Flat Rate Tech Podcast
If you are an Automotive Mechanic or in the industry this is the show for you! The #1 automotive mechanic podcast! We talk about the good and the bad.
Flat rate is broken. We’re done staying quiet.
The Flat Rate Tech Podcast is the raw, unfiltered voice of real dealership and independent shop technicians. Hosted by a working flat rate tech and the author of Flat Rate Life—the book that exposes what it’s really like to survive in this trade—this podcast pulls back the curtain on the automotive industry.
Every week, we call out the truth behind flat rate pay, toxic shop politics, unpaid diagnostic time, tool debt, burnout, and the constant pressure to “just hit your hours.”
If you're a tech, mechanic, or service advisor who's tired of the lies, this one's for you.
No sponsors. No filters. No corporate polish. Just the truth.
Disclaimer:
This podcast reflects personal opinions based on real-life experience in the automotive repair industry. All names, locations, and identifying details have been changed or omitted to protect privacy. The views expressed do not reflect those of any current or former employer, coworker, dealership, or manufacturer. This content is for informational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute legal or professional advice.
If you recognize yourself in this podcast… ask yourself why.
Produced By Flat Rate Life Media™
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 178
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
This is for the new techs. 11/6/22
This episode I talk about a email that I received from an apprentice tech.
He has done everything the boss wanted and was told he would be sent to school but instead they hired someone else and sent…
Warranty times, Tool Trucks,Tech Shortage, Trade Schools. 6/20/22
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It's a Dirty Game 3/6/22
On today's episode I talk about tech pay and how dealers screw techs over.
It is a dirty game out there
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Palm trees and lawn mowers? 7/1/21
Don’t hide in the bathroom get to work!
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Rebuild Your Shop #3 Team Leaders. 9/11/22
You Need Team Leaders in your shop. REAL LEADERS
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SHEEP 8/18/22
Todays episode I talk about how you shouldn't be sheep. Don't follow managers or techs shop to shop. When you get the call from another tech you used to work with or another manager and they say "c…
Rebuild Your Shop Series #1. 7/16/22
This is the first episode of the "rebuild your shop series".
Clean your shop.
Its the simple stuff the common sense stuff that needs to be taken care of so this is the first step.
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Shop Forman Position 1/20/24
My opinion.
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Tools 11/6/23
Hack of the week submissions, send me more... Today I talk about tools.
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MMNN 10/29/23
Check out the "Certified Wrench Podcast" I was a guest and we had some fun bullshitting check it out.
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Strike 9/16/23
I talk about the strike, pay rates, and emails. Thats it
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Starting Over 7/15/23
Starting over
Brooklyn New York
Pizza
Why I'm not reading any Job Ads
Somebody always ruins it for everyone else.
How to retire?
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Pay Plan, Porters 6/12/23
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Advisor At A Independent Shop! 4/28/23
Today I talk with and Advisor that works at a very successful independent shop.
We talk about what it's like being a service advisor at an independent shop.
Minitrucks, and whatever else we talk abou…
The Reality Of Being A Technician #3. 4/9/23
Email me and tell me what you're going through at your shop. This is how these episodes come together. I like doing these because it shows that we all go through the same crap.
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New Manager Every Year 4/3/23
Today I talk about an email I got from a listener about having a new manager just about every year. How every thing changes all the time and why.
And I ramble. Been sick so it is what it is.
Field Service Tech 1/22/23
On this episode I talk with the Co Host of the Certified Wrench Podcast.
We talk about what it's like being a Field Service Technician, Owning your own business and more!
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Audi dealer to Independent shop 9/29/22
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Today I talk to a tech that left the Audi dealer life and took a chance at wor…
Mobil Hacks, Body Shop Techs, Rambling 8/7/22
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Today I drink beer and bitch about stuff. Techs quitting the industry and starting there own mobil mechanic business, How body shop guys ar…
Porsche Tech! 12/4/22
I talk to a Porsche tech! We talk about what its like working at a Porsche dealership, Warranty times, ASE certs, EV'S, The difference between working at Honda, Toyota, Ford and Porsche, Staying at t…