How often do you commission associates get asked to do other jobs that take you away from your department? The reason I'm asking is because I worked for sears in the HA department till early this year when I decided to quit because it wasn't really worth the time anymore. I looked at it as a time versus effort versus profit situation and things began to shift in a more negative position as far as what I was paid versus how much time and effort was required to get it.
but here's the point I'm trying to get to. If you're a commission associate, especially if you're commission/draw, you shouldn't be doing anything that takes you away from your area or anything that reduces your ability to get to customers versus your co workers unless you're able to misspunch for your time to make sure you get paid for it.
I was fortunate enough to have never been on draw, mostly because of my..i guess..selfish attitude toward the situation and my numbers were generally pretty good as far as PAs and credit so management didn't argue with my decisions. But it really made me mad when I saw co workers going to other departments, sometimes even volunteering to leave, when we were "over staffed" in appliances and understaffed in other non commissioned areas. The people who were going out of the department were the same people complaining about being in the draw half the time (don't even get me started on draw pay and how much BS that is...even though people don't seem to realize it).
I felt kinda bad. My co workers just thought I was being stuck up and to some degree they're right. I only fully explained myself to my manager, who basically just said "fair enough " and left me alone. I decided to let my co workers think for themselves and make their own decisions about their time and what it was worth to them.
I'm just wondering how many other people are in the same situations.
If you're base plus commission then this doesn't really apply to you as much. y'all have sorta bigger loop hole and the rules are pretty grey. Some of your rules and what your role is are more open to interpretation because even though you're technically required to earn a portion of your paycheck by selling, sears still pays you something to be there.