Empty Truck and Turnover Cost Workbook
Calculate empty-truck and departure costs at your rates with open Excel formulas. Use the departure log and reason ranking to prioritize fixes.
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Tech Pay Plan and Margin Workbook
A pay math field guide and workbook to model spiffs, commissions, drive time, and raise breakevens against your billed-hour costs.
Start with the free On-Call Pay Cost Calculator. See what one on-call week costs per response hour and per year, then decide whether the workbook would be useful for your business.
$49
- One-time purchase. Editable files.
- Your download link appears on the confirmation screen and in your receipt. No account needed.
- Request a full refund within 30 days with one email.
- Licensed for one company's internal HR use. Resale and redistribution are not permitted. Read the license.
Checkout takes place on our store at shop.truestephr.com. Any applicable sales tax appears at checkout before you pay. These files provide general HR information, not legal advice.
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Bring your purchased tool and the situation you are working through. A TrueStep HR practitioner will help you set the inputs, make the first decisions, and identify a practical next step.
See the Setup Session →Where to start
Model how your drive time and billable hours affect a pay plan.
Know what each pay plan costs and how to explain the numbers to your technicians.
DecisionControl labor cost
IndustryHome services
Files6 PDF guides, 1 Word document, 1 Excel workbook
ReviewRead our published standard for how we develop our tools, and what we cover for their scope and limits.
Fit
Is this the right fit for your work?
A good fit
- You need to control labor cost in home services.
- You want editable Word and Excel files that stay with your organization.
- You or a manager will run the process and want a clear sequence to follow.
When to consider another option
- For advice about one person's specific circumstances, consult qualified counsel.
- For rules specific to one state or city, consult the applicable local requirements. This tool is not written for any one state.
- For help running the process, explore our advisory services.
What is inside
Every file in the download, by name.
Taken from the kit’s own Start Here guide, so what you see here is what you open after checkout.
PDF · readStart Here: a guide to every file and the order to use them.
PDF · readQuick Reference: the whole workbook on one page, including what each tab does, what to enter, and how to read the result.
Excel · useTech Pay Plan and Margin Workbook: Compare up to three pay plans using the same week of work. Includes the weekly pay log, drive-time and billed-hour calculations, raise breakeven, and built-in departure comparison.
PDF · readTrueStep HR Product License: what you may and may not do with your purchased files.
PDF · readUsing This Workbook in Google Sheets: how to upload the file and what to check afterward.
PDF · readThe Pay Math Field Guide: Covers the pay calculations, the weighted week, the cost of drive time, what a billed hour costs, and the raise breakeven explained in dollars.
PDF · readPay Plan Scripts and Templates
Word · editPay Plan Scripts & Templates: Includes the pay plan summary sheet, both raise conversations, the spiff announcement, the pay question response, and the pay change notice. Each ends with a worked example week.
How to use it
Your first 15 minutes
Start with The Pay Math Field Guide and follow the four steps below. By step 4, you will be recording actual pay weeks in the Weekly Pay Log every payday.
Read the key idea on page 2 of the Field Guide. In fifteen minutes, you will understand the two numbers behind every pay question.
Enter your numbers in place of the amber starter figures on the Pay Plan Modeler and Drive Time tabs. Your cost per billed hour, the corresponding margin, and the pay under each plan update as you type.
Complete a pay plan summary sheet from Scripts & Templates for each technician, so each person can see how their paycheck is calculated.
Record actual pay weeks in the Weekly Pay Log every payday. Before responding to a raise request, check the numbers in the Raise Breakeven tab.
Before you buy
Questions about your purchase
Find details about file formats, delivery, licensing, and refunds.
What exactly do I receive?
You receive 6 PDF guides, 1 Word document, and 1 Excel workbook, all named in the What is inside section above. This is a one time purchase, delivered as a download, not a subscription.
Are these the real screenshots?
Yes. The first image shows the file set, and the second and third show actual pages from the current download.
Can I use the files in my business?
Yes. You can edit and brand the Word document, fill in the Excel workbook, and read or print the PDF guides for your own internal operations.
What if I need help applying it?
For help implementing this tool, book a one hour Setup Session for $149. For broader HR support, advisory begins with a short request and a written scope at truestephr.com/pages/advisory. For legal questions, consult qualified counsel.
How do I get the files?
Right after payment, your download link appears on the confirmation screen and again in your email receipt. All files arrive as one ZIP. No account is needed.
What do I need to open them?
You can use Word and Excel, LibreOffice on a computer, or Google Docs and Google Sheets in a browser. The alternatives are free. Any PDF reader opens the guides. See download help.
What if it is not right for us?
Email support@truestephr.com within 30 days for a full refund. No form or explanation is required. The full terms are in the refund policy.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is general HR information and a working method. It is not written to any one state unless the page says so. Where a decision turns on the law, use qualified counsel. See what we cover, and what we do not.
Who may use the files?
One license covers the internal HR work of one legal entity. You may edit the files, brand them, and issue them to your employees. Consultants and groups with several entities need the extended license. See the license.
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