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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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