Reply To: Growing Severity of the Supply Shortage in Vehicle Technicians

[Joseph Van syoc]

Why would anyone these days go into auto repair when they can make considerably better wages as a plumber, electrician, sheet metal worker, HVAC installer? All with considerably less to learn and tools to invest in?  It is not just “college” we are competing with, it is other skilled trades who figured out the have to pay what you are worth if they are going to get decent help.  IMO the automotive industry has NEVER figured that out, despite the lip service they pay to the issue