Years ago, I was an "inside sales" rep for a simultaneously large and tiny company in a niche market. The quotes are because it was at least equally outside sales, I just didn't go outside except to smoke (I've since quit). They had about 50 branches across the country of various sizes. The smallest was literally one guy who processed local orders and used hot shots for delivery, the largest had about 50 employees. I made 6 for my branch.
I was literally the first salesman with a background in anything resembling sales that my branch had ever hired (they'd always hired the least socially awkward industry professionals they could prior to me), and they'd had their CSR doing the selling for over a year until I came on, so expectations were high.
When they hired me, we had somewhat heated negotiations over the comp plan. It was a $42k base salary + commission with a $56k OTE and $65k cap. I asked what I was meant to do after I hit the cap; to which they replied, "Continue to do your job?" as if I wasn't going to have a problem with generating new business for free. I said that I was gonna need a bonus structure beyond the cap if they wanted me to do any more hunting after that point. I made it clear that I'd service my accounts when they called, but I wanted to be clear that they were going to be disappointed if they expected me to make outbound calls looking for new business after I'd maxed my comp plan, and that I'd definitely enjoy the extra time at home with my family over the holidays. They said they understood, and we went through the onboarding.
I worked almost exactly 40 hours for almost 2 months (early October- early December) before I had jury duty and missed a day. My check was about $150 light compared to what it had been, so I complained to payroll (benefits kicked in at 90 days). That's when I found out I was making $21/hr and was not, in fact, pulling a salary. Presumably, this was to force me into the office, as we didn't have remote access to the local network that logged our hours, just the ordering/inventory software. I didn't get even a prorated Christmas bonus because that counts as "benefits," and you have to work 90 days to receive those.
Cue malicious compliance.
I discovered that if I left the house 30 minutes earlier, my 80 minute commute would take less than 25, so instead of showing up around 8:30 and chilling in my car for a bit so I was working at 9, I was there at 7 with the warehouse guy, sending emails.
I started wor
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Edit: Thanks for the awards! I didn't expect this to be so well recieved! 💕
I had a manager tell me that every sales associate will have a quota now for memberships. Each associate will have a quota to hit 20-40 memberships per month depending if your full time or part time. If you miss your quota you will have to either send an email explaining why you missed your quota or you will have to have meeting with the G.M. I shouldn't have to send a stupid email me as a part time sales associate. I shouldn't have to be lecturerd in regards to branded payments each week. The corruption is growing and getting worse day by day. If you want us to get credit card apps so bad then pay us a commission!
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