Employees

[ANRPiano@AOL.COM]

Dear list,

Having built a rather sizable business without ever working at a store or 
someone else's shop I am at a loss as to how to work out certain aspects of 
my employee's compensation.  I am not looking for anything which will get us 
into trouble, just some general guidelines or examples of other's experience.

As my shop work has grown I have hired people to fill whatever my needs were 
there, but I no longer have the time to adequately service even a fraction of 
my tuning customers.  I don't want to lose contact with all these people 
because they are a great source of work for the shop.  I have been 
considering hiring a full time tuner for quite some time but cannot figure 
out a compensation package.  Should I pay them a straight hourly rate or a 
commission or combination?  What kind of commission should I pay taking into 
consideration the cost of scheduling, advertising, insurance, taxes, good 
will, the risk of losing a customer? 

 I have never been involved in such a situation nor have I ever talked to 
anyone who has and have really no idea what to do.  I would appreciate any 
input.


Andrew Remillard