[Jewelry making - Article 01638] - Re: [Orchid] Are you as talented as a Dentist?

[Neilthejeweler]

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>     I also do not agree with the system of paying a jeweler's salary
>     on commission. True this benefits the store owner and if the
>     jeweler is a speed demon but in the real world I do not think it is
>     fair to the jeweler. I do think it is fair to pay a jeweler by the
>     hour or a set salary because sometimes at the bench you get the
>     murphy's law special and it eats the bench jeweler's profit
>     completely. Working in trade shop has taught me that lesson. 

    I full well understand the position commission puts someone in. But
    it also is a wonderful motivator. When I worked at the jewelers I
    mentioned in another post today, I had a salary plus commission
    arrangement. Come the third week of the month I really cranked. I
    mean overdrive. Warp speed Scotty! Yet I still took pride in my work
    because I recognized that I could only continue to get more
    lucrative jobs if I made the pieces great. Each completed piece
    became an advertisement. And it worked. Customers would ask for me by
    name. In fact, it was the customers at that store that gave me the
    trade name I use now. Neil The Jeweler. Whodathunkit?
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