Posted by Dick L on January 08, 2012 at 04:08:12 from (50.51.55.44):
In Reply to: Office pay vs shop pay? posted by sunny 5 acres on January 08, 2012 at 02:22:48:
When those types questions start to weigh you down it is time to start your own shop and hire people to work in your shop.
That will not only answer your questions but give you an education you had no idea you would ever get and could never get in a collage.
I have had my own plastic factory and tool making shop since 1959. Designing parts, molds to make the parts, making the parts and shipping them along with sales.
Never had one of my paid employees sell one job, design one part or Desi one mold. I did hear of how I cheated my employees because I worked them for eight hours a day and their paychecks only were for the hours on their time clock. However I never docked them for the time they were on the phone with friends, the half hour they took for a 15 minute break, walking away from the work station to visit or the time standing in front of the time clock waiting for it to get to the time they would not get docked.
As the owner, when a customer called and wanted a quote or a drawing quicker that was originally agreed to, I didn't have the option of saying it is quitting time I will get right at it in the morning. If you want the customer? Ya just (:^D ( Get-R-Done )
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