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Dave Tucker

Dave Tucker is president of CLIP Software and author of “Lawn Maintenance and the Beautiful Business,” from where this article is adapted. Reach him via thebeautifulbusiness.com.

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How to pay by piecework

Some companies advocate paying by the man-hour rather than an hourly rate. See why. Piecework is paying your employees according to the work they accomplish, instead of paying them for the time it takes to do the work. At CLIP Lawn Care, each job our company performs is rated in credits or man-hours. Each hour […]

Paying by piecework

Does compensating employees by the job pay off? When it comes to paying maintenance crewmen and foremen, have you considered the piecework system—paying your employees by the job instead of by the hour? With piecework you pay your employees for getting the job done; it doesn’t matter how long it takes them. Pros of piecework […]

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