How to compensate employees for mileage and drive time between jobs?

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Howdy y'all, we're looking for new and/or experienced cleaners in Austin, TX and given the expanse of our service area (drives could be up to 50 miles) I'm trying to source cleaners who live in all four quadrants of the Greater Austin area. [Any recommendations of folks who would make great employees in my area, please shoot me a message!] Understanding that there are a multitude of ways to compensate for mileage or drive time, I'm curious who has found a balance between efficiency and cost.
Say a cleaner does 3 cleans in a day and goes directly from home to their first job, and from the last job back to home. Those first and last are 'commute' drives, so we could calculate either a) the distance between jobs 1, 2, and 3, and pay per mile , or b) record the time of arrival at job 1 and the time of completion at job 3, and instead of paying per mile offer an extra $1 or $2 per hour rate so that it is all encompassing.&nbsp;
Love to hear your thoughts - thank you!

stevestidyturf · Answer

To be a 100$ honest, I feel like compensation on mileage just adds way to much extra work and time into math. I'd consider raising any employees pay rate, (depending on performance of course) and save yourself the trouble of doing all the extra. Better yet, allocate gas cards. If they're working for you, trust me when I say, they dont want to pay for gas while working for someone other than their own lifes commuting needs, not yours.

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