They don’t pay you enough to control you. They don’t own you. They just think they do. In this episode, we’re talking about side jobs, shop control, and the unspoken truth every tech knows: the dealer doesn’t get a say in what you do after you clock out. They want your time, your loyalty, your weekends, your silence… without paying you anything close to what that’s worth. So here it is. The reality behind why techs take side work. Why shops hate it but can’t stop it. Why the rules only exist ...
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They don’t pay you enough to control you. They don’t own you. They just think they do. In this episode, we’re talking about side jobs, shop control, and the unspoken truth every tech knows: the dealer doesn’t get a say in what you do after you clock out. They want your time, your loyalty, your weekends, your silence… without paying you anything close to what that’s worth. So here it is. The reality behind why techs take side work. Why shops hate it but can’t stop it. Why the rules only exist ...
You can feel it, can’t you? Every year, there’s fewer and fewer of us left. The real techs. The ones who actually know how to fix shit not just swap parts, not just follow flowcharts. We’re watching the trade fade in real time. The old heads are walking out. The next generation’s walking in blind. And the people running this industry still don’t get it. They call it a “technician shortage,” but it’s not a shortage it’s an extinction. Because when the last real te...
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They don’t pay you enough to control you. They don’t own you. They just think they do. In this episode, we’re talking about side jobs, shop control, and the unspoken truth every tech knows: the dealer doesn’t get a say in what you do after you clock out. They want your time, your loyalty, your weekends, your silence… without paying you anything close to what that’s worth. So here it is. The reality behind why techs take side work. Why shops hate it but can’t stop it. Why the rules only exist ...
