Update: 'I do 5 times the work she does': Sales worker frustrated with job after their incapable coworker gets the same bonus

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    Am I wrong to be mad my dumb coworker got the same bonus as me? Am I being unreasonable if I quit? (this is a bit long, but I'd appreciate any insight, posted in WFH also)
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    So I just started a new job in August WFH doing sales for a software company. We're a small department, there's about 15 of us. Only 2 of us got hired & are in training right now, me and we'll call her Rita. It's not a typical training program, it's just a manager giving us self paced learning to do as quickly as possible. It was supposed to be a 2 week training, a week training on the product & a week training on Salesforce. We spent 2 weeks
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    on each one, because Rita was struggling. I actually finished the product training in a week, but had to wait a week for her to catch up, and she still has not really caught on to Salesforce (even though she's got prior experience with it, and I don't).
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    -- I spend half of my day walking Rita through how to do her work, the exact same steps repeatedly. She asks for help every 5 minutes. I've typed out the steps and emailed them to her doesn't help. The manager has pulled her separately and spent hours re-training her, back to square one several times. Some days we get a list of accounts to work -- last week we got 145 accounts. I worked 115 of them,
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    she "worked" 30, but said she "skipped a few, but didn't remember which ones" so I had to go back through all of the few she actually worked (and stayed 2 hours late to do so). A lot of our job is thinking about what would be the best course of action, and she's not capable -- she asks me for help on everything, right down to how to write an email.
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    Last week, we got bonuses for the month of September. We get hourly pay plus a capped commission -- we'll say it's $750. The bonus is supposed to be based on performance -- a % of the sales we get, accounts we close, etc. She said in front of our manager how much her bonus was -- to the penny, it was exactly what I got, almost the max ($748.51) and I didn't tell her I'd gotten a bonus or how much.
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    The manager responsible for writing our bonuses knows how slow she is and how much she struggles -- he's the same manager that's been training us. I tell him about how she doesn't get it, how I spend half my day helping her, and I do 5 times the work she does.
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    I want to quit. I have another job offer that's less hourly pay, more commission (uncapped). I want to give my 2 weeks notice tomorrow. It really me off that I work so hard and she is so dumb & slow, yet gets the same commission as I do. Am I being unreasonable???
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    Update: My dumb coworker got the same bonus as me For those who are interested, this is an update from my post 5 days ago.
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    I spoke to my manager Monday & told him I'd be leaving, taking the other job. I told him why, the struggles with my coworker and her inability to do anything on her own, the constant barrage of questions about the same thing all day every day, how I do her work for or with her, then do 5x more of my own work, and then we get paid the same bonus. A bonus that's supposed to be based on performance.
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    He said last months bonus was just like a participation trophy kind of bonus and no, he didn't feel like she earned it, but he thought she was getting better, getting the hang of things, and was he wrong? He spent a couple of hours with her himself the next couple of days to see for himself.
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    This morning, I had a meeting with my boss and his Boss. Long story short, I'm getting a raise & my "cap" for my bonus is being doubled, so I'll actually get paid for the work I do.
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    My coworker, Rita, was given the choice of either 1) transfer to another contract where she may be more successful, or 2) leave the company. She was supposed to give them her decision today by the end of the day today. I don't know what she chose.
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    So I just wanted to say thank you for those who told me to stand up for myself! I did, and it paid off.
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    ConfusedAt63 Congratulations! 52 Reply AssignmentFit461 OP Thank you!
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    kevin_r13 Wow, they gave participation bonuses that was the same as the person who work their butts off. This is exactly why people just go in for participation effort and not to work their butt off.
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    Anyway I'm glad you got some bosses who seem to take you for consideration. Nice work on how you dealt with it!
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    kmbct2 Excellent news! Been rooting for you
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    stargal81 Squeaky wheel gets the grease. You advocated for yourself & negotiated a favorable outcome for yourself. Has nothing to do with putting your coworker down, you simply asked for what you deserved.

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