best method to pay installers
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Topic: best method to pay installers
Posted By: csorb
Subject: best method to pay installers
Date Posted: January 29, 2007 at 5:33 PM
I have been paying my guys by the hour and I need a better solution...unless this is the best. I often need them for odds and end jobs so straight commision won't work, but I also need time efficiency and responsibility. Right now if there is an oversight (oops! forgot about the factory alarm) it comes out of my pocket. Don't get me wrong, all of my boys are great, but I would like to know of a system that is tried and true.
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Posted By: the12volt
Date Posted: January 29, 2007 at 6:26 PM
Straight commission works very well in a busy shop and motivates installers to become more efficient with fewer come-backs, but since you seem to be against that because of the additional odd jobs you need, have you considered paying them a base salary plus commission? This may accomplish the same thing while making them feel like they're still being compensated for the occasional "odd and end" job. -------------  the12volt • Support the12volt.com
Posted By: csorb
Date Posted: January 30, 2007 at 2:00 AM
Thanks. What is a typical commission rate, and of net or gross?
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: January 30, 2007 at 11:28 AM
If you wanna go with a base + commision type system, my rate is base plus ten percent off all work preformed and I am happy with it. If you go strait commision its generally 40-50 percent of work preformed
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Posted By: csorb
Date Posted: January 30, 2007 at 1:48 PM
Can you please give me some real numbers as an example? When you say 10 percent, do you mean of the entire sale or minus cost of goods sold, or neither? Thanks
Posted By: extreme1
Date Posted: January 31, 2007 at 12:39 AM
csorb] wrote:
Can you please give me some real numbers as an example? When you say 10 percent, do you mean of the entire sale or minus cost of goods sold, or neither? Thanks
Raven works for a company that pays salary +10% of labour performed.
I work for a company that pays straight commision but it we're required to do work for the store we get paid by the hour for that work. ------------- Shaughn Murley
Install Manager, Dealer Services
Visions Electronics
Red Deer, Alberta
Posted By: hottwhyrd
Date Posted: January 31, 2007 at 1:26 PM
i get 15 an hour minimum or 50% commision wichevers higher it kind of sucks during 9 months of the year but christmas is killer!
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: February 02, 2007 at 9:55 PM
extreme1 wrote:
csorb] wrote:
Can you please give me some real numbers as an example? When you say 10 percent, do you mean of the entire sale or minus cost of goods sold, or neither? Thanks
Raven works for a company that pays salary +10% of labour performed.
I work for a company that pays straight commision but it we're required to do work for the store we get paid by the hour for that work.
Bingo, so if we charge 50 bux for a deck and I make 15 dollars an hour than I make 15 + 5 = 20bux total. ------------- double-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer
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