The way its done at the company I work for, its how much profit has increased or decreased in a percentage.
The crew leader doesn't know what the jobs bid at or anything about the job cost..
Every 3 months the crew will get a statement about how they are doing profit wise. Payroll and material costs are taking into account. So you can kind of see which crew is making you money and which isn't.
keep good records on time and material... and keep track of how much money he made you... say for a 10 week period... then after the next ten weeks do the same thing... compare that 20 weeks side by side and get the + or - percentage. Then you can come to him and say... whateve...r your uo 35%,...or down 20%..
It helps in our company people know they are being kept track of. We also take core of our own inventory and storage units so it cuts down on people 'borrowing' material.
