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Was it really his responsibility to give your team a lavish thanks? Sounds like he had a windfall, but working on commission can very easily go the opposite dir
by woah 7y ago
Was it really his responsibility to give your team a lavish thanks? Sounds like he had a windfall, but working on commission can very easily go the opposite direction.
Was the wild success of the initiative due to your team’s outstanding technical genius?
- falsedan 7y agoI believe that, without anyone to implement the system, it would have made zero dollars.
- perl4ever 7y ago"Sounds like he had a windfall, but working on commission can very easily go the opposite direction" Well, I'm a bit skeptical. Someone who makes $500K unexpectedly isn't going to lose $500K unexpectedly.
- StavrosK 7y agoOne year you sell $500k worth of software to customers, the next customers sell $500k worth of software to you. Easy come, easy go, it's a zero-sum game.
- cptskippy 7y agoIt wasn't his responsibility to reward us, and he gave us the gift pretty soon after the program's launch as thanks for the support we gave him and his top producer. I wasn't admonishing him, he was a genuinely nice guy. I only mentioned his fortune to give perspective on how profitable the program was. A producer at this broker made just over $50k on commission if they busted ass. This program was so successful that he made close to half a million. I mentioned his gift not because it was shitty but because it was the only form of thanks or acknowledgement we received. It was actually a great gift at the time because we're located in Little Debbie country and didn't even know what Tastykake was. It contextualize so much pop culture (e.g. Clerks).
- magashna 7y agoProbably not, but this is more patronizing than thankful. I'd rather get nothing than $3 of snack cakes