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#1 Mar 06 2006 at 5:39 PM Rating: Decent
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Its been a while since I posted on here but Im currently going through something with my company and I thought Id put my situation down and see if maybe someone else went though something similiar, and if so what they did about it.


Last year they put out a new commision plan that makes it so if we hit our total goal for a quater (three month period) then we get our commision bonus which is $2800. This applied for the last three quarters of the year and then at the end of the year we get a $3600 bonus if we made our goal.

How this is setup is at our particular store that we are assigned to we have a base monthly goal. Our new business that we bring in goes to this amount to determine if we hit our bonus or not.

During this past year I was travelling between many stores in the state filling in because we had a drastic low amount of agents. I literally worked at close to 12 stores through out the year.

Anyway so as a goal was setup for my home store, I would almost never be there because I was filling in for other stores.

So here the end of the year comes around and I find out that I was the highest producing agent in the entire state, which then qualified me for a 4 day trip to Florida this coming May. According to the companies numbers I had hit 128% of my total goal for the year and was the only person who even came within qualifying numbers for the trip.

So I began to think back on the prior year and realized this.

How can I excell at 128% OVER the total year goal but I didnt make my individual quarter goals?

The only way I could have made a monster percentage like that is if I had made every single quarter and then some.

So I send an email to my manage in regards to this, which was last Monday, and still I have heard nothing back on this.

This total amount comes to roughly $12,000 that should have been paid out to me through out the year because of the indiviual numbers that I put out.

Example: My home store is Thomas, and the goal for myself is 50k, I only end up working there half the month becuase I am sent to South Central for the second half to fill in.

(We were told that anything we do at other stores goes to our goal, just found out that is not true.)

So there is literally no possible way that I could ever make my goal, as the money I brought in at the other stores actually went towards the goal of the people who were currently working there o.O".

I was the only person in the state that was moving around like this and I wasnt even compensated for the extra gas money that I was paying out to help the company.

I am already planning on moving from this company because I feel decieved and literally like they screwed me.

Right now I do not have an answer from them, but I think its not going to be in my favor. I have even been thinking of hiring a lawyer.



Edited, Mon Mar 6 20:43:03 2006 by Zadiel
#2 Mar 06 2006 at 5:44 PM Rating: Decent
Hire a lawyer. Don't let anyone ***** with you like that again.
#3 Mar 06 2006 at 5:45 PM Rating: Decent
Zadiel wrote:
Right now I do not have an answer from them, but I think its not going to be in my favor. I have even been thinking of hiring a lawyer.


Hire a lawyer if you like the unemployment line. No matter what kind of worker bee you are, you hire legal representation against your company, I'm sure your a[red][/red]ss will be promptly canned.
#4 Mar 06 2006 at 5:48 PM Rating: Decent
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Not worried about employment, I have several Interviews with companies that called me.

#5 Mar 06 2006 at 6:56 PM Rating: Good
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Railing against your employer in a public forum is a good way to get fired, too. It's better to leave company names out, particularly if you decide to discuss specific details of your compensation packages (in this case, the bonus structure).

That said, sounds like they gave you a pretty raw deal. I'd work with management first and point out that you're an excellent employee, see if they can't swing the bonuses your way. If they can't or won't, go elsewhere. There is no reason to continue wasting your time at an employer who does not properly reward your work.
#6 Mar 06 2006 at 7:10 PM Rating: Decent
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My company might be trying to ***** me


Zadiel wrote:
I work for THI insurance, which is a division of Nationwide insurance.


Of course they're trying to ***** you it's an insurance company. It's what they do.



That's as far as I read.

Edited, Mon Mar 6 19:13:07 2006 by MentalFrog
#7 Mar 06 2006 at 7:32 PM Rating: Good
Frankly, I feel pretty good about the world knowing that insurance salesmen wind up taking it up the ole tan track. It's not that I don't sympathize; it's just that I don't sympathize.

Tomorrow might be an OK day, after all.
#8 Mar 07 2006 at 9:10 AM Rating: Good
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You may want to wait to sue until you hear the response, but in the meantime, start gathering any documentation (paperwork,emails, etc) that outline the bonus program as you understood it. It may only take a letter from your lawyer to get things moving, but if you have to go to trial, you can kiss that $12K goodbye. It'll all go to lawyer's fees.
#9 Mar 07 2006 at 12:32 PM Rating: Good
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Good luck suing the insurance company, if anyone has a barrelfull of nasty lawyers you found it. I also hope you haven't posted here from work, as you can bet they will diligently sift through any links you pinged through the proxy server, looking for good reasons to fire you for violation of the company internet policy.

I think I'd smile and enjoy the trip to Florida. Also if you sue them they will fire you, and if you've worked there for any length of time you will then either have a giant black hole on your resume, or will need to come up with a good explanation for future employers as to why you sued your last one when they call to verify your work history.
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#10 Mar 07 2006 at 4:11 PM Rating: Decent
You can also file a complaint with your State Labor Commission.
#11 Mar 07 2006 at 6:20 PM Rating: Default
tell your boss. mabe he will help mabe he wont.

lawyer cant do squat, unless you have what you were promissed in writing and can PROVE you did as needed in atleast one of the stores. if you can, you might get it then be promptly fired.

labor relation laws wont help, as they only guareentee minimum wage, and certain premium pay for overtime.

bottom line, make a POLITE case to your boss, and be willing to let it go if nothing happens....unless you dont really care if you keep the job or not, in that case, raise a stink.

i had a commission job where the boss raised the quota for a bonus every time we made it. needless to say, i found another job.
#12 Mar 08 2006 at 12:29 AM Rating: Decent
Kaelesh the Puissant wrote:
Zadiel wrote:
Right now I do not have an answer from them, but I think its not going to be in my favor. I have even been thinking of hiring a lawyer.


Hire a lawyer if you like the unemployment line. No matter what kind of worker bee you are, you hire legal representation against your company, I'm sure your a[red][/red]ss will be promptly canned.



Actually, it would be illegal for the company to fire him in most states over a legal matter where there is no neglect evident on the emplyee's part occured(For example, civil law suits). There would be two things for file suit for, lost wages, and retribution for reporting an unfair business act.
#13 Mar 08 2006 at 2:27 AM Rating: Decent


I think I'm lost, I meant to click on "Aegis, dat joo?"

Twas a huge let down.
#14 Mar 08 2006 at 6:46 AM Rating: Good
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Actually, it would be illegal for the company to fire him in most states over a legal matter where there is no neglect evident on the emplyee's part occured


Actually, all states but Montana are currently "Employment-At-Will" states. All they have to do is write "Abusing Internet Policy" in the reason box on his pink slip or "Takes too many bathroom breaks" or simply "Fails to meet performance expectations", they could even eliminate his position for 6 months and not give any reason at all.

All large companies have an employee handbook, and in that handbook are a gazillion stupid little reasons they can use to cover their asses in a wrongfull termination lawsuit. Ever browse the internet from your workplace? Recieve a personal email? Take a personal call? More than a minute late back from lunch? Missed a day of work without a doctors slip? Forgotten to file a piece of paerwork? All perfectly legal reasons to fire you.

There was once a time when I believed that the world was a fair and mostly rightous place. Where people generally did what was right, and the law was there to watch out for the little guy. Where the underdog could rise up and fight for what was right, and win! I've seen allot of nasty things and done allot of growing up since then.

I sure as hell wouldn't put my career on the line to try to prove a point against a multi-million dollar corporation over a couple grand.

A long time ago a very wise person gave me some very sage advice; "Don't burn bridges"
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