In spite of the advantages, the incentive plans are not free from disadvantages. The following are some of the important advantages of using incentive compensation plan.
1. Benefit to consumers - reduction of cost of production per unit is passed on to the consumers by reducing the selling price.
2. Reduction of idle time - since the payment of wages is linked with efficiency, the idle time costs are reduced to the minimum.
3. Reduction of labor turnover - workers is rewarded properly for their efficiency which results in reduction of labor turnover.
4. Reduction of cost of production per unit - cost of production per unit of output declines due to decrease in labor cost and overheads per unit.
5. Increase in volume of output - output of the firm increases as the workers are motivated to increase their efficiency to get more wages.
