I thought Arvind went woke?
https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/03/08/ibm-faces-trial-over-alleged-firing-of-employee-for-protesting-commission-paid-to-black-sales-exec/
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most of my plans had a cap if a single deal was over 200% of plan, but not if the quarter went over 200%... always on an individual quota plan when I worked there. They screwed me on commissions in other ways, but the cap was not one of them. They also have a clause that basically lets them alter your plan/quota/payout at will at anytime.
"...he filing reads, and eventually Donato would earn a commission of $1.6 million, working on the deal for 10 days,..."
Holy Cow, the rest of us are totally losers by that yardstick... Remind me to be in tech sales in my next life!
Anytime someone's skin color is mentioned in a complaint, it's racist.
Woke culture is caustic
Any way it goes...IBM will settle out of court for this to go away and this will be old news in 24 hours.
wow... you must be HR troll to take IBM's side.
anyone who has worked near the large commission structures know this:
a) they do get capped sometimes
b) they dont get capped sometimes
so yes a) and b) seem very arbitrary and capricious.. and open to litigation IMHO
c) you can protest a cap (and win/settle) but dont expect to keep the job (and would you even want to)
d) IBM discriminates (age, s-x, race) except maybe gender cause they seem to be able to generate good PR around that.. they can deny systemic discrimination like the Royals' "Firm", and will of course
- gosh the first instance I knew of this (capping) was someone who sold 1100 Displaywriters to a large bank ... the calced payout was 7 figures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Displaywriter_System (1980)
so I've witnessed "illegal" capping for 40 years
- sigh
I am going to take IBM's side on this one.