In this case, John Deere has skated by with incredibly exploitative business practices for years. Their insular repair scheme has led to an over-hiring of official licensed support engineers that shouldn't persist in a competitive market.
This is a broader trend in the US economy that will self-correct as regulators become less recalcitrant.
The mechanics are not independents, in this case. They are specifically trained, retained and dispatched by John Deere, for paying John Deere customers. These are salaried people that are more or less employed as part of a scheme to prevent price-competitive repair from existing, not mom-and-pop wholesalers fixing a radiator.
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In this case, John Deere has skated by with incredibly exploitative business practices for years. Their insular repair scheme has led to an over-hiring of official licensed support engineers that shouldn't persist in a competitive market.
This is a broader trend in the US economy that will self-correct as regulators become less recalcitrant.
Finally, those mechanics were getting paid too much. I’m glad someone is shutting down this practice so their wages can be lowered.
The mechanics are not independents, in this case. They are specifically trained, retained and dispatched by John Deere, for paying John Deere customers. These are salaried people that are more or less employed as part of a scheme to prevent price-competitive repair from existing, not mom-and-pop wholesalers fixing a radiator.