NEW YEAR. NOTHING CHANGED

2026-01-05

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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....

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.

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