So I'm currently in an odd position. I need to be a little vague as my industry is quite small, but I will try to provide as much detail as possible. I work in a technical support role flying around the country and sometimes out of the country to fix and install certain items. These items can be manufactured by a number of companies and I can and have worked on all of them. I am extremely knowledgeable in my field, I would even go so far as saying I'm the best in my position in the country. If you knew me personally, this is not something I would ever normally say, but at some point I have to value myself correctly. I've been doing this type of work for 15 years now. These items that I work on also have consumables. So starting 4 years ago I began working for a company whose sole business was selling these consumables. I brought a lot of knowledge to the company, so we were then able to start selling the items that used these consumables.
I took a bit of a salary cut from my previous job to work here, but I knew and liked the owner. I was given a base salary plus commissions on every unit of consumable that was sold, this is not common for someone in a technical role. This was done because I told them during the interview what I was making previously and that I would like to be back there. Within 2 years I was back to my previous salary with the commisions and able to make more. Last year the company I worked for was acquired by another company. The paperwork I signed when being brought on board listed my salary as the same salary and also said that my commission structure would remain the same. For the first couple months that held true.
Let's fast forward to now, I haven't received my commissions since January. My commissions made up around 1/4 of my pay, so this has hurt like hell. A few weeks ago one of the higher ups emailed everyone telling us that we were to receive new paperwork for Managment By Objectives bonus structures. I take it because of this, I'm losing my commissions. A colleague of mine that came from the old company called me up asking what I made last year, because my current boss had called him to ask that. I told him and he said I probably won't be receiving my new paperwork because it's way less than what I made last year. I didn't hear anything else until last week when my boss told me he was still working with management because the numbers didn't add up.
I'm still waiting on finding out what the deal is. Also, the amount of travel has increased a ton. I've already requalified for Gold status on Delta, which used to take me until the 4th quarter with other companies. So at this point I'm probably going to hit Platinum, or maybe even Diamond.
Why is it taking so long for them to sort this crap out? Commissions don't look like they are a protected thing, so I can't even go after them for wage theft.
Do I wait it out and see what they offer? Or do I just find a new job now?
Submitted May 09, 2018 at 07:51PM by Nedo060484 https://ift.tt/2wsGIwI
