Fear and Loathing on the Learning Curve: Observations on Life, Tech and Web Design from a Slightly Misanthropic Mind

Bread Winnings

For those of us get­ting paid monthly, the end of the month is a good time. Unless of course it comes as a reminder of how much we’re get­ting whipped by our employers.

Today I received my payslip for last month’s work, includ­ing the com­mis­sion from the month before. Having not received com­mis­sion before I was expect­ing some­thing in the region of £50 to £100, but was instead greeted with… £19.

Yup, for a sales­per­son receiv­ing between 15 and 30 phone calls (requir­ing tech­nical know­ledge, good man­ners and an IQ higher than room tem­per­at­ure) and pro­cessing around £3,000-worth of orders a day (a con­ser­vat­ive estim­ate) for 3 days a week for 3 weeks, I appar­ently have to settle for… 0.05% of my con­tri­bu­tion to the busi­ness turnover — the grand fig­ure of 0.05 pence in the pound. There’s noth­ing like mak­ing your employ­ees feel like a Valued part of the Team.