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The days getting paid both ways are gone as far as I know. There may still be a few that involve service calls with co. vehicles. Most pay for onsight time, and leave it up to them to get there. Depending how you bill the customer will justify what you may agree to with your help. If your not billing for travel, then your paying for your helper out of your pocket for nothing, that's a complete loss. Your helper is there to not jusy make himself money, but to widen your income as well. Lets say you bill him out on an hourly basis of I $8/hr. You should be able to bill the customer at $16/hr. I'm not sure what your rates are there, everywhere is different. But your the business owner, your putting the extra time into bidding, estimating, billing, organizing, ordering and everything else that goes into a business. If your help isn't making you the extra income, than he's just another liabilty. I would try to make the best of your time with taking advantage of your help, and making a mark up on his wages thru your customers to get in your pocket, after all, your gonna have biz ins payments, maintenance on the vehicle, biz phone, etc... Hope this helps a little.
~Ange
