Jpflex
Electrician big leagues
- Location
- Victorville
- Occupation
- Electrician commercial and residential
What happened exactly?The only person that ever went unpaid on payday was me.
What happened exactly?The only person that ever went unpaid on payday was me.
The business may not have had cash enough to pay me.What happened exactly?
Same here. On paper, I paid myself $15 an hour. In practice, I wrote $50 and $100 checks for pocket money and once in awhile a few hundred to the family if wife's salary wouldn't cover mortgage that month. I never did enough consistent volume to have any real cash flow. The few employees or temps I had were always paid.The only person that ever went unpaid on payday was me.
Once I decided to be real, incorporated, raised rates, and maintained employees. I got paid every week and with vacations every year.Same here. On paper, I paid myself $15 an hour. In practice, I wrote $50 and $100 checks for pocket money and once in awhile a few hundred to the family if wife's salary wouldn't cover mortgage that month. I never did enough consistent volume to have any real cash flow. The few employees or temps I had were always paid.
My experiences were years before Covid and during a thriving economy - greed was the culpritThe business may not have had cash enough to pay me.
That sort of reminds me of a similar dichotomy. I took my truck to a body shop & paid them $4,500 & change to work on my truck. I looked at a basement remodel job for 1 of the managers there. I think my quote was about $1,500, He balked that I was too high. I take work to him that he does at the shop so he can sell high. I'm supposed to travel to work at his house so I can sell low?A former employer did work for a mechanics shop. Took forever to get paid. We took a truck there for repair he but had to have cash before it left
That sort of reminds me of a similar dichotomy. I took my truck to a body shop & paid them $4,500 & change to work on my truck. I looked at a basement remodel job for 1 of the managers there. I think my quote was about $1,500, He balked that I was too high. I take work to him that he does at the shop so he can sell high. I'm supposed to travel to work at his house so I can sell low?
And you were "high" partly due to cost of maintaining truckThat sort of reminds me of a similar dichotomy. I took my truck to a body shop & paid them $4,500 & change to work on my truck. I looked at a basement remodel job for 1 of the managers there. I think my quote was about $1,500, He balked that I was too high. I take work to him that he does at the shop so he can sell high. I'm supposed to travel to work at his house so I can sell low?
Idk it'd have to be a real small basement for me to be 1500.And you were "high" partly due to cost of maintaining truck
(Of course I doubt that you were high)
I was pricing less than my previous 2 bosses due to the terrible economy at the time. I think I was generally about midrange overall, but of course customers were also getting quotes from handymen and leaf rakers.Idk it'd have to be a real small basement for me to be 1500.
"Bob's leaf raking and electrical"customers were also getting quotes from handymen and leaf rakers.
You don't want to have to compete against those kinds of people and you don't want customers who would even compare you to them.I was pricing less than my previous 2 bosses due to the terrible economy at the time. I think I was generally about midrange overall, but of course customers were also getting quotes from handymen and leaf rakers.
Did some work years ago for an area nursing home that was owned by a larger company that operated nation wide, was first time doing any work for this company. Can't recall if I sent bill to local site or to corporate (out of state), but sort of doesn't matter. I wait for most of 30 days then corporate sends me a W9 and maybe other paperwork to fill out and return before they will pay me. Then of course takes another 30 days or so before they send a check.
Sad thing is if I owed them anything or at least was responsible for making payments for say a relative they were taking care of in their facility they would have likely been pretty aggressive about trying to collect it.![]()