What is the absolute worst commission structure you've ever had?

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100% commission

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The absolute accuracy of every word. Whew.

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The draw system. You get a “base pay” but that base pay comes out of your commission, and if you don’t make enough to cover base then they take your base pay out of your future commission. You can literally be in debt to the company if you don’t perform. Worse than 100% commission

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My mother had a job like this and the owners wouldn’t pay until delivery of furniture but they would also refuse to order from the supplier until they had sold enough. So by the time she got commission it would be eaten up by draw checks. They also later found out that they were holding furniture in the warehouse and not delivering it so that they didn’t have to pay salespeople timely commission. They also used to take ALL of someone’s down payment money if they were a day late on a payment. One woman had 12k down and she ended up in the hospital. She forgot and missed a payment and when she came to talk to them the next week they said they didn’t care and they kept her money. Very sick mental individuals.

2 month rolling average. If you sold 2k in month 1 and 12 k in month 2, you’d be paid out at 7k in month 2

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The one I’m currently working with!! It’s so damn confusing. It’s constantly changing with little to no notice. Our biggest sellers suddenly become a NC (non commissioned) item. I have a decent base salary so if I do get any commission I’m like YAY! Honestly so frustrating…

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Lawyer up..

Winning managed service contracts that are in the 5 to 6-figure range but only paid as little as $200 since the managed service provider might lose the contract after a few weeks or months, through no fault of the sales professionals.

20% increase every year with no increase in payout target, regardless of economic situation.

Ours was a 45% increase in revenue this year with just a minor bump on our quarterly payouts and no base salary increase. 🥴 On a sidenote... Anyone hiring?

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This post is an alert message for anyone joining the Johnson & Johnson EMEA account for SAP & had Rakesh Sharma for their Manager round.

He is nothing less than a con man & will promise you a lot to make you join the account. After that he will put you in testing projects. If you ask for a release, he will either not release you or release with a very bad rating and influence other project managers to not take you into their projects.

You will be left with no choice other than leaving TCS.

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Hi Fishes, need your advise.
I got an offer of 9 LPA and my current CTC is 6.22LPA.
I am confused whether I accept the offer or reject it because now a days there is no calls for interviews.
Please help me.
YOE : 5
Functional tester.

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Hello Folks!

During work from office days, a representative from third party vendor organization used to visit the Gurgaon office during the Investment Proof Declaration days to help folks with "rent agreements, PAN number and rent slips" (ahem!! ahem!! IYKYK) and we were able to claim tax deductions.

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How often is the case that partners have been fired or forced out due to performance issues?

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How bad is it for a junior to push back against a completely psychotic mid level? I don’t know how this mid level hasn’t been fired because they are even rude and bossy to partners and are a nightmare for juniors. I’ve decided enough is enough and am now pushing back against their arbitrary deadlines and other insane and unnecessary asks. I rarely work with this person and have good reviews. Am I asking for trouble?

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“Job hopper” and “quiet quitting” are all schemes made up by boomers to make you think everything is the employees fault. When in reality people are just getting out of bad situations. Older companies do whatever they can to pay you the least amount and get the max work out of you. Except our generation will just leave amid we’re being mistreated, not complain for 35 years making 50k and 0 advancement.

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“We are fully remote”

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Me: So not remote at all…?

“No we’re remote, you get two days traveling not in the office”

Boomers and Gen X HR teams are FUNNY.

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Been searching for work for about 2 months now, and I can’t tell what companies are looking for anymore. I have 2+ years as an AE full cycle. And I get rejected left and right. My resume is up to date, I’m applying non stop, what else can I do?

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Anyone here works for Johnson Controls? I have heard mixed reviews about the company. Not sure if I should make the jump based on what I’ve heard so far. For context, I am looking at a security account executive role.

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Who is looking for a new sales opportunity?
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Currently looking for an outside sales position in Massachusetts.

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