Muriford-first of all we as Innkeepers for hire would not work on commissions alone and would not sit for an Inn for free-that is totally unrealistic. And to generalize that we or paid Innkeepers dont have a vested interest in the inn is not true either, if I was in any other profession and got paid a salary and liked what I was doing I would have a vested interest in the company I was working for-and if you own a business you are the ultimate entity that takes a "loss" if business is down ei: if I were a cashier at a grocery store and the business was not making as much as it did in the past would you fire all your employees whether that business was small or large because business was down? you might as well close down..
birdwatcher said:
first of all we as Innkeepers for hire would not work on commissions alone and would not sit for an Inn for free-that is totally unrealistic.
I didn't suggest that you should; my
innsitters (short-term) do, by their choice. And, FYI, if my innsitters worked a year here on strictly commission, like they innsit, they would make more than $50K a year. That's a pretty decent salary with free housing tossed in.
I stated that salary + commission is what I would want for long-term innkeepers. This, BTW, is the pay situation in a huge number of businesses out there, from salesmen to corporate jobs. Base salary and a performance-based bonus - works very well for some of the most successful companies out there. Lots of inns pay their housekeeper by the room - that is also performance-based pay. The faster you are, the more rooms you can do or the less time you spend doing them. You don't have to like it, but it is the way things work.
As for whether I was insinuating you wouldn't care about the business unless you got paid commission, I think you're putting words in my mouth but whatever. As an owner of a similarly-sized business, the best way to insure that the business is run for the benefits of both the innkeeper and the owner would be to have both parties incented by revenue (gross and net). Just my opinion.
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