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Re:Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? by rbcgerard on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @10:08AM (#15227361)
Not sure where the idea comes from that teachers are poorly compensated. Relative to some other professions yes, but hardly a low Paying job. Annual teacher salary in California is $73k/year [1] divided by .75 is $97k/year with generous pension an medical benefits that probably push that number up $25k-$75k/year...

[1]http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fr/sa/cefavgsalaries.asp

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Re:Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? by taysic on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:56PM (#15233239)
Interesting, CA ranked 41st out of all states for its school system this year.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/05/california-schools-ear...

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Re:Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? by daladd on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:07AM (#15227871)
I'm curious why you would divide by .75 there (?)
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Re:Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? by pinot on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:27PM (#15228667)
9 months a year of employment, which is a gross oversimplification of how many weeks/yr a teacher is working.
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Re:Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? by _uy6i on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:27PM (#15232178)
It was a proxy for the fact most teachers have summers off, so are only working 3/4ths the year...
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Re:Why Must You Pay Sales People Commissions? by selectodude on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:22AM (#15227999)
Public sector salary pre-tax income is usually only 66-75 percent of total comp after adjusting for health insurance and pensions.
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