I'm gonna get tired of asking, but I'll ask one last time, how are these high end service shops able to turn out quality work while paying their technicians a flat rate for each job?
Everybody is so sure that piecework equates to badwork, but everybody has steered clear of my obvious example of the contrary. No one dares answer the question because it would conflict with their lofty opinions on piecework.
Service and Installation are 2 very different fields. What works with one won't necessarily work with the other.
I wouldn't offer piecework to an employee unless I knew him very well. You're tempting the guy to cut corners to make more money at the risk of your contractors license. Employing him as a subcontractor where he is the one held responsible for anything going wrong ( including OH&S issues) is a far better and safer way of doing it.
