Hourly vs Commission - How Should Home Service Owners Pay Technicians? - Turf's Up Radio. Episode 481

Hey there, Home Service Heroes! In this episode, we dive into technician pay structures, performance pay, overtime, commissions, and all the fun ways business owners accidentally make payroll more complicated than it needs to be. We talk through hourly pay, production-based pay, job ticket hours, and why the math has to work for both the employee and the business. If you have ever changed a pay plan and immediately thought, “Well, I may have just screwed that up,” this one is for you. We also get into real stories about payroll mistakes, broken commission systems, sales follow-up, AI-built estimating tools, and what happens when employees do not fully trust a new pay structure yet. The big idea is simple: you want to pay your best people well, but the system still has to protect profit, reward production, and stay clear enough for the team to understand. So grab a drink, check your pay structure, and make sure your business is not lighting money on fire.