Sales compensation diagnostic · HVAC-first

Comp plans that actually drive the behavior you're paying for.

Fixed-price review for owner-operated home services. We show where your commission plan rewards the wrong results — and the 2–4 changes worth making first.

Fixed fee
$1,500–$2,500
Deliverable
Report + call
Focus
2–4 changes

Reward the right work

Align payouts with profitable jobs, quality installs, and the mix you actually want sold.

Protect margin & cash flow

Spot where discounts, thin replacements, or volume-only incentives quietly drain the shop.

Keep your best people

Clearer plans reduce payout fights and stop demotivating reps who sell the right way.

Simple, clear, and fair

A bounded review with concrete changes — not a multi-month consulting theater project.

01 · The problem

Your plan may be paying for the wrong jobs.

That shows up as discounts, thin installs, payout drama, and good reps who stop selling the way you need. Home-services owners feel it in cash long before anyone schedules a “compensation redesign.”

Wrong incentives

Top reps sell a lot. Margins stay thin.

Revenue-heavy commissions can keep payouts healthy while discounted or low-quality jobs shrink what the business keeps.

Discount culture

Everyone cuts price to win the job.

If the plan pays on volume first, discounting becomes the path of least resistance — and the P&L pays for it later.

Inherited plan

You patched the plan until nobody trusts it.

Spiffs, exceptions, and tribal rules pile up. Payouts get argued every month. Nobody can explain the design in one page.

02 · The offer

A fixed-price diagnostic. Not a platform. Not a retainer.

Fieldwise Comp is a productized sales-comp diagnostic for owner-operated HVAC and home-services companies with commissioned sales teams.

Investment

$1,500–$2,500

Flat fee. Clear scope. Below typical specialist advisory floors near $9k–$10k+, above free templates that ignore your job mix.

01

Written diagnostic

A short 5–8 page report on where the current plan is likely costing money, demotivating reps, or rewarding the wrong behavior.

02

45-minute walkthrough

A focused call to review findings in plain language — what matters, what can wait, and how to talk about changes with the team.

03

2–4 concrete changes

Prioritized recommendations you can implement without a transformation program or software rollout.

Explicitly out of scope

  • Ongoing consulting retainers
  • Software implementation
  • HR or legal advice
  • Plan administration

03 · How it works

Discover. Analyze. Recommend.

A short, judgment-heavy process — designed so delivery stays lean and the recommendations stay implementable.

  1. Step 01

    Discover

    Share the current plan, how jobs get sold, and where payouts already feel off — discounts, mix, drama, or retention.

  2. Step 02

    Analyze

    We map how the plan drives behavior against margin, job quality, and cash — not a generic template checklist.

  3. Step 03

    Recommend

    You get a written diagnosis, a walkthrough, and a short list of changes worth making first.

04 · Fit

Built for owner-op shops — not enterprise theater.

Primary wedge: owners and GMs of HVAC companies with commissioned sales teams. Broader home services after the wedge proves paid demand.

Good fit

This is for you if…

  • Owner or GM of an owner-operated HVAC or home-services company
  • Roughly 5–50 employees with a visible commissioned sales team
  • You feel the plan in cash, discounts, mix, or payout arguments
  • You want concrete fixes, not enterprise redesign or software

Not a fit (for now)

We'll pass if…

  • Enterprise platforms needing multi-quarter compensation programs
  • Buyers shopping commission software to administer an untrusted plan
  • Companies with no commissioned sales motion
  • Anyone looking for ongoing retained consulting or HR/legal advice

How this sits next to the alternatives

Enterprise comp consultants

Specialist firms often start near published advisory fees of $9k–$10k+. Right problem class, wrong size for most owner-op shops.

Commission software

Tools calculate and administer plans. They do not judge whether the plan rewards profitable work.

Templates and peer copy

Free and generic. No company-specific read on the 2–4 changes that matter in your shop.

05 · How we work

Clarity of offer over borrowed logos.

No paid case studies yet — and we will not invent them. Until real client outcomes exist, Fieldwise leads with process clarity, honest pricing, and a bounded deliverable an owner can act on.

Credibility comes from hands-on compensation plan judgment, not generic SEO guides or software demos. If a short call shows this is not the right tool, we say so.

06 · Next step

Short call to confirm fit. Then a paid diagnostic.

Tell us about the shop, the sales team, and where the plan already feels wrong. If it is a fit, we schedule the diagnostic. If not, you leave with clearer next steps.

  • 01Confirm commissioned sales motion and owner/GM decision path
  • 02Align on scope, fee band, and what “done” looks like
  • 03Move to paid diagnostic when it is clearly useful

Request a fit call

Opens your email with a short prefilled note. No fake chatbot. No login wall.

Or write directly: michael.ray.woods@gmail.com