Did not have good experience with that.
Problem 1: You need enough volume of work to keep the person fed, or
else you need someone who does other work and happens to also work for
you, but then you can't know what their schedule is, which makes
scheduling installs harder.
Problem 2: If you're keeping them busy with installations, you probably
end up paying more. The theoretical advantage is you're saving money
when you're not busy, but the contractor who doesn't have work will go
do something else. See problem 1.
Problem 3: If he has a problem with his tools/equipment/vehicle then
you're a man down. The theoretical advantage is you don't have to fix
these problems, but they still hurt you and you've lost control of the
resolution.
Problem 4: There's more money in getting more volume of work done, so
there's financial incentive to cut corners. It might have been my luck,
but IMO the quality of work from contractors was lower.
Problem 5: If the person is getting a flat rate for the work, then does
he have any incentive to do work that might be harder or take longer?
IMO, some people were declaring an install to be a "no go" without
exploring options like a pole in the yard, or a long mast. If you gave
them extra for longer jobs, then they now have an incentive to make
every job take longer.
Some of these issues are the same with an employee, but IMO you have
more direct control over the situation.
These are just my observations and opinions. I imagine most of this is
fixable with the right processes in place or else Dish Network and Time
Warner wouldn't have so many contractors out there.
On 10/21/2015 12:00 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
Is anyone hiring installers on a contract/1099, piece work basis? Like
how the satellite TV installers are paid a flat rate per install for
residential dish installations. Give them access to a ticketing system
for your install queue, and a small stockpile of the common CPEs to
keep on hand. Negotiate a per-install flat rate price.
If doing this, how does your cost compare to having someone on staff?
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
We are a small shop, one installer, $17 per hour (40-hour week -
gets time and a half almost every week). We buy all his tools,
fuel, and supply a truck. No Insurance benefits at this time.
Paid holidays - vacation probably after year one.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Darin Steffl
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello all,
What are of the US are you in and what is your average hourly
rate for an installer? What about an installer and tower
climber 15-20% of the time?
Any benefits, etc.? Looking for a big picture of what they
make in a year hourly and benefits they have as well.
Thank you
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Darin Steffl
Minnesota WiFi
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