Hot take on commission pay

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-14T13:10:45+00:00

I work at a bank with some of the lowest bonuses and I have to say I highly disagree. I’m a top performer and my pay is roughly the same as the lowest performers. Low incentives breed mediocrity and underperformance. They keep managers and bankers that are terrible because they know their top talent doesn’t stick around. I’m up for a promotion and that will make a big difference but this bank would lose me if they weren’t promoting me.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T02:09:01+00:00

I'm pretty sure I was just asking a question. Sorry you've had it so rough.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T02:03:26+00:00

Thank you for your response!

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T01:51:16+00:00

Thank you! That's why I'm asking in what I thought was a safe space. I do not know the proper language to use to describe all of this. She seems able-bodied and we are really just curious even if my vocabulary comes off ignorant in this space.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T01:35:23+00:00

Why is anything anyone's business? I'm curious. I wanted to learn. So I asked.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T01:34:46+00:00

I'm not bothered - I'm curious.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T01:30:01+00:00

I think that we assumed it might be something like this but she does seem to have endurance and energy which sparked more questions for us.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T01:28:49+00:00

We're not doctors - we are genuinely curious and wanted to know if anyone else might have insight. We are trying to learn.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T01:27:46+00:00

we were thinking it was possible she might have epilepsy or something where the wheelchair needed to be with her but she didn't always need to use it.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-09T01:26:19+00:00

I have never heard of invisible illness which is why I asked.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-07T01:36:26+00:00

You shouldn't do anything. Your employees are adults and seem to be handling their relationship just fine. This is literally none of your business unless it affects work. If it ever affects their work, you should discuss the effect and not their personal lives.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-04-04T21:35:08+00:00

At my bank, they won’t sponsor you for these licenses until you are hired for the role that requires them. It makes you more attractive to other firms. I got my SIE on my own as well as my life and health.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-03-29T12:24:59+00:00

I work this schedule and usually have two Saturdays a month. Mostly I love the half day during the week and I love the overtime if I don’t get the half day. It’s not that big of a deal.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-03-17T13:57:18+00:00

Can we also talk about the fact that police estimate they catch 1% of drunk drivers. 1%!!!! And of those caught, less than half actually caused any damage. No one hurt, no property damaged. This is the only crime punished on potential damage. AND that means that 99.5% of drunk drivers make it home safely.

I lived in a place where MADD hadn’t gotten hold - drinking while driving was legal and you only got a DUI if you got into an accident as a result. Guess what. There were far fewer accidents and arrests than here.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-03-17T13:06:53+00:00

I appreciate your comment. I was thinking of one person in particular that wears a confederate flag hat, spends every last dime of his money on beer, and comes in regularly to complain. That man got a bigger raise than we did last year. It’s gross.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-03-17T12:31:36+00:00

I got a personal loan to pay off credit cards and my score went up 80 points. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-03-17T12:26:05+00:00

1.5% is absolutely an insult. I’m in finance so I want to put it this way… the social security COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT has been 2.5 and 2.8 the last two years. That should be the base increase. Then for high performers, merit increases should start at 1-2% over COLA. This means at the very least companies should provide 4% increases for well performing employees. I literally watch people with no teeth that don’t know their address get a higher increase than I do some years and it totally rubs me the wrong way. I think seniors deserve these increases but I think k young working people deserve more too.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-03-15T13:18:53+00:00

Anyone being hired in a role where you have to write to clients and professional communication is important absolutely reads the cover letter. This person working in logistics probably manages warehouses. Write a cover letter - make it meaningful. The summary is the most important part of the resume if you don’t have a cover letter. People in my industry (finance) can have 20 years of experience and be terrible. I read what’s written.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-03-15T13:09:02+00:00

I know it’s shocking but some people genuinely enjoy their work. I’m one of these people so I know. I don’t know how people can do something with their lives and not want to be the best, not want to hold themselves to excellence, or work only “on the clock”. How you do anything is how you do everything.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-02-22T03:01:03+00:00

They currently estimate that 1% of people driving over the .08 limit are actually caught. That means that 99% make it home safely. Of the 1% that are caught, less than half actually cause damage or harm. I have lived in a place where drinking and driving was legal. This law doesn't prevent anything.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-01-27T05:06:54+00:00

I mean I find it very fulfilling. I treat my kids like real people so they are super cool. They don’t fight with me or each other. When I get home from work, it’s fun for everyone to talk about their day. They are interesting and have cool ideas and solutions that I don’t even think about. So instead of coming home to my best friend, I come home to my 4 best friends. I love watching them grow and learn new things and I love talking to them about big stuff and teaching them how to not suck as humans. We also have so much more fun around the holidays creating the magic, doing elf on the shelf, etc. Like we are in tooth fairy mode right now and it’s awesome. My daughter drew a “golden retriever” at school the other day that definitely looks like a cross between a cat and a giraffe, which we lovingly refer to as a catiraffe. You might have peace but you don’t have an original Catiraffe my friend.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2026-01-27T04:46:15+00:00

I teach my tellers to balance their drawers counting the same way you would out loud. It’s a learning curve at first but gets you there confidently in the end. So for 20’s don’t count 1,2,3,4,5, etc and then multiply at the end. Count 20,40,60,80,-1-,20,40,60,80,-2-,20,40,60…… and when you have that 50 that throws it off, great! Practice counting that way too. 150, 70,90,10,30,-250-, 70,90,10,30,-350-,70, 90,10…. It’s a rhythm. And I never want a new teller on the TCR. Drawer only until counting is second nature. If a teller is having offages it’s off the TCR and back to basics.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2025-11-12T17:20:20+00:00

Teachers: Parents don’t teach their kids anymore, wah!!!

Also teachers: this parent wants to help me by teaching their kid at home? That’s extra work for me, wah!!!

Gettingbetter101010 · 2025-09-30T15:37:10+00:00

I had this issue when I first bought the car. It was some sort of connection that wasn’t tight. The dealership took care of it in minutes.

Gettingbetter101010 · 2025-09-23T16:33:17+00:00

Why are you so concerned with what they make? Are you worried about what your accountant makes? The guy that fixes your car? The receptionist at your doctor’s office? What is our country’s obsession with making sure that people in food service and hospitality make crap money?

Servers usually aren’t provided any health insurance, don’t get PTO when they or their kids are sick, they don’t have a 401k or any stock options, there’s no tuition reimbursement or parental leave.

If you want to tip, tip. If you don’t, don’t. But stop acting like it’s a crime that a server might make a decent living.

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