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Are there any examples of competitive sales organizations that don't pay commission of some kind?
by ryanmarsh 9y ago
Are there any examples of competitive sales organizations that don't pay commission of some kind?
- calinet6 9y agoNot competitive exactly (it's not necessary when you don't have commission) but Pluralsight: https://www.inc.com/aaron-skonnard/why-sales-commissions-don-t-work-in-the-long-run.html https://www.inc.com/aaron-skonnard/why-sales-commissions-don...
- robocat 9y agoThinline responded to that article in another post: Interesting last comment (from November 2016) to the original article: "Important Update * I am currently employed at Pluralsight, and I feel obligated to point out that the author of this article, our CEO, no longer believes or stands behind any of the content in this article. Pluralsight does not operate under the Deming philosophy. As of January 2017, Pluralsight will be implementing sales commissions again. We have reverted to the typical high-pressure, high-stress quota models found in most companies.
- tyingq 9y agoThoughtworks doesn't pay commissions, and I think that's highly unusual in that space. No idea if that will change now that a PE firm bought them.