piecework
Payment by output
Piecework is work paid by the unit produced rather than by time spent.
A garment worker might earn per shirt sewn, a picker per bushel harvested.
The system rewards speed but can encourage cutting corners: She preferred piecework because she was fast.
The adjective piecework describes such arrangements: piecework wages, piecework rates.
Article of clothing
- assemblyConstructing from components
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
textiles · stitching · cutting · trimming · finishing · soldering · welding · machining
Object of pursuit
- outputWhat something generates
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- minimumSmallest possible quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
rate · standard · requirement · tally · count · units · deadline · productivity
Payment for work
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- remunerationPayment for work done
- earningsMoney gained from work
- incentiveReward encouraging action
commission · paycheck · income · bonus · tariff
Layered fabric stitching
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- knittingLoop-based textile making
- beadingOrnamental small-sphere work
- tailoringCustom clothing adjustment
leatherwork · woodworking · weaving · sewing · needlework · appliqué · patchwork · crocheting
garment
Article of clothing
- assemblyConstructing from components
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
sewing · textiles · stitching · cutting · trimming · finishing · soldering · welding · machining · production
target
Object of pursuit
threshold · rate · standard · requirement · tally · count · units · deadline · productivity · efficiency
wages
Payment for work
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- remunerationPayment for work done
- earningsMoney gained from work
quilting
Layered fabric stitching
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- knittingLoop-based textile making
- beadingOrnamental small-sphere work
tailoring · leatherwork · woodworking · weaving · sewing · needlework · appliqué · patchwork · crocheting · lacework
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- compensationpay, salary, income, wage, bonus
- hourly jobshourly worker, day laborer, fast food worker, factory hand, laborer
- side workside job, side jobs, side hustle, side gigs, side hustles
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- crowdsourcingcrowdwork, microtask, hits, worker, requester
pieceworksalaried work
Compensated employment arrangement
salary · hourly wage · annual salary · retainer · guaranteed income
pieceworkteamwork
Joint effort toward shared aim
collaborative work · project-based work · workflow · creative work