That was my takeaway too. I guess that is why IBM made $1 billion in Federal Revenue last year. It helps to pay for all this. Did everyone pay your taxes this year? Now THAT is something you should be outraged about, not some sales guy "only" making $230,000 off of a SINGLE FUCKING SALE.
What's really criminal is the high prices charged for large commercial software licenses, and now we know why. $1M for commission? Wtf.
You have it entirely backwards. The price isn't high because of the $1M commission. The commission was $1M because the price was high to begin with and the salesperson gets a percentage. If he were selling carpet instead of multi-million dollar service contracts he would have gotten $50.
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What's really criminal is the high prices charged for large commercial software licenses, and now we know why. $1M for commission? Wtf.
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What's really criminal is the high prices charged for large commercial software licenses, and now we know why. $1M for commission? Wtf.
You have it entirely backwards. The price isn't high because of the $1M commission. The commission was $1M because the price was high to begin with and the salesperson gets a percentage. If he were selling carpet instead of multi-million dollar service contracts he would have gotten $50.