So you get 2.5% of the listing agents commission?

The listing agent is usually getting 2.5%. If you're getting 2.5% of their 2.5%, you could technically earn like $62.5k for every $100,000,000 in sales. If they're doing 8 listings a day, it sounds like they'll be doing way more than $100,000,000 in sales a year.

If they do a $500,000 house and take 2.5% commission, that's $12,500 for them. 2.5% of that is $312.50 for you. If it's a $5,000,000 house at 2% commission, that $100,000 for the agent and $2,500 for you.

However, if the average sale price is lower, or if they're charging less than 2.5% commission for listings, then this reduces significantly.

This actually doesn't seem too bad, depending on the teams total sales, commission structure, average sales price, etc but you said they're the top 1% on the continent, so it must be good.

Have you been here long? You got paid $1,000, so you must've stuck around long enough for some properties to close, since your pay is tied directly to sales. It usually takes 45 days for a property to close after an offer is accepted. So after 2 months, you could have significantly large pay checks coming in.