Sorry about sounding like I was saying you cut hours. I was just trying to get some feedback, it wasn't my intent to put words in your mouth and just so we can get one thing straight, I am a road tech, not management. My company is going to GPS on road vans to improve efficiency. My opinion on the whole GPS deal is this: Micro management will succeed to bring the great/good tech down to slacker level. Not quality of work but in other ways like no more courtesy calls. I think there are other ways to weed out poor techs and to take care of the good techs. I am right with both of you guys (proshadetree, roadrat), I am happy if I can cover most of my travel in a day, I don't need to only work five hours and bill eight. When I do rental PM's (customer never gets bill) I don't even charge out the full time allotted me by my company because I feel like if I get done quicker and only bill what it takes me the company makes more money and my job is more secure. However, there are guys who won't even PM a rental and charge for it anyway. I am a road tech because I like the fact that I can schedule my own work, take care of my customers my way and be sort of like my own boss. With GPS I might as well be in the shop! Final opinion: When you need GPS for disciplinary reasons the problems run deeper than what GPS can fix. I always do a good job and give an honest days work so GPS will not change anything that I do. The slackers will still be slackers but will come up with more creative ways to be slackers.

And one more thing: Why is GPS never installed on sales peoples vehicles? What? As long as they are selling they are doing their job. How about as long as my customers are happy I am doing my job, no need to micromanage?