Regarding work hour quotas

Fairness comes first; it’s difficult to keep things balanced, so it depends on how it is implemented.

Don’t all the maintenance departments in various organizations use a working hour system? So how is the bonus distributed?

Making the working hour system simple is easy, but to truly function effectively, to reflect an individual’s capabilities and workload, and to ensure fairness and equity, it remains somewhat challenging.

In my workplace, those who are involved in maintenance work have their bonuses allocated based on hours worked! !

Classify the main items of routine maintenance to establish maintenance time quotas, and record full hours for completing the maintenance tasks in accordance with quality and quantity requirements； Appropriate assessment for rework. Bonuses are paid at the end of the month based on hours worked

The key is to ensure that the established maintenance time quotas are realistic; otherwise, significant obstacles and difficulties will arise. Our company also plans to implement this, but we don’t know where to start. Everyone can share their insights

The best way to handle complex things is to keep it simple! Leaders need to have the courage to make decisions; they can’t always base everything on logical reasons. The most important thing is to maintain a fair attitude, and to pay close attention to everyone’s work. At the end of the month, decisions are made based on what has been observed during that month – there are reasons for higher performance and explanations for lower performance, but it’s impossible to have everything perfect! Focus on a mindset! A normal mindset, a leadership mindset! Good luck!

I am most opposed to performance evaluation based on fixed working hours – the idea that more hours worked equal higher bonuses gives the impression that the more hours you work, the harder you are working, and that more hours will lead to better equipment maintenance. But the more this happens, the more equipment problems there will be, and the maintenance workers are busy all day long without being able to keep the equipment in good condition. In terms of equipment utilization, the longer the equipment runs, the higher its utilization rate. One way to increase the operating time of the equipment, reduce equipment failures, and cut down on maintenance time is through proper instructions. How? Equipment maintenance, daily equipment care. It should be noted that over 70% of equipment failures are caused by improper human operation and inadequate maintenance. Therefore, efforts should be made to reduce maintenance time. These are just my personal opinions for reference only.

I completely agree with li_jian*n2005’s view: the more maintenance time required, the lower the equipment’s utilization rate. A fault that could be fixed in just one hour may force technicians to spend 3 or 4 hours fixing it. At the same time, the technical skill level of the repair personnel also plays a role; those with high skills may be able to complete the task in 1 or 2 hours, while others might take half a day or even a whole day. In such cases, how should performance be evaluated?

Agree with the person on floor 9 – time-based assessment is not applicable to maintenance work. If maintenance staff have to be there every day, it means that the equipment is operating properly. To earn more hours, repair workers often complicate simple problems; minor repairs may be exaggerated and turned into major or medium-scale repairs, resulting in unnecessary waste. The assessment for the maintenance field should be linked to factors such as equipment uptime, operating time, and repair rate. Personal opinion, for reference only.