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Questions
(1) Your
employer offers you 55% commission. On this
day you groom:
- Dog #1,
service fee $52.50
- Dog #2,
service fee $36.00
- Dog #3,
service fee $28.00
- Dog #4,
service fee $40.00
- Dog #5,
service fee $77.00
What
are your gross wage earnings for grooming
Dogs #1-5?
(2) Your employer
offers you 50% commission. On this day you
groom:
- Dog #1,
service fee $40.00
- Dog #2,
service fee $38.00
- Dog #3,
service fee $50.00
- Dog #4,
service fee $42.00
- Dog #5,
service fee $60.00
- Dog #6,
service fee $45.00
- Dog #7,
service fee $29.00
Your
employer provided you with a pet bather to
bathe, dry, clip nails and clean ears all
7 dogs. The employer deducts $5 for pet
when assisted by the pet bather.
What are
your gross wage earnings for grooming Dogs
#1-7 before you deduct the cost for the
bather?
The bather
assists you for all 7 dogs. What are
your net wage earnings for grooming Dogs
#1-7 after reimbursing your employer for
the bather?
(3) The following
information is fortunately provided by a
potential employer who pays by commission.
The employer doesn't inform you how much
you will earn annually simply because you
work on commission and doesn't know how
many pets you will groom in the year
ahead. It's up to you to estimate what you
could earn in a year with steady work.
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Average service fee: $40.00
- Work
schedule: Monday through Friday, no paid
vacation
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Commission rate: 50%
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Bather: none provided
At
this time you know you can groom at
least 6 pets a day on average. To be
conservative, figure that you will groom
6 pets a day.
What
are your estimated gross wage earnings
for one year if you grooming 6 pets per
day?
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