Podcast: Stop Losing Your Top Techs—The Pay System That Makes Them Stick

Here's the brutal truth most shop owners won't admit:

It's NOT all about the money.

I just sat down with Sean Tipping on the Automotive Diagnostic Podcast alongside

—a tech turned shop owner and Technician Find client who built a thriving 12-person shop from scratch in San Diego.

What Dean shared blew me away (and I've placed hundreds of techs).

In this raw 90-minute conversation, we revealed:

Why Dean REFUSES to pay flat rate (and what he does instead that has techs begging to work for him)
The "foreman decision" that freed him from 60-hour weeks
What techs REALLY look for during interviews (spoiler: they're testing YOU)
The Friday afternoon pattern I've tracked that shows when your techs are about to jump ship

Plus: The exact questions smart technicians ask that expose whether your shop builds careers or burns them out.

After 7 years of connecting techs with shops, I can tell you—Dean's approach is different. And it works.

If you're tired of losing good people to the shop down the street, this episode could change everything.

P.S. - Dean shares his exact pay structure on air. I rarely hear shop owners be this transparent about compensation. Worth the listen for this alone.

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