Frequently Asked with Audrey Jensen of Infinity Roofing & Siding, Inc.

• published: 21 Dec 2015
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Commonly asked questions: Is the position a 1099 or W2? Every company is different. The position with Infinity is 1099. Our folks in the field are Independent Contractors. I am going to explain what the benefits are for being a 1099 and why it fits the company vision. A 1099 suits our team best for a few different reasons. • This position is like owning your own company without the headache of a start up. • Without a doubt, YOU WILL GET OUT OF THIS, WHAT YOU PUT IN. • You are your own boss. You don’t clock in and clock out each day. There is no way for the company to track the team’s daily activity out in the field. • Only the individual knows how much fuel they spend each day for business. • Only the individual knows how much of their personal home is used for office purposes. • There are people in the company content making 60 k a year. We even have a few college students who do it part time and graduate college debt free. Majority of our team make over 100k and then there are quite a few who take home between 200-400 k or more a year. • Some people work the position like a 9-5, others work 45 days straight and plan to take a few months off once they’ve reached their high earning goals. • A lot of our team member’s travel. In a 1099 position they are able to combine business trips with pleasure and write it off. • Most of our folks set up an LLC. So instead of the company paying them as individuals, they write the commission checks to the LLC. This allows the independent contractor to qualify for much better health and other insurances. They also get a lot of discounts for purchases as a business owner. So to simplify it, W2 employees are limited in their earning potential, they have a boss to answer to and a time clock to punch. Infinity hires 1099 people because we don’t want to limit our team members earning potential or quality of life. We have team members across the nation in 37 states. They are the boss. They determine the hours they put in each day. They vacation when they like. They take afternoons off to attend their kids baseball & soccer games, to watch their cousins graduate from college, go snowboarding, hit the lake or a popular hobby for a lot of our team members…elk hunting and fly fishing. This is the life style of a 1099 contractor. This is the life of the Infinity Roofing team. Are sales leads provided? I get this question all of the time and I find it humorous. The simple answer is yes. But I’d like to point out a few things about leads… • If you are running only leads rather than generating your own business by knocking on doors in storm areas or networking… • You will be cranky, annoyed and your pockets will be much thinner. • 90% of the top earners prefer to generate their own business rather than running a company provided lead. • They know when they knock on a door in a storm area, they will be handling an insurance job versus a cash job. • Most of our folks focus on insurance jobs because we use the same pricing technology ad the insurance companies. • We do the work for exactly what the insurance companies approve, unless the homeowner wants to upgrade and invest more into their property. • Leads often will force reps to spend a lot of time driving all over town, writing up bids and estimates on repairs for negligent homeowners with leaks who are paying 100 % out of pocket versus only paying their deducible and having insurance pay for the rest. • These homeowners often are going to go with the lowest bid they received. And a side note to homeowners who go with the cheapest bid…you get what you pay for and you’re most often in for a nightmare.