Didn't Get Away

It's been two years since I last blogged about the Canadian Auto Collision Industry. In the last few years I have been involved in pursuing personal goal that would allow me freedom of expression and future financial stability. Two of the things that you would expect a multi-dollar auto collision industry would layout for an auto tech with over 20 years of experience as a prepper, painter and bodyperson.

In the last two years I've worked at three auto body shops, the first one was for a prominent independent network of franchisees. The second was for a small independent shop owner and the third was for a national emerging franchise network. On top of my resume one of the first things you will read is " Fit into a team environment". and this is one of the things body shops love to see but, I have yet to see or be part of an auto body environment that understands and implements the principles of a team philosophy.

As I'm wright this blog post in the mist of searching for a job again. I have to seriously do some soul searching - I can't keep pointing my fingers at the auto body shops for me leaving them when there's more fingers pointing back at me.

The hardest thing for me is pretending, closing my eye to injustice, compromising my integrity for wages that isn't even inline with or close to industry value.

I'm very interested in how auto body techs stay focused each and every day knowing they are working for less than their market value? Leave a comment and let me know.

"If its going to be, its up to me"