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Part-timers showing up to wrench changed how I see staffing
I always figured you needed full time guys to really know the trucks and keep things smooth. Last month we got swamped and brought in a couple weekend-only techs to help clear the backlog. One of them found a wiring issue on a rig that three of my regulars had missed, just because he'd seen the same gremlin at his other shop. Now I'm rethinking my whole 'only hire full time' rule.
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rivera.kim1mo ago
That bit about the wiring issue is exactly why I changed my tune too. Fresh eyes see things your regular guys stop noticing after staring at the same trucks every day. A part timer walks in with a whole other set of problems burned into their brain from somewhere else. It's not about having less skill, it's about having different experience. I'd take a sharp weekend warrior over a burned out full timer any day now.
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blairfox1mo ago
No way, a fuel line crack? That's the kind of leak that could've lit up the whole shop! It's crazy how something that bad just becomes part of the scenery after a while. You're totally right, a new person doesn't have that blind spot yet. How often do you think we're all just missing stuff that's right in front of us?
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My buddy's part-timer caught a fuel line crack everyone else walked past for weeks.
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