Guide 26

Subcontractors: their own list, not payroll

Subcontractor work, priced onto the job, off payroll

The problem

You bring in an electrical firm for a panel upgrade. They are not on your payroll: they quoted a price for a piece of work, and it has to reach the job's costs.

What Zeus does

Subcontractors get their own directory, and their work goes on a job as a contract: the firm, the work, the price. It lives in the job's Docs.

Do this

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  1. Docs

    Scroll to Neil Chartrand · Interior Repaint

  2. Contracts

    Docs, Contracts

    Subcontractors: their own list, not payroll, Contracts
  3. ＋ Add contract

    Add a contract, it wants exactly three things

  4. Add New Subcontractor

    Add the firm once

  5. Fill inName · Trade · Phone

    Name, trade, phone

  6. Fill inItem / Work · Price

    Panel upgrade, $2,400

  7. Save contract

    Save, and it's on the job, who, what, and how much

    Look at Subcontractor contracts

  8. Costs

    Under Costs, the subcontract is already in the total

  9. Subcontractors

    In the directory, one contract

    Subcontractors: their own list, not payroll, Subcontractors
    Subcontractors: their own list, not payroll, Subcontractors

You now have

Their own list and contracts, with costs on the job rather than payroll.

On screen, not tapped: North Star Electric

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