A Ford point pays negotiated Ford Blue gross, a fixed no-haggle Model e spiff, and a Ford Pro volume plan, sometimes to one salesperson in one month. WageTime runs all three rulebooks in one close, every EIN in the group, one Friday.
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No other domestic brand forces three comp rulebooks together the way a Ford point does. Each is either hours of unpaid office work or a liability quietly compounding while nobody has time to check.
A negotiated Ford Blue front-end gross, a fixed no-haggle Model e spiff, and a Ford Pro commercial volume plan can land on one salesperson in one month. Generic payroll knows one commission rule and leaves the other two to a spreadsheet.
Ford flags warranty jobs at fewer hours than the same customer-pay job, so a warranty-heavy period pulls a flat-rate tech toward the minimum-wage floor. The true-up is owed whether or not anyone did the math, and right now that math lives in the controller’s head.
A tech clears Senior Master, or an EV high-voltage cert lapses. The flat-rate figure should move on the effective date. Instead it moves three paychecks later, as a retro adjustment and an argument at the parts counter.
Every period someone exports closed repair orders from CDK, Reynolds, Dealertrack, or Tekion and re-types the hours, while the warranty claims sit in PTS, SERVIS2, and OASIS. Every re-typed number is a chance to short a flat-rate check.
The retail Ford store, the second rooftop, and the Ford Pro commercial vehicle center are each their own LLC with their own filings, and the group still closes payroll once, on the same day. Generic providers answer with three logins and a consolidation workbook.
Ford spiffs, OneCX/CSI bonuses, and Ford Pro home-charging driver reimbursements clear off your pay calendar, and still owe correct tax treatment and, often, a check this week, not at the next scheduled run.
Ford’s Service Labor Time Standards flag warranty jobs at fewer hours than the same customer-pay work, so every period WageTime divides each tech’s flat-rate earnings by actual clock hours and tests them against the minimum-wage floor.
Replaces the by-hand check the controller runs when there’s time, because the SLTS shortfall doesn’t wait for when there’s time.
One salesperson can close a negotiated Ford Blue truck and a fixed no-haggle Model e EV in the same month: two commission rules, one WageTime close. Ford Blue pays front-end gross; Model e pays a flat per-unit spiff at fixed Ford.com pricing.
| Salesperson | Ford Blue gross | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Angela P. · 9 Ford Blue3 EV+$1,500.00 draw −$3,000.00 | $7,020.00 | $5,520.00 |
| Marcus D. · 6 Ford Blue2 EV+$1,000.00 draw −$3,000.00 | $4,380.00 | $2,380.00 |
| Sofia M. · 8 Ford Blue1 EV+$500.00 draw −$3,000.00 | $5,600.00 | $3,100.00 |
| Tyler B. · 4 Ford Blue0 Model e · draw −$3,000.00 | $1,900.00 | −$1,100.00 carried |
Replaces the two-tab spreadsheet that tries to pay a negotiated deal and a fixed-price deal with one formula.
Ford technicians climb their own ladder, tracked by a STARS ID, and WageTime binds the flat-rate figure to each rung with an effective date: clear Senior Master and the new rate starts that day.
| Tech | Rate rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D. Okonkwo #12Sr Mstr $44+$2hv→$44.00 Sep5 | $46.00/flag hr | At risk |
| R. Vance #08Fd Mstr·Drive·recert Mar 2028 | $37.00/flag hr | Current |
| C. Ellis #21Fd Mstr,ASSET·Sr Mstr passed | $28.00 → $33.00/flag hr | Rate chg Aug 1 |
| B. Naylor #17Gen Line,FACT·Two crs sched | $22.00/flag hr | Current |
Replaces the whiteboard of who’s Senior Master and whose high-voltage cert is due, and the retro-pay cleanup after a quiet lapse.
Every advance, every commission offset, every month’s net lands in a running WageTime ledger per salesperson, with threshold flags. A draw that goes underwater is visible in month one, not month three.
| Prior months | Draw | Commissions |
|---|---|---|
| Marchnet +$240 · balance $0 | $3,000 | $3,240 |
| Aprilnet −$700 · balance −$700 | $3,000 | $2,300 |
| Maynet −$850 · balance −$1,550 | $3,000 | $2,150 |
Replaces discovering a −$2,650 balance in month three, or in the exit interview.
Full-service payroll is $10 a month per person paid that month, plus $50 a month per company, with unlimited runs. No long-term contracts, no per-run charges.
Off-cycle runs and bonuses cost nothing extra. No long-term contracts; cancel anytime.
Example: 50 people paid × $10 + $50 company = $550 for the month
HR & hiring, onboarding, PTO, time tracking, benefits, and workers’ comp are optional add-ons, priced separately when you’re ready.
See a demoYes: the month-end commission close runs both rules in one pass. Negotiated Ford Blue deals pay front-end gross; fixed no-haggle Model e deals pay a flat per-unit spiff. Both settle against the same running draw ledger, F&I chargebacks net against the month, and unreconciled deals roll forward instead of holding the close.
Yes. Rates bind to certifications with effective dates, so a Ford high-voltage or Commercial Vehicle Center premium stacks on a Senior Master base and starts on the day the cert takes effect. Let one drift toward lapse and it’s flagged before it lands, with the per-period cost shown, not a retro adjustment three paychecks later.
A commercial or fleet salesperson can run on a volume plan in the same close as retail front-end gross: the commission close handles both. Ford Pro home-charging driver reimbursements are treated as a taxable, reportable earning, and pay on an off-cycle run at no extra cost if they land mid-cycle.
Yes. Ford’s Service Labor Time Standards flag warranty jobs at fewer hours than the same customer-pay job, so a warranty-heavy period pulls a flat-rate tech’s effective rate down. Each period, flat-rate earnings are divided by clock hours and tested against the wage floor; a shortfall posts as a documented true-up earning before the check goes out.
Neither is re-keyed. We import clock and flag hours off your closed repair orders so there’s no double entry, and the warranty claims you file in Ford’s systems stay there. Finished payroll posts to QuickBooks mapped by department. Tell us your DMS on the demo and we’ll confirm the exact flow for your setup.
Yes. When a CSI or survey threshold gates a bonus, that bonus is booked to the right person and pay period once you confirm who cleared it. Off-cycle bonus runs cost nothing extra, so a spiff that clears after the close still pays on time with correct tax treatment.
Last month’s Ford Blue and Model e deals in one sheet, a warranty-heavy fortnight of SLTS flag hours, the STARS list off the whiteboard, one draw that’s underwater. Twenty minutes with a payroll specialist on a live demo store: if WageTime can’t carry all three rulebooks, you’ll know before the meeting ends.
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