Sean Adams said:
pay good employees with steak and pay yourself with hot dogs...eventually you will "relish" the decision
No offense but why should I, the owner, get paid LESS than my workers? This is one of the reasons I have no employees is nobody is willing to work for me for less than a thousand dollars / month (my wage). Well hey, tough luck, go work at McD's and stop complaining to me about low wages.
$6.50 / hour, maybe 7 for a hired lawnboy. Ok, maybe 9/hour, could be I'm behind the times but at the same rate, WHO out there pays 9/hour, what Industry pays that much, and if someone does, then shouldn't these high-paid employees be working for THEM, and what are they doing asking US for a job...?
I say some Lco's are being bamboosled... Not to say hard work isn't a key factor, but the following deductions apply:
- Broken equipment / downtime YOU would not have incurred had YOU been working the equipment.
- Missed days, sick days, coming in late, etc, etc.
- Work done 'on the side' such as when an employee in the field does something for a customer's neighbor on a cash deal, with your equipment.
- Other things such as what happens due to the fact they THINK like Employees, remember the days? Yeah...
- Theft, et. al.
Why should WE, the owners, eat the problem?
Paying somebody MORE does not make them a better worker, this is the exact same thing as when we give a customer a discount, just from another viewpoint, you're bending over backwards now for the workers vs. the customer... Stop doing that, you can NEVER pay them ENOUGH, much like you can never price things LOW enough, you need to price HIGH and pay LOW.