best method to pay installers

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.

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

Thanks. What is a typical commission rate, and of net or gross?

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 preformeddouble-secret reverse-osmosis speaker-cone-induced high-level interference distortion, Its a killer

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

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

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.

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