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John Baranski

John Baranski

ASE Master automotive technician turned marine-industry shop foreman/service manager, and recurring panelist on the Wrench Turners Podcast.

Jun 3, 2026

5:23
shortage? If
5:25
they drop it off, I know it ain't the tech's fault.
5:27
And then, you know, coming into today's age where everything is, we're reducing jobs.
5:33
Well, we're not, we're, we're grooming different jobs.
5:36
Like AI and computers are taking, not taking a lot of jobs, making a lot of jobs more efficient to the point where it, they could reduce certain staff members or they could just have a program do it.
5:47
But techs haven't been replaced.
5:49
They don't foresee them being replaced.
8:16
would you say worried about retention? Then how much money are they throwing away every 60 or 90 days just to bring in a new set of hands?

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