{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Confessions of a Shop Owner","title":"Ep 111 - Mike and Bryan | Technicians Want More Money… But Won’t Do the Work","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3758,"description":"In this episode of Confessions of a Shop Owner, Mike Allen and Bryan Pollock get into technician pay, work ethic, training, shop culture, and whether today’s owners are expecting too much from the modern workforce. Bryan questions whether the self-motivated technician is disappearing, while Mike pushes back on the idea that someone should receive six-figure pay before developing a six-figure skill set. They also get into government regulation and price-gouging enforcement, bad repair shops, Mike’s anonymous Facebook trolling, and why sometimes the industry’s problems feel impossible to fix. And because this is Confessions, Mike also explains how he managed to injure himself playing kickball on the beach.\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Mike’s Casino Decisions & Bryan’s Corvette Disaster\n04:54 Mike Gets a Letter From the Attorney General\n07:34 Fraud Alert…Live During the Podcast\n08:05 Mike’s Fake Career as a Professional Blimp Folder\n12:23 Confession: Mike Has Been Trolling Shop Owners Anonymously\n17:17 Why There’s More Than One Right Way to Run a Shop\n19:37 Three Shop Owners With Completely Different Business Models\n21:44 David Roman Wants Absolutely Nothing to Do With Mike\n24:19 Cheap Labor Rates & Buying Failed Shops’ Equipment\n25:07 Is Bryan Becoming a Cranky Old Shop Owner?\n27:05 Are Technicians Becoming Too Dependent on Shop Owners?\n29:22 Bryan’s Crash Course Into Becoming a Technician\n32:26 Is the Self-Motivated Technician Disappearing?\n33:23 Should You Make $100K Before You Have $100K Skills?\n35:31 What Happens When Newer Cars Get Even More Complicated?\n35:58 “I Want to Learn”…But Won’t Use Free Training\n37:10 Technicians Who Say Training Is “Too Basic”\n39:18 Bryan’s Government Intervention Rant Begins\n41:00 Price Gouging vs. Shops That Can’t Fix Cars\n43:43 Who Gets to Decide What an Auto Repair Shop Should Charge?\n47:01 Why Government Regulation Won’t Fix the Real Problem\n48:10 Should Shops Call Out Bad Repairs From Other Shops?\n52:44 Mike Adds Four Employees to His...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TGFdk8p3lwIqG6-Zxu0zdS85-eMxgjWH_ROpDgligzo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYmUy/MTMxZmUzN2Q5Mzkw/YTgxMDliZDViN2U3/N2Q1ZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}