Empty Truck and Turnover Cost Workbook
Open-formula Excel that prices an empty truck day and a full departure at your rates. The departure log and reason ranking tell you what to fix first.
Previews are taken from the deliverable itself.
Home services pay
Tech Pay Plan and Margin Workbook
The pay math field guide and the workbook that models spiffs, commissions, drive time, and raise breakevens against billed-hour economics.
$49
- Editable operating files, not a subscription
- Immediate access through the secure TrueStep HR store
- Built and reviewed under the published TrueStep HR standard
Digital products carry a 30-day money-back guarantee. General HR information, not legal advice.
Need it working, not sitting in Downloads?
Add a one-hour setup session · $149
Bring the purchased tool and your live situation. A TrueStep HR practitioner helps you set the inputs, make the first decisions, and leave with a usable next step.
See the Setup Session →What this closes
A practical system that moves the decision into real work.
Model one pay plan against your own drive time and billable hours. Pay in the shop becomes arithmetic you can say out loud to a technician.
DecisionControl labor cost
IndustryHome services
Files6 PDF guides, 1 Word document, 1 Excel workbook
ReviewBuilt to the published release checks; sources and change notes sit beside the catalog.
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 · readThe Pay Math Field Guide: the operating logic, the weighted week, the drive-time leak, what a billed hour really costs, and the raise breakeven walked through in dollars (PDF to read)
Excel · useTech Pay Plan and Margin Workbook: the modeler that prices up to three pay plans on the same week of work, the weekly pay log, the drive-time and billed-hour math, and the raise breakeven with the departure comparison built in (Excel to use)
PDF · readPay Plan Scripts & Templates: the pay plan summary sheet, both raise conversations, the spiff announcement, the pay question response, and the pay change notice, each ending in a worked example week (Word to edit)
PDF · readQuick Reference: the whole workbook on one page: what each tab is for, what you enter, and how to read the result (file 2).
PDF · keepTrueStep HR Product License: what you may and may not do with the files you purchased (file 4).
PDF · readUsing This Workbook in Google Sheets: how to upload the file to Google Sheets and exactly what to check afterward (file 5).
Also in the download: Pay Plan Scripts and Templates (PDF, file 7; editable Word, file 8). Every file is in the same folder, named with the number shown here so the steps below point straight at it. Open these in Word to change the wording for your own company before you use them.
How to use it
Your first 15 minutes
Step 1 is The Pay Math Field Guide, file 6. Work down from there, and by step 4 you log real pay weeks in the Weekly Pay Log every payday.
Skim the Field Guide, starting with the one idea on page 2. Fifteen minutes, and you know which two numbers every pay question comes down to.
Open the Workbook and replace the amber starter figures on the Pay Plan Modeler and Drive Time tabs with your own. The cost per billed hour, the margin behind it, and what each plan pays update as you type.
Fill in a pay plan summary sheet from Scripts & Templates for each technician, so every tech can predict their own check.
Log real pay weeks in the Weekly Pay Log every payday, and run every raise through the Raise Breakeven tab before you answer it.
Before you buy
Clear answers to the practical questions.
The point of a product page is to let you judge the work before checkout.
What exactly do I receive?
6 PDF guides, 1 Word document, 1 Excel workbook, each one named in the What is inside section above. The purchase is a download, not a subscription, and the files are yours to keep.
Are these the real screenshots?
Yes. The preview images on this page are taken from the current deliverable, so you can judge the structure and writing before buying.
Can I use the files in my business?
The files are designed to be edited for your own internal operations. Review the included license and have legal counsel check decisions that require jurisdiction-specific advice.
What if I need help applying it?
Use the $149 Setup Session for one hour of implementation help on this tool. TrueStep HR does not offer broader consulting engagements. For a legal question, use qualified counsel.
Extend the system
Build on this decision.
These products address the next connected step in the same situation, operating method, or industry.
Dispatch Coverage and On-Call System
The dispatch coverage workbook, the on-call rotation that survives the busy season, and the scripts for the call-off conversations that follow a pattern.
Service Tech Hiring Kit
Hire techs with large-employer rigor. You get the hiring field guide, a scorecard and pipeline tracker, and the scripts and templates for every step from screen to offer.