Employee Incentives - tanTALK

tancer · 11-09-2005, 10:32 AM

If you are having a "contest" among your employees based on sales, what type of formula do you use when you have some employees working 35 hours a week while others only work 4-6?

ChristineE · 11-09-2005, 10:36 AM

I am having a contest for Gift Cetificates sold. I am going to do a percentage of $$ to how many hours. So if someone works a 4 hour shift and sells $100 of gift certificates, their % would be 25%. If someone working an 8 hour shift sells $100, their % would only be 12.5%.

At least I hope this is the way to do it

safaritazn · 11-09-2005, 10:39 AM

ok that is fine. I would make the formula be a percentage of customer visits. I can see 20 people in a four hour shift where my morning girl would only see about 6. That isn't her fault so why shoud she be penalized?

ChristineE · 11-09-2005, 10:39 AM

Ahhhh Good point....

ChristineE · 11-09-2005, 10:41 AM

But then again...someone who works 30 hours per week is going to see way more customers that someone working 10...no matter what time of day it is.

And here I thought it would be an easy contest

rgm824 · 11-09-2005, 11:06 AM

i always do a per customer ave. if you have helios you can track this easily. i will give prizes etc. based on $ amt. per customer. that way if someone who sees 10 cust and sells 100 worth and the person who saw 30 and sells 200. their per ave. is lower that the person with 10 cust. hope this helps
shelley

safaritazn · 11-09-2005, 11:12 AM

well it would be a % of customers seen total dollars / total customers visited

caribbeansun01 · 11-09-2005, 11:12 AM

Yes, but if you are taking averages, it puts everyone on an even level right?? If I'm wrong, please let me know. There are better math and stats people lingering around here, I know it. The way I do it is based on LPPA. That is still taking an average of how many tanners and how much they made. That average doesn't use hours worked as a variable. I see it this way, if Employee A works 30 hours and sees 100 tanners and averages an LPPA of $2. Employee B works 15 hours and sees 60 tanners and averages an LPPA of $4, Employee B is still doing a whole lot better than A regardless of how many hours worked. I don't know if that's the right way of calculating things. I like the gift card incentive though. I'll have to kick that one around.

Tommy · 11-09-2005, 11:23 AM

Quote:
On 2005-11-09 10:41:00, jacks mommy wrote:
But then again...someone who works 30 hours per week is going to see way more customers that someone working 10...no matter what time of day it is.

Maybe in your store. I would go with safaritazn’s percentage of customer visits. I worked night shift 11:00p to 9:00am, 4 day a week, for two years and wouldn’t have been able to EVER touch our 4:00p to 11:00p shift. It’s not the prize, it’s the principal of “No Chance to Win”. Grrrrr
Good Luck.

Tom

Tanzenite · 11-09-2005, 11:26 AM

Do your employees always work the same shift, or do they rotate?

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11-09-2005, 10:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
tancer Join Date: Oct 12 2005 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	If you are having a "contest" among your employees based on sales, what type of formula do you use when you have some employees working 35 hours a week while others only work 4-6?

11-09-2005, 10:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
ChristineE OFFICIAL BFF MEMBER Join Date: Jan 7 2005 Location: BFF Headquarters Age: 51 Posts: 1,540 Rep Power: 113	I am having a contest for Gift Cetificates sold. I am going to do a percentage of $$ to how many hours. So if someone works a 4 hour shift and sells $100 of gift certificates, their % would be 25%. If someone working an 8 hour shift sells $100, their % would only be 12.5%. At least I hope this is the way to do it

11-09-2005, 10:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
safaritazn Join Date: Aug 3 2005 Location: Mahopac, NY Age: 54 Posts: 190 Rep Power: 22	ok that is fine. I would make the formula be a percentage of customer visits. I can see 20 people in a four hour shift where my morning girl would only see about 6. That isn't her fault so why shoud she be penalized?

11-09-2005, 10:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
ChristineE OFFICIAL BFF MEMBER Join Date: Jan 7 2005 Location: BFF Headquarters Age: 51 Posts: 1,540 Rep Power: 113	Ahhhh Good point....

11-09-2005, 10:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
ChristineE OFFICIAL BFF MEMBER Join Date: Jan 7 2005 Location: BFF Headquarters Age: 51 Posts: 1,540 Rep Power: 113	But then again...someone who works 30 hours per week is going to see way more customers that someone working 10...no matter what time of day it is. And here I thought it would be an easy contest

11-09-2005, 11:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
rgm824 I love Derf!! Join Date: Aug 2 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 529 Rep Power: 23	i always do a per customer ave. if you have helios you can track this easily. i will give prizes etc. based on $ amt. per customer. that way if someone who sees 10 cust and sells 100 worth and the person who saw 30 and sells 200. their per ave. is lower that the person with 10 cust. hope this helps shelley

11-09-2005, 11:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
safaritazn Join Date: Aug 3 2005 Location: Mahopac, NY Age: 54 Posts: 190 Rep Power: 22	well it would be a % of customers seen total dollars / total customers visited

11-09-2005, 11:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
caribbeansun01 I love Derf!! Join Date: Dec 2 2004 Location: Depew, NY Posts: 911 Rep Power: 24	Yes, but if you are taking averages, it puts everyone on an even level right?? If I'm wrong, please let me know. There are better math and stats people lingering around here, I know it. The way I do it is based on LPPA. That is still taking an average of how many tanners and how much they made. That average doesn't use hours worked as a variable. I see it this way, if Employee A works 30 hours and sees 100 tanners and averages an LPPA of $2. Employee B works 15 hours and sees 60 tanners and averages an LPPA of $4, Employee B is still doing a whole lot better than A regardless of how many hours worked. I don't know if that's the right way of calculating things. I like the gift card incentive though. I'll have to kick that one around.

11-09-2005, 11:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
Tommy Join Date: Jul 16 2005 Posts: 283 Rep Power: 19	Quote: On 2005-11-09 10:41:00, jacks mommy wrote: But then again...someone who works 30 hours per week is going to see way more customers that someone working 10...no matter what time of day it is. Maybe in your store. I would go with safaritazn’s percentage of customer visits. I worked night shift 11:00p to 9:00am, 4 day a week, for two years and wouldn’t have been able to EVER touch our 4:00p to 11:00p shift. It’s not the prize, it’s the principal of “No Chance to Win”. Grrrrr Good Luck. Tom

11-09-2005, 11:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tanzenite Don't you dare! Join Date: Jun 2 2005 Posts: 1,816 Rep Power: 30	Do your employees always work the same shift, or do they rotate?

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