piece work
Payment by output
Piece work is labor paid by the unit produced rather than by the hour.
A seamstress doing piece work earns per garment completed; a transcriptionist per page typed.
The arrangement incentivizes speed but can exploit workers when rates are low: She earned pennies doing piece work from home.
Also spelled piecework.
Fixed assigned amount
- earningsMoney gained from work
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- compensationPayment for services rendered
remuneration · productivity · output · targets · performance · incentivize · reward · profit-sharing
Skilled manual tradesperson
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- workmanshipSkill in creating objects
- craftSkilled manual art
pottery · weaving · carving · embroidery · knitting · woodworking · leatherwork · ceramics
Hired construction professional
- gigShort-term paid work
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- independentFree from external control
- project-basedOrganized around distinct undertakings
temp · outsourced · flexible · task-based · on-demand · contingent · casual · short-term
Craft with needle and thread
- assemblyConstructing from components
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- garmentArticle of clothing
factory · sweatshop · seamstress · tailor · machinist · outwork · subcontracting · manufacturing
quota
Fixed assigned amount
- earningsMoney gained from work
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- bonusReward beyond expectation
compensation · remuneration · productivity · output · targets · performance · incentivize · reward · profit-sharing · payout
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- workmanshipSkill in creating objects
craft · pottery · weaving · carving · embroidery · knitting · woodworking · leatherwork · ceramics · bespoke
contractor
Hired construction professional
- gigShort-term paid work
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- independentFree from external control
project-based · temp · outsourced · flexible · task-based · on-demand · contingent · casual · short-term · assignment
sewing
Craft with needle and thread
- assemblyConstructing from components
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
garment · factory · sweatshop · seamstress · tailor · machinist · outwork · subcontracting · manufacturing · textile
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- livelihoodsjob, career, income, profession, livelihood
- child laborchild labor, child labor laws, bonded labor, debt bondage, hazardous occupations
- industrial managementassembly line, mass production, factory floor, production line, division of labor
- informal workside hustle, odd jobs, moonlighting, day labor, freelancing
- labor systemsbonded labor, chattel slavery, child labor, compulsory labor, contract labor
piece workhourly wage
Pay calculated per hour
salary · annual salary · retainer · day rate · weekly wage
piece, work, pieces, pieced, piecing, piecemeal, works, worked, working