I figured out the "time thing" in the truck this morning,(coffee must have been a little weak) but didn't want to turn around just to edit my erroneous post.
I pay my guys (and myself) $25 per hour. If you add up all the lost time in traffic, going to the supply house, set up, clean-up, vacations, doctor's appointments and on and on ---- you only get about 1400 hours of billable time per year for each tech. Even less for me because I do all the estimating, scheduling, billing, permits and going to put that last 5-gang switch plate on so the customer will pay us.
Pay out for GAS!!, trucks, insurance, cell phones,FICA, workman's comp etc. and no matter how Getelectric slices my pie, my bank account is still hungry.
Getelectric,
If you made enough money to retire after 10 years in business, PLEASE join the business chat tonight and let me know how you did it.
Thanks for all the replies gentlemen,
Pat
