For context, I own a cleaning business for vacation rentals (Airbnbs) that does about $1.7 million with 25 employees. All cleaners are W2 and paid hourly. Quality is #1 which is why we decided to pay hourly but the flip side is we have issues with people not being incentived to work quickly. I estimate this is a $50k+ problem for us.

For those of you who have hourly employees, how do you incentivize increased productivity without sacrificing quality? Yes, we can use the stick but I’d rather offer a carrot as well.

Thanks all in advance!