Theft

Don't Be That Guy In The Shop

Fords Forums Taken Down, Everything Deleted

There is NO Team in Your Shop, And Training Schools Are A $30k Joke

When A Mechanic Finally Snaps

The Flat Rate Effect + Everything is the techs fault

“Sign This or You Don’t Work Here” The Truth About Shop Hiring

Your Shop Is Broke And Your Tech Is Paying For It

They Judge You On A Number You Don't Control

Dispatch is where techs get paid or played

When Master Certified Becomes a Punishment

Starting Over Doesn't Scare Techs. Being Wrong Again Does.

If You Walk Out, Stay Out.

The Only Thing Keeping This Trade Alive

When “Professional” Really Means Shut Up

NEW YEAR. NOTHING CHANGED

We Were Lied To. There Is No Future

The Promotion That Never Comes

Starving in a Billion Dollar Building

Super Tech Scammers and the Managers That Protect Them

Dealer Techs Are Just Parts Changers?

The Real Reason New Techs Don't Last

They Don't Own You, They Just Think They Do

Shop Foreman Position Is it WORTH IT?

The Last Real Techs

The Flat Rate Trap: How AI Will Help The Industry Win

When the Techs Stick together, THEY PANIC!

The REAL Reason There is a Tech Shortage

RENTED PEACE

Weapon Words

Why New Techs Don’t Last

Another Wave Of Techs Leaving

Career Growth: The Shop Will Pick Your Path if You Don’t

Ford Tech

Loyalty Isn’t Free — They’ll Still Lie to Get You Here

The Death of Mentorship and the Short Life of Good Shops

Flat Rate Life Is OUT NOW! Link Below

Grey Mechanic

Book Release

They Could've Fixed the System. They Branded it Instead.

This Job Used to Mean Something

Professionalism in a Broken System

The Industry Influencer Circus

They Train You to Stay Broke

15 Techs Quit During This Episode

Another Reason Flat Rate is A Scam

This Industry Is Killing itself

No Hours, No Deal: What Every Mechanic Should Ask During A Job Interview

"This Job's Killing Us - And No One Gives a Fuck"

I’m a Shop Owner now 3/27/25

Crooks 1/27/25

2025 Season 1/6/25

MERRY Christmas 12/30/24

Loyalty 12/16/24

Why The New Tech Makes Hours 12/2/24

Lube Techs Listen Up! 11/11/24

Pros and Cons Being a Mechanic 11/4/24

60 year old mechanic? 10/28/24

Hurricane 10/8/24

Going Downhill 9/30/24

More Red Flags 9/23/24

Ethiopian Salesman 9/9/24

RED FLAGS 9/2/24

Email question, Tool prices 8/26/24

Shop Around Again 8/19/24

You Can Fix Anything 8/12/24

Think Positive 7/29/24

Hire Them Back, License To Work, 120hrs A Week 7/22/24

Why You SUCK! 7/15/24

I MADE IT! 7/8/24

Traveling Hacks, Top 5%, Electric Bikes 7/1/24

How To Play The GAME 6/24/24

It's A Cult! 6/17/24

Just another one 6/26/24

What To Expect 6/2/24

Sad Industry 5/19/24

Another boring episode 5/7/24

Job Ads #2 4/29/24

All data is ripping you off!! 4/7/24

The System 3/24/24

My Hero, What is success, email questions 3/16/24

Training SUCKS. 2/25/24

It’s Business 2/12/24

Shop Forman Position 1/20/24

Should I Quit? 1/14/24

Email questions and a special guest 1/7/24

2024 12/31/23

Different 11/26/23

Email 11/19/23

Tools 11/6/23

MMNN 10/29/23

Send it 10/22/23

Sign on bonus 10/15/23

Training A New Tech 9/30/23

Harley Technician 9/24/23

Strike 9/16/23

All About BAGS! 9/9/23

Butter It Up! 9/2/23

Memes 8/20/23

No Respect 7/30/23

2 cents 7/22/23

Starting Over 7/15/23

Get Through The Day 7/3/23

What do I do with my tools? 7/3/23

Share it 6/26/23

Highlights! 6/21/23

Should I Train A New Tech? 6/18/23

Pay Plan, Porters 6/12/23

Mechanic 6/4/23

YouTube, Videos, Hobbies 5/30/23

The #1 Reason Your Shop Is Failing 5/14/23

Tool Box Warranties, Tool Pimps, Hacks 5/7/23

Advisor At A Independent Shop! 4/28/23

Changes in the shop 4/16/23

We Need This For The Industry. 4/23/23

The Reality Of Being A Technician #3. 4/9/23

New Manager Every Year 4/3/23

New Cars 3/26/23

Listen To This 3/19/23

How Your Lube Shop Should Be Ran? 3/12/23

Bonus Episode! 2/27/23

The Reality Of Being A Technician #2 2/25/23

Side Hustle 2/19/23

How To Succeed In A Shop? 2/12/23

Started As A Tech At 50? 2/5/23

Training 1/29/23

Field Service Tech 1/22/23

Doctor. 1/15/23

Email, Rambling 1/8/23

Managers / Stress, It's Your Fault 1/1/23

Give it Away. 12/24/22

Talk To Your Techs 12/17/22

Porsche Tech! 12/4/22

Are Tech School Teachers REALLY Telling Students This!?! 11/27/22

Nissan Tech. 11/20/22

Time To QUIT! 11/15/22

Rebuild Your Shop #4 "Traveling Hack" 11/13/22

This is for the new techs. 11/6/22

That Shop Closed Down! 10/17/22

Lizard People, And Emails 10/16/22

The Reality Of Being A Technician. 10/9/22

Audi dealer to Independent shop 9/29/22

6 Day Work Weeks!?! Bikes, And Beer. 9/25/22

Rebuild Your Shop #3 Team Leaders. 9/11/22

Top 5 Reasons I Want To QUIT!!!! 9/2/22

SHEEP 8/18/22

Mobil Hacks, Body Shop Techs, Rambling 8/7/22

Rebuild Your Shop Series 2 STANDARDS. 7/30/22

Buddy system, Lost Another Tech. 7/21/22

Rebuild Your Shop Series #1. 7/16/22

ClickBait, You are the problem, FIX IT 7/8/22

Warranty times, Tool Trucks,Tech Shortage, Trade Schools. 6/20/22

Here Is Your Chance, Motivation. 6/4/22

So You Want To Be A Shop Foreman? 5/21/22

Top 5 Reasons Why I'm Still A Mechanic. 5/15/22

Techs Talk, FIX your shop FIRST before trying to hire more 5/7/22

Different Techs in every shop 5/1/22

Super Tech, F1 3/28/22

Advisors, F1, Ribs, Melting Pot 3/20/22

It's a Dirty Game 3/6/22

Thinking about starting your own shop? Listen to this episode first 9/25/21

Palm trees and lawn mowers? 7/1/21

Dispatching Work

Don't Be A Hack

The solution for the tech shortage?

This is why the industry is where it is

Salesman

Clunkers

Boss Hack

Top 10 highest paying mechanic jobs, and a Bum

Crazy guy in the shop

He Made The Move You Can Too 8/22

Import vs Domestic shops, Contracts? 3/22/22

Just let Them have a day off

What do you really do for technicians?

Your boy changed!

Dream crusher, what's wrong with this industry part 1

Watch out for the new tech!

Episode 8

!!NEW EPISODE!! Whoops.

"Shop Life" Animation Series

Shop Life

Traveling Hack Of The Year Award Goes To

5 Things I wish I knew Before Becoming A Mechanic

Flat Rate VS Hourly

5 deadly sins at the service counter per auto news

Heavy Line Fleet Tech

Shop Around

Aaron Automotive

Be a Hero

Can't find or keep technicians?

Tool pimp coming! What’s in your cup?

Technicians crashing customer cars, Ranked Top 25 Auto Podcasts! Nismo GTR

Is it worth it?

Dealership Tech to independent

Want Technicians? Fix this first

Throw it all in a lake

Traveling Hacks

Top 12 air tools?

From A Honda dealership to Power Sports!

Audi Tech

Honda Tech from Canada

Can You Relate?

Why you should NOT work for FREE

Flat Rate Has To DIE!

Tour Bus Mechanic

Lamborghini Tech!

Freedom Hater

The Truth Behind Job Ads

The industry