A kid has been in the shop a month and a half. Still inside his 90 days. Tomorrow he takes a drug test for a factory job.
Dave tried to put him on spark plugs. Boss pulled him off and sent him back to oil changes and tire rotations.
Today, knowing he’s leaving, they finally let him do a Chevy transfer case. First one. Kid actually got excited.
Too late.
“Nobody wants to teach him. Nobody wants to let him do something fun and get excited about his job.”
That is the tech shortage. It isn’t always “kids these days.” A shop that parks a new hire on lube work for 45 days, then acts shocked when a plant offers him a way out.
Have you been put in a similar rut by your employer? Are you shocked this kid is leaving?