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Well, obviously I know that hiring another assistant would help. In fact, hiring 2,3 or 4 more would also help. What my question is getting at is the issue of benchmarks. Should a sole optician be...

We currently only have one optician in our optical shop. He services roughly 7-10 jobs/day. He also has to input all the VSP data, interface with frame reps, manage and order all the frames. In...

I am waiting for it with bated breath. I would imagine, however, that it would also help to have barcode scanning capability (so you can scan items in and out of the spreadsheet). I have also been...

ABO Optician Wanted for Solo M.D practice in Cerritos, CA. Min 4 years experience in ordering/dispensing and VSP billing. Beautiful office with friendly, supportive atmosphere. Part/full time,...

It is my personal opinion that HIPAA is a huge joke. I never spent a penny on HIPAA during the days that "consultants" were charging my colleagues $5000 to make them "HIPAA compliant". I spent $40...

Yes. The PDA can access the internet (wireless).

As per Judy's question; I have an integrated practice system that does billing, appointments, recalls etc. However, it has no optical...

Actually I have all that. We have a 7 computer network with a print server and wireless internet. The big advantage of the PDA at the optical shop is that it is used at the fitting table where...

Interesting Dude; I would love to find out more about it. Actually, I recently wrote a very simple but helpful program for Palm PDAs. It calculates all the VSP options accurately without having to...

In my shop we are drowning in paper work and redundant tasks. I have a feeling we are not doing things as efficiently as possible. We do mainly VSP and private jobs. Here's a typical scenario for...

Thanks Ibrahim, I appreciate the comments. It works pretty smoothly, is logical and fair for all concerned. The rare times that an issue pops up is when an expense occurs in the optical shop that...

The progressive lens identifier is a nonbrainer. It has a crosshatched pattern in the background (like a grid) and a bright green light. It's a total nonbrainer and works 90% of the time.

I think you guys are arguing minutiae. It doesn't really matter what you call it or what you use to compute it. When I calculate a commission I first consider what is the revenue portion (this is...

Texas Ranger,
We don't do any inhouse lab work but we buy uncut stock lenses and our lab edges and mounts them for a nominal fee. They do this as a service for us in conjunction with all the rest...

Wow, the lab gives you 50% off your second pair of lenses? That's impressive. I've never heard of that. Anyway, I like the concept and it makes sense to pass those savings on to the patient. Most...

Thanks Snitgirl and dude. I must admit that "dude" sounds impressive! Cuts 30 jobs while dispensing around them? Fixes computer problems? I would kill for someone like that. Incidentally,...

It was about $54,000 and it was for 4 days work/week. My recent salary comparison report from Vision West indicates that it's in the top 5th percentile in California.

I don't think it's as simple as portrayed here. Whereas I agree that we should not devalue our services, the second pair is not a real devaluation. First of all, we have already made a nice profit...

Awtech brings up a good point about human nature. People are suspicious about being offered incentives based on variables that they don't immediately have a grasp of. They may suspect that they...

Good point Judy. I didn't want to complicate my previous post with details but if you want the exact formula here it is:

Expenditures= previous month optician compensation+cost of goods sold+...

Are your guys reading my posts? The last two thoroughly mediocre opticians were making $50,000+ at my place!!. Isn't that enough for you? That doesn't include a complete benefits package.
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My pay structure in the past was as follows:
$15 per hour (base salary) AND 10% of NET optical income.

The concept of compensating for net income is that it takes into consideration both...

I think that Judy misunderstood my quotation marks. The word "optician" was in quotation marks because various people who have been marginally trained as apprentices in selecting fashions or...

I'm in Artesia, California.

A couple of observations on my experience. I have worked with "opticians" (with and without any certification) who although they claim 10 years in the business have less than no interest in their...

I have a patient who has brought back the same frame 3 times. It is a rimless frame with polycarb lenses. Everytime the lab puts the lenses in the frame they crack at the screw holes. The lenses...