BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Stormaddict on August 20, 2013, 12:24:39 PM
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I am hiring a young man who has been drilling my bowling ball ever since he was 18. He is exceptionally knowledgeable and a very good communicator. What should his hourly wage or salary be? He is currently drilling 10-35 balls a week.
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Where are you located at?
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And perhaps more importantly, what do you estimate the cost of living at? (low, medium, high, etc.) Generally speaking, pro shop wages aren't very high or very competitive, but on average, especially if the guy has a lot of experience and is good help, 15/hr sounds fair to me in a medium cost of living market.
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Also depends on what kinds of perks you are offering him and what kind of hours and time you are asking him to invest in it.
Like currently the guy who does my drilling isn't getting paid much at all and his perks are horrible ( only gets new balls for 4 bucks less than I pay), the only reason he does it is because he loves bowling and uses it as a step ladder into trying to get more people involved in the sport.
Does he do it for a living? Is it a couple times a week? Is it a 40 hour a week job? Are you asking him to come in on " off days" to help out customers if they need it? Are you letting him purchase equipment at cost or is that not part of the deal?
For me at least all of those are factors in what would be considered fair and good.
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If the person is running the shop full time I would pay them a base pay and a sliding scale commission. Without incentives to do more most people will only do what they need to do to get by.
If they are working part time in the shop by themselves I would pay them a base hourly wage plus commission.
If they are just coming in to drill balls when necessary I would pay them by the ball.
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I agree with everything that has been said!
As a shop owner I struggle to have enough time to work my regular job, run the shop, have family time and have enough time in the week to bowl once. So I had hired someone to "watch the store" on the night that I bowled (in another center so I could get some "me" time).
He was a younger guy that's a much better bowler than myself but had no shop experience. So I started him with the basics.....stocking shelves, clean up and after a week he started plugging. He got to the point where he started being able to suggest balls for customers, took orders and payments and did final tweaks when customers would pick up balls.
The deal we had worked out was a flat fee per day to be there and then a percentage on whatever he sold in terms of balls, bags and shoes. He would regularly take his pay in trade for equipment which I sold to him at cost and drilled for free while he watched so he could learn.
In terms of the actual dollar amount I would say to base it on how good he is and how much him being there helps your business. If you are able to make an extra $3-400 a week with him there then its a lot easier to hand him a bigger paycheck than if he only helps generate another $150 a week.
Just my thoughts....