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Switched from hourly temps to piece-rate for packing, my line speed doubled in 3 weeks
Putting 8 packers on per-box pay instead of clock time cut my per-unit cost from $0.14 to $0.09 overnight, but the real win was watching them self-organize into two sub-teams without me asking, has anyone else seen a jump like that when you change the incentive structure?
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robinson.holly1mo ago
Whoa, that’s a bigger jump than most people see. But the part that stands out to me is the self-organizing teams, because that usually means you’re paying for output, not just speed. You might want to watch for quality slipping though, some packers cut corners when the math gets tight on a bad batch. Also, keep an eye on your top earners, they can burn out fast when they’re chasing the same pace every day. The real trick is to keep the rate fair enough that nobody starts gaming the system by hiding slow items.
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