...and saying "Just let me know how much I owe you when you're done!"

I swear to god if I am not with them every job takes twice as long, and I'm not going to continue doing it. Anybody on here who knows me knows my business is slightly different than the average as I do junk removal and scrap is a by-product for me. However, I have heard others on here talk about how to compensate helpers in their businesses and I am looking for some guidance in mine.



I am looking for suggestions on how to either pay "piecework" or a percentage of jobs.

For instance, when we do a hot tub they'll usually make out well. Takes about three hours for two guys including dumping debris to do a hot tub. I typically pay the non-supervisors $10 hourly, so my costs without getting into labor burden taxes and etc. is about 60 bucks. I figure pay them (this is not well thought-out yet, I am just venting here!) a total of ninety bucks, ($40 each and an extra $10 for the supervisor) and I typically charge a customer $350, which would leave me a gross profit of $260, less another eighty or so for dumping, fuel and wear on the truck. This actually pays them slightly more than what they are currently making, assuming no long lunch breaks and other jerking around. Also give them an incentive to get done faster.

I want to come up with something that incentivizes them for doing loads of other trash as well. For instance, a full truckload of trash is something I charge $400-$450 to do. A good rule of thumb is this will take them three hours to do. A small, minimum load I charge $150 for and usually takes less than an hour.

Any thoughts or ideas guys? I know this is going to be met with strong resistance. It may require me to make some personnel changes to implement this!