'[They] asked me if I felt guilty for destroying their lives': Salesman quits and starts their own company when employer changes commission structure to avoid huge payout
Rules that aren't enforced or followed might as well not exist at all, especially when the rules aren't enacted fairly for all parties—and change at a moment's notice to favor the one making them. As they say, all's fair in love and war… and—if you're not willing to play by the rules—don't expect anyone else to either.
Like what you see? Follow our WhatsApp channel for more.
-
When this salesman started with a new company, he hit the ground running, smashing the company's weekly records and targets in his first week on the job. The stunned owners of the company hadn't imagined that signing that many contracts in one period could even be possible. They had set an aggressive commission structure on an exponential scale that resulted in a higher payout per contract the more contracts were signed and had clearly never anticipated anyone managing to sell this many. Panicking, and with the salesman's impending commission payout looming, they decided to change the commission structure immediately, cheating the salesman out of his massive payday…
An opportunity to get even immediately presented itself. The sales manager, seeing the writing on the wall and an opportunity for themself, approached the salesman, proposing that the two strike out on their own. The pulling of this thread would unravel the entire company.
-
Advertisement
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
Advertisement
-
4
-
5
-
6
-
Advertisement
-
7
-
8
-
9
-
Advertisement
-
10
-
11
-
12
-
Advertisement
-
13
-
14
-
15
-
Advertisement
-
16
-
17
-
18
-
Advertisement
-
19
Stay up to date by following us on Facebook!
Tags
Next on FAIL Blog
Comments
Hot Today