Price work rates

[Thebeast27]

My employer recently wanted me to work to a price rate rather than an hourly rate what do you guys think to these prices £35 a test and £30 to replace a consumer unit i think theyre absoloute mugs

 

[Phil L]

WOW ? those prices are ludicrous, you would get a total of £65.00 for board change and test, say that’s 6 hours work your not even earning £11 an hour

 

[Thebeast27]

WOW ? those prices are ludicrous, you would get a total of £65.00 for board change and test, say that’s 6 hours work your not even earning £11 an hour

I dont know how they can get away with it

 

[Baddegg]

They can only get away with it if someone does it,and someone will.....the customer will be the biggest loser with all the shortcuts taken!

 

[ferg]

I assume you said no thanks!

 

[Phil L]

To complete that type of work for those prices and try to make a decent living something is going to go very wrong, with horrendous consequence,

 

[Thebeast27]

I assume you said no thanks!

Absoloutly disgusted to have my inteligence insulted in such way dont know why they would even offer the option tbh i would be embarrassed putting that accross to an emoloyee

 

[Baddegg]

There’s a lot less stressful/dangerous ways to make a living at them rates....

 

[mattg4321]

Is this a joke!?

 

[Risteard]

Absoloutly disgusted to have my inteligence insulted in such way dont know why they would even offer the option tbh i would be embarrassed putting that accross to an emoloyee

Surely it's self-employed. An employee couldn't be on a price.

 

[Thebeast27]

Surely it's self-employed. An employee couldn't be on a price.

No i am employed direct and theyre offering those price rates to employees rather than theyre hourly rate also my contract states should price work be the case on a project you will be subject to those price rates

 

[telectrix]

time to find an empoyer who does not go by the name of Ebenezer Scrooge.

 

[ElectricalBias]

Reading that made me feel ill, I have a contract I sub on where the board is £50 and test is £80, horrific prices, only stomached because the other prices make up for the shortfall!

 

[Thebeast27]

Reading that made me feel ill, I have a contract I sub on where the board is £50 and test is £80, horrific prices, only stomached because the other prices make up for the shortfall!

i can assure you i will be telling them to shove there job

 

[Risteard]

No i am employed direct and theyre offering those price rates to employees rather than theyre hourly rate also my contract states should price work be the case on a project you will be subject to those price rates

An employee can't take on the risk - that's the employer's. Likewise self-employed cannot be without the risk or they are an employee.

Is it a contract of employment or a contract for services?

 

[Thebeast27]

An employee can't take on the risk - that's the employer's. Likewise self-employed cannot be without the risk or they are an employee.

Is it a contract of employment or a contract for services?

Supossibly a contract of employment

 

[Dustydazzler]

You shouldn't be forced to do piece work if you aren't setting the price yourself.
That's like me telling my mechanic how much he should be charging me to fix my car.
A 'rate' should be agreed by both parties in advance.
In all my employed days it was always an hourly or weekly wage and never piece work...

 

[Phil L]

We have previously offered price works to our engineers, when they’re doing a specific contract and the works was identical in each store, however this was done through a consultation and those that didn’t want to do it stayed in there hourly

 

[Midwest]

My employer recently wanted me to work to a price rate rather than an hourly rate what do you guys think to these prices £35 a test and £30 to replace a consumer unit i think theyre absoloute mugs

Is that per hour? Not bad.

 

[Thebeast27]

Is that per hour? Not bad.

Woudnt be a bad thing would it

 

[Midwest]

An employee can't take on the risk - that's the employer's.

Not if the employee, skis off piste.

 

[Dustydazzler]

We have previously offered price works to our engineers, when they’re doing a specific contract and the works was identical in each store, however this was done through a consultation and those that didn’t want to do it stayed in there hourly

This is fine if agreed by both parties in advance. I did once try piece work with a previous employer on new builds at a set rate per room and in the end I worked out I was slightly worse off at the end of the week.
So we agreed to go back to hourly rate.
For me , piece work only really pays off when you get the 30-40% mark up on gear.
But I am pretty slow so if you are fast piece work is possibly better I guess

 

[Phil L]

We had a mixed response, the guys that are quick or had the more advanced apprentices made good money, some of the others reverted back to hourly as it was working in there interest,

the model needs to be flexible as everyone works at different paces

 

[littlespark]

This is a very similar situation to your other post.
I think it is time you found other, decent, employment.

 

[ferg]

This is a very similar situation to your other post.
I think it is time you found other, decent, employment.

Just read that one..

OP I'd be looking for another job.

I'm not sure how easy that is where you live but I'd say it's definitely time to find pastures new.

 

[Kidsolo]

My employer recently wanted me to work to a price rate rather than an hourly rate

sounds like they think you are a slow worker