08-11-2015, 09:38 PM
I have been done with AM6 for about a month, but I had an experience today that I thought is definitely due directly to what the sub has done for me.
Today I put in my 2 weeks resignation letter at work, but before I did so, my boss and I were talking outside over a cigarette break, and I told him "I suppose I had better go ahead and say it now... I'll be putting in my 2 weeks resignation letter in today"
His response was instantly upset and mad "NO bro! I can't have that. What can I do to change that?"
I said that I got a pretty cool gig in India, working on a high ticket film and that I will get a pretty decent pay out and I don't think my boss would be able to match that.
Over the past week or two, for some strange reason that I was not informed of, my commission had increased from 5% to 10% of the sales I make, and I had made $10,000 worth of sales in the past 2 weeks, so my commission check for this week should've looked MIGHTY fine. My boss' initial response was that he can't pay me the commission if I leave, because there's no way I can close the projects out in time. I didn't say anything, and continued to do my work. Usually, if this were to happen, I would have immediately started to worry about that $1,000 and begged for my spot to stay open, and would have probably thought hard about the decision I was going to make.
Instead, I saw the $1,000 as no big deal (even though I think it's FUCKED up if he were to with hold that from me, since I made the sale), and felt firm in my decision. I had made up my mind weeks ago, but didn't want to let my boss know until the right time as a strategic maneuver in my defense. I wrote my 2 weeks resignation letter and stated that I understand that I am not to be paid commission for the $10,000 worth of sales that I made, and also made it clear that I am not going to manage the projects for those sales, but will do my best to make sure the projects I'm currently managing get closed out to the best of my ability.
Some of my friends are telling me to press charges if I didn't get the money, and it's a SUPER sneaky and underhanded way of cutting my throat by leaving; it was made VERY apparent to me that my position there was not seen for my value I bring to the company, but rather the dollar sign I represent to the company. Not to mention how "stuck" a person can be when employed there, and making it feel impossible to leave the company once a decent amount of time has been invested into the company. It's like the company does NOTHING to protect it's employees but it expects the employees to be held accountable for every dollar the company loses, being driven by commission.
I stapled that letter to my timesheet for this week, put it on my bosses desk, and left my copy of the office key on top of that, and left for the day.
A part of me is looking back at it and wishing I had been more ASSERTIVE rather than passive/aggressive, but I knew my words wouldn't have stood a chance against his and I did what I knew to be right, for MY future. And 90% of it is THANKS to Shannon Matteson, and Alpha Male 6
Today I put in my 2 weeks resignation letter at work, but before I did so, my boss and I were talking outside over a cigarette break, and I told him "I suppose I had better go ahead and say it now... I'll be putting in my 2 weeks resignation letter in today"
His response was instantly upset and mad "NO bro! I can't have that. What can I do to change that?"
I said that I got a pretty cool gig in India, working on a high ticket film and that I will get a pretty decent pay out and I don't think my boss would be able to match that.
Over the past week or two, for some strange reason that I was not informed of, my commission had increased from 5% to 10% of the sales I make, and I had made $10,000 worth of sales in the past 2 weeks, so my commission check for this week should've looked MIGHTY fine. My boss' initial response was that he can't pay me the commission if I leave, because there's no way I can close the projects out in time. I didn't say anything, and continued to do my work. Usually, if this were to happen, I would have immediately started to worry about that $1,000 and begged for my spot to stay open, and would have probably thought hard about the decision I was going to make.
Instead, I saw the $1,000 as no big deal (even though I think it's FUCKED up if he were to with hold that from me, since I made the sale), and felt firm in my decision. I had made up my mind weeks ago, but didn't want to let my boss know until the right time as a strategic maneuver in my defense. I wrote my 2 weeks resignation letter and stated that I understand that I am not to be paid commission for the $10,000 worth of sales that I made, and also made it clear that I am not going to manage the projects for those sales, but will do my best to make sure the projects I'm currently managing get closed out to the best of my ability.
Some of my friends are telling me to press charges if I didn't get the money, and it's a SUPER sneaky and underhanded way of cutting my throat by leaving; it was made VERY apparent to me that my position there was not seen for my value I bring to the company, but rather the dollar sign I represent to the company. Not to mention how "stuck" a person can be when employed there, and making it feel impossible to leave the company once a decent amount of time has been invested into the company. It's like the company does NOTHING to protect it's employees but it expects the employees to be held accountable for every dollar the company loses, being driven by commission.
I stapled that letter to my timesheet for this week, put it on my bosses desk, and left my copy of the office key on top of that, and left for the day.
A part of me is looking back at it and wishing I had been more ASSERTIVE rather than passive/aggressive, but I knew my words wouldn't have stood a chance against his and I did what I knew to be right, for MY future. And 90% of it is THANKS to Shannon Matteson, and Alpha Male 6
