My husband is a mechanic and works flat rate, meaning he only gets paid for the jobs that he does, no matter how many hours he’s actually at work.
This time of year is tough. No one is getting repairs done because they’re saving for presents and travel and whatnot. Meaning in an 80hr pay period, he won’t have earned that much. Last pay period he only got paid 45 hours for the two weeks.
When things pick up again, sure he’ll be able to pull his 80 to break even, and probably even more. But how do you budget for anything when the income can vary so greatly? When he was hourly it was easy. He’s only been flat rate three or four weeks and we’re already feeling it
Submitted December 14, 2017 at 09:14AM by PhoenixTears14 http://ift.tt/2o3llhv
