Industries

Performance Pay built for
how your trade actually works.

Every trade has its own job structures, incentive problems, and crew dynamics. Protiv is built around all of them.

Landscaping

Your fastest crews
deserve to earn more than your slowest.

When everyone gets the same flat rate, your best people eventually leave for the competitor who pays based on output. Performance Pay ties wages to actual production — jobs completed, routes finished, quality held.

  • Mowing, hardscape, and install crews each get separate pay structures that reflect their actual job complexity
  • Seasonal spikes don't require rewriting pay policy — rates flex to the work type
  • Crew leaders earn a premium for the accountability they carry, not just seniority
  • Quality flags (callbacks, customer complaints) automatically reduce bonus eligibility
  • End-of-week pay visibility drives Monday morning hustle
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Crew Performance — This Week Crew A Crew B Crew C Crew D Top crew earns 34% more

[Customer testimonial — quote from a landscaping operator about how Performance Pay changed crew retention or weekly production. To be added.]

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Painting

You price jobs by
the square foot. Pay the same way.

Painting crews already understand production-based pricing — clients pay more per square foot for cathedral ceilings than flat walls. Extend that logic to your pay structure and watch crews stop padding hours on easy jobs.

  • Job complexity tiers — walls, trim, ceilings, commercial spray — get different production rates
  • Prep time is measured separately, so crews aren't incentivized to rush surface prep
  • Paint-back rates (callbacks, touch-ups) reduce weekly bonus, creating a built-in quality check
  • Residential vs. commercial crews get appropriately distinct pay structures
  • Crew leads who manage quality across two jobsites earn for the extra accountability
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Job Pay Breakdown Unit 4B Exterior — 3,200 sq ft Flat walls $0.42 / sq ft Trim & detail $0.78 / ln ft Spray — commercial $0.31 / sq ft Estimated crew pay $1,124

[Customer testimonial — painting operator on switching from hourly to per-square-foot pay structure. To be added.]

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HVAC

Service calls and installs
are completely different jobs. Pay accordingly.

An HVAC tech who clears 9 service calls in a day isn't doing the same work as someone on a three-day commercial install. Flat hourly wages erase that difference. Protiv surfaces it — and pays for it.

  • Service, maintenance, and install job types get separate production rates
  • Seasonal demand surges (summer AC, winter heat) don't require manual pay changes — the rate structure handles it
  • Techs who upsell service agreements get a recognition bonus, not just a sales commission
  • First-call resolution rate is tracked and feeds into weekly performance pay
  • Safety-critical work is protected — bonuses reward thoroughness, not speed
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Tech Scorecard — Marcus R. 9 Service calls completed today 94% First-call resolution rate Performance Pay — this week $1,847 +$210 first-call resolution bonus · +$140 upsell recognition

[Customer testimonial — HVAC operator on how separating service vs. install pay changed tech behavior. To be added.]

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Electrical

Your journeymen produce
three times more than apprentices. Your pay structure should too.

Electrical work spans rough-in framing to panel upgrades to service calls — each requiring a different skill level and carrying a different cost if done wrong. Flat wages ignore all of that. Protiv doesn't.

  • Journeyman, apprentice, and master rates are built into the production model — no manual overrides
  • Rough-in, service, and commercial phases each carry their own complexity multiplier
  • Safety-critical work is never incentivized by speed — bonuses reward clean inspections, not pace
  • Failed inspections and callbacks reduce bonus eligibility, giving crews a stake in quality
  • Crew leads earn for the coordination load they carry across multi-trade jobsites
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Certification Pay Tiers ME Master Electrician 3.2× base JW Journeyman 2.0× base AP Apprentice 1.0× base ✓ Clean inspection → +$180 quality bonus

[Customer testimonial — electrical contractor on how journeyman/apprentice tier rates improved retention or output. To be added.]

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Plumbing

Service, remodel, new construction —
three pay models in one company.

Most plumbing companies run service calls, remodels, and new construction simultaneously — each with completely different ticket sizes, timelines, and skill demands. One flat hourly rate makes no sense. Protiv gives each division its own structure without any of the admin overhead.

  • Service, rough-in, finish, and new construction jobs get separate per-unit production rates
  • First-call resolution rates are tracked and reward techs who diagnose right the first time
  • Callbacks and warranty call-backs reduce weekly performance pay — techs have real skin in the game
  • Commercial plumbers on long-timeline projects earn milestone bonuses rather than daily production
  • Emergency/after-hours calls automatically carry elevated rate multipliers
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Division Breakdown — This Month Service Calls 47 completed · 94% FCR $8,240 Remodel 8 jobs · 2 callbacks $6,110 New Construction Milestone 3 of 5 complete $4,500 Total crew performance pay: $18,850 this month

[Customer testimonial — plumbing operator on running service, remodel, and new construction with separate pay structures. To be added.]

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Builders

One company.
Five different jobs at once. One pay system that handles all of them.

Custom builds, remodels, and production homes don't follow the same playbook — different timelines, different crews, different cost structures. Protiv runs them in parallel without a shared spreadsheet, without rebuilding anything between divisions.

  • Foundation, framing, MEP rough-in, and finish phases each carry their own production rates
  • Long-timeline custom builds use milestone-based pay rather than weekly production
  • Crew leads earn for the multi-trade coordination they actually carry, not just title
  • Punch-list and warranty work pulls back from the bonus pool — tight quality loop
  • Custom-home complexity multipliers reward jobs that genuinely demand more skill
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Project Phases — Custom Build Foundation $3,200 paid Framing $5,400 paid MEP rough-in In progress Finish & punch-list $6,800 reserved Total project bonus pool: $18,200

[Customer testimonial — builder/general contractor on how milestone-based pay across multi-phase jobs changed crew accountability. To be added.]

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Other trades

Trade not listed?
If your work has units, we can pay for them.

Concrete, roofing, masonry, fencing, fabrication, glass — the trades change but the structure doesn't. Protiv's job-level cost model isn't tied to any one trade. If your work is measurable, we can structure pay around it.

  • Per-unit, per-job, or per-milestone production rates — you define the unit that matters
  • Quality flags (callbacks, customer issues) configurable to your trade's reality
  • Crew-level vs. individual incentive structures — both supported, switchable per division
  • Multi-division companies run separate pay structures from one platform
  • 30-minute discovery call to map your work into Protiv's model
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Configure for your trade Production unit sq ft / cu yd / job Quality flag Callbacks / inspection Pay frequency Weekly / milestone Crew structure Lead / individual / pool → Pay system tailored to your trade

[Customer testimonial — operator from a trade not listed above (concrete, roofing, masonry, fencing, etc.) on how Protiv was configured to fit their work. To be added.]

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Every trade shares the
same three problems.

The industry changes. The pain doesn't. Protiv addresses all three at once.

📋

Flat wages kill retention

Your top performers know they're producing more than the person next to them earning the same wage. Eventually they stop, or they leave. Performance Pay ends the standoff.

📊

Visibility is broken

Owners guess at who's performing and who isn't. By the time bad patterns show up on the P&L, weeks of margin have already walked out the door. Protiv shows you in real time.

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Admin is the reason nothing changes

Building a production pay system in a spreadsheet means someone's spending 4 hours every Friday reconciling numbers no one fully trusts. Protiv runs the math automatically.

Ready to see it for
your specific trade?

A 30-minute demo is enough to know if Protiv fits. We'll walk through your job types, show you how rates would be structured, and answer the hard questions upfront.