Never Fired anyone until today.

criket said:
Another tip to remember: Your best employees don't always make the best managers.
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This is the case with a couple of people at my work.

I prefer to stay in the trenches doing the work. I have no interest in managing people.
 
I just fired an ASE master tech. (Good test taker) Also a retired military satellite equipment repair tech. After 2 pretty costly screw ups, he hit a home run with his third! After putting a water pump on a motor home he proceeds to fill the engine with (count them) SIX gallons of antifreeze and water. Then he comes and gets me because when he cranked it up, water and oil are pouring out of the engine. "Its got a blown head gasket!" This dumb ass was filling the remote oil filler tube!!! The radiator was right there in plain sight! He actually came up to the office and asked why his tool box was out in the parking lot. I told him to leave before I laid hands on him. Oh the pure joy of running your own shop!
 
nctom said:
I just fired an ASE master tech. (Good test taker) Also a retired military satellite equipment repair tech. After 2 pretty costly screw ups, he hit a home run with his third! After putting a water pump on a motor home he proceeds to fill the engine with (count them) SIX gallons of antifreeze and water. Then he comes and gets me because when he cranked it up, water and oil are pouring out of the engine. "Its got a blown head gasket!" This dumb ass was filling the remote oil filler tube!!! The radiator was right there in plain sight! He actually came up to the office and asked why his tool box was out in the parking lot. I told him to leave before I laid hands on him. Oh the pure joy of running your own shop!
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I feel ya! I'm so tired of having all the responsibility on my sholders! The least qualified have always done me better than the "ase certified been to school techs" the last one was a complete moron, couldn't get anything right, spent hours on diags and was so "smart" he couldn't listen.
Caused such a riff that I've moved away from hiring techs and sticking to doing it all myself!
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mysterync said:
I feel ya! I'm so tired of having all the responsibility on my sholders! The least qualified have always done me better than the "ase certified been to school techs" the last one was a complete moron, couldn't get anything right, spent hours on diags and was so "smart" he couldn't listen.
Caused such a riff that I've moved away from hiring techs and sticking to doing it all myself!
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I've spent much time with "ASE certified" techs. Had to explain how a transfercase and 4x4 works on an old cheorkee, in addition to helping him repair it. I believe he spent close to 36k to go to uti Mooresville. Another asked me to help him put a motor in an older EK civic (no a/c) once again, an easy job. I declined, even with pay, the feller is a nimrod. Tons of overeducated, underexperienced asshats around.
 
Redneck Rigger said:
I've spent much time with "ASE certified" techs. Had to explain how a transfercase and 4x4 works on an old cheorkee, in addition to helping him repair it. I believe he spent close to 36k to go to uti Mooresville. Another asked me to help him put a motor in an older EK civic (no a/c) once again, an easy job. I declined, even with pay, the feller is a nimrod. Tons of overeducated, underexperienced asshats around.
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Agreed! The last one had so much book knowledge he had 500 reasons why everyone was doing their job wrong, meanwhile convincing everyone the shop owners job is to do everything so the employees don't have to lol. Couldnt accomplish an oil change on book. Spent hours chasing failures that had already been called but he had to "prove" it. Felt that a older vehicle that had an expensive problem was the end of the world. Common sense is an extremely important part of any job, I dont look at certifications or education anymore. I'll look at mechanical aptitude test or something lol.

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