How I understand Flat Rate is there is no way i can run around town for 65.00 per hour doing these small Jobs .
That rate is all I can get at the best of times. Theres just no way when a customer asks how much per hour and I say a min 100/hr .
My overhead costs per hour is over 150.00 per hour based on a 4 hour productive day doing service work.
If i can get 600.00 in 6 hours great then my overhead is covered for the day that includes my employee and paying my self for 30.00 per hour in that 4 hour period. So now if i work 6 hours per day i am making less than 30.00 per hr.
I need to learn how to convince customers that i need 100.00 per hour to cover that extensive overhead items list that ALine posted, I guess carrying it with me will help.
[This message has been edited by dougwells (edited 01-14-2006).]
