Module 16 · 4 plays
Crew Pay & Raises
What the crew gets paid and how it's decided: hourly against by the square priced on one real job, so you can see who carries the slow day; the crew price list you write once so the number stops moving in every driveway; the two gates the check waits on — the walk and the customer's money — and why nothing gets held back after them; and the raise ladder that puts the path on the wall, so pay follows the proven skill and the Friday ask stops.
The plays
- M16-01Pay by the Hour and You Bought the Day. Pay by the Square and You Bought the Roof.You pay the crew by the hour because that's how everybody you ever worked for paid you. The two-day job takes three. Nobody's slacking exactly, but nobody's…Spreadsheet
- M16-02One Price List, Signed Once — Not a Fight in Every DrivewayEvery roof starts with the same argument. The crew lead looks at the pitch, the second layer, the drive out, and the number moves before the ladder's off the…Printable card · En español
- M16-03Two Gates, Then the Check — and Nothing Held BackThe crew's done Thursday and wants paid Friday. You haven't been on the roof yet, the homeowner hasn't paid, and you either write the check on faith or you…Printable card · En español
- M16-04The Raise Is on the Ladder, Not in the AskEvery week somebody on the crew asks for more money. Not the same man — a different one each Friday, in the truck, at the tailgate, in a text at nine at…Printable card · En español