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Guys,
I am curious as to how you handle employee compensation and reimbursement. Almost every employee provides transportation to the site and most provide tools (somtimes just a tape and hammer). Do you reimburse them for travel expenes? What if the job is outside of the normal range? How about driving time between two jobs on the same day? If you do have some type of program, is the amount given back determined by the day, hour, or miles driven? By my calculations, I would need at least $.33/ mile to make up for gas, insurance, and maintenance expenses. When taken into account the time spent in purchasing and servicing a vehicle, the above figure is not sufficient.
As for tools, why should an employee be expected to invest in tools if compensation does not also increase? I realize that a speed square, pencil and tape measure do not represent a large investment for most people, but what about power tools? Nail guns and compressor? Ladders? The cap that the employee installed on his truck to protect the investment? I know that you are all to aware of the amount of money that can be sunk into tools and accessories. Is this just something that comes along with the territory, or do employees deserve to be compensated?
Jon Blakemore
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Guys,
I am curious as to how you handle employee compensation and reimbursement. Almost every employee provides transportation to the site and most provide tools (somtimes just a tape and hammer). Do you reimburse them for travel expenes? What if the job is outside of the normal range? How about driving time between two jobs on the same day? If you do have some type of program, is the amount given back determined by the day, hour, or miles driven? By my calculations, I would need at least $.33/ mile to make up for gas, insurance, and maintenance expenses. When taken into account the time spent in purchasing and servicing a vehicle, the above figure is not sufficient.
As for tools, why should an employee be expected to invest in tools if compensation does not also increase? I realize that a speed square, pencil and tape measure do not represent a large investment for most people, but what about power tools? Nail guns and compressor? Ladders? The cap that the employee installed on his truck to protect the investment? I know that you are all to aware of the amount of money that can be sunk into tools and accessories. Is this just something that comes along with the territory, or do employees deserve to be compensated?
Jon Blakemore