We have everyone wanting to be on call time and a half plus 5% of any equipment sold a tech of mine made a 500.00 commission today and he does not have to install it.
I guess what I'm saying is compensation has to be right.
I ran a sales call and closed on a 27k job and yes a pay myself the same as the techs.
In the service industry we need to see ourselves in a position to make the most out of difficult circumstances. So we do not take summer vacations but do take fri off and monday some weekends when we are off call in the summer and take a little trip.
Once school starts vacations are sweeter cause you do not have to fight summer crowds, enjoy cheaper fuel, travel deals and it usually easy to get the grand kids out of school for a week.
I lost my first wife cause she wanted me to have weekends off home by 5 summer vacations and in general thought work was some thing you had to suffer. through. My wife now is my partner at work and enjoys the fact we can pay for our grandkids to have private school, college paid for money for retirement being
saved, and we get to work together.
I'm just as happy working as when I'm not and as wise man once said "life is 10% what happens to you and 90% what you do about it.
It sounds like your CO has a mal attitude and I know those can be contagious.
My best advice is to keep your rotations fair and make the most out of work as you do the rest of your life.
You are in the best most promising industry I know of, the opportunities will only grow as pepole get out of it. The x y and z generations do not understand boomers like me who can enjoy a career. My son only wants to make enough money to go home and he is not in the industry he developed his mothers attitude and it is sad my daughter is a better worker but she could not my vision. She did work for me but got out of the business cause she did not want to take call of dispatching. You all work in very difficult circumstances and with pepole that are not their best. By becoming a pro at what you do in the market and with your company model you can find a niche that fits your life's plan. I've shared mine I have a friend in the industry and when he started his company he went commercial and did only ice machines for commercial warehouses that do not work weekends. It works for him I'm glad for him. Also teaching is very rewarding and has set hours and most government jobs can be very favorable
cause they some not all may have strict overtime policies.
Your boss will always want to do what's fair (I hope) and profitable so think and share with him what your ideas are. A great place to get them ideas is here as I have been rewarded by the knowledge that the great members of this site have shared with me.
Carnak (God rest his soul) was a wise man on this set and helped and is helping others with the wisdom he gave here.