At times management can be disorganized, misogynist, and use nepotism as a way of promotion; and, because of this it can be difficult to have business background appreciated. It is also difficult to work in a sales position, where one does not control the sale-you queue up the client, hope the appointment is conducted by an auditor, and then it is given to an Account Manager where the hopes is they submit a proposal and then close the sale. I was only paid on final proposals submitted to a client, and 1% of the final sale. While the Account Managers are great, they have their own sales agendas, so whatever was queued did not always match my priority with [their] priority. Because of the relatively meager base salary, one would hope that the commissions would be higher and more frequent.
After formally giving my 3 week notice with the owner, the VP Sales and my former supervisor, I was subsequently fired-while home sick with the flu- the following day without notice. The way they fired me-and how I discovered I was fired-was my Google work password had been changed. I had to text and call my supervisor to find out what happened. The following Monday, I was instructed to come back to the office to collect my belongs-but wait outside, so they could be brought to me-and return the keys to the office. I did end up going in to speak to the controller about what steps I should take next.
Other people who had left the company, prior to me, where able to stay out the full 2-3 weeks, and were paid their commissions.
All the commissions I was promised to be paid for the month of January, I did not receive, and in fact when I e-mailed about that, my e-mail, phone calls and text messages were ignored.