wwcanoer
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This has been an interesting thread to follow.
Piecework vs. hourly rate. Both have their pluses and minuses.
How about a flat salary?
I have worked the same job for 30 years. I started off being paid piecework rates- gold work including all the model work, then I went to hourly wage, gold and porcelain and eventually Empress. For the last eight years I’ve been paid a flat salary. The way compensation was paid and changed was done without my input.
A little background. I’m working in an in-office lab and am currently doing gold work, porcelain, pressed crowns, implant crowns, provisional appliances, whitening trays, bite rims, diagnostic wax up’s, and all the associated model work, casting, investing devesting, plus shipping and receiving, inventory control, and basic fix it person for the office.
Personally, I like being paid a flat salary. Why? . I like paycheck consistency, and therefore in my mind that gives me more paid days off. Currently I work 4 - 10 hour days. And yes I do work the sporadic Friday and Saturday.
On occasion I do send porcelain crowns out to an outside lab, which does pay their technicians by piecework. I have observed mixed results when it comes to quality control. These issues have been discussed, but I can always tell when they get real busy. They also have done some absolutely beautiful work for us.
Those are my thoughts. I definitely do not fit the norm when it comes to job description. And no, I have absolutely no desire to be my own boss!
Carol
Piecework vs. hourly rate. Both have their pluses and minuses.
How about a flat salary?
I have worked the same job for 30 years. I started off being paid piecework rates- gold work including all the model work, then I went to hourly wage, gold and porcelain and eventually Empress. For the last eight years I’ve been paid a flat salary. The way compensation was paid and changed was done without my input.
A little background. I’m working in an in-office lab and am currently doing gold work, porcelain, pressed crowns, implant crowns, provisional appliances, whitening trays, bite rims, diagnostic wax up’s, and all the associated model work, casting, investing devesting, plus shipping and receiving, inventory control, and basic fix it person for the office.
Personally, I like being paid a flat salary. Why? . I like paycheck consistency, and therefore in my mind that gives me more paid days off. Currently I work 4 - 10 hour days. And yes I do work the sporadic Friday and Saturday.
On occasion I do send porcelain crowns out to an outside lab, which does pay their technicians by piecework. I have observed mixed results when it comes to quality control. These issues have been discussed, but I can always tell when they get real busy. They also have done some absolutely beautiful work for us.
Those are my thoughts. I definitely do not fit the norm when it comes to job description. And no, I have absolutely no desire to be my own boss!
Carol