What would you rather get paid?

[rootbear75]

I have an interesting question.

 

I am considering changing jobs, and the one i would be changing to is the $7.25/hr with the possibility of makibng $12-15/hr on commission.

Tho one thing also need to consider.

I have 2 years on the $11/hr job, so there is the seniority to consider.

 

Lemme know what you think.

 

Choose:

• $7.25/hr pay, making $12-15/hr (potentially) on commission.
  
• $11/hr static pay. No more, no less.
  

Edited June 3, 2007 by rootbear75

[Sass]

My take is this - if you have a lot of experience in the position which offers you commission, then do that, otherwise, stick with $11 - especially if money is tight. Usually commission deals dont end up like they say - if they say 12-15, figure at best you'll make 10.

 

If you've been somewhere for two years, stay with it - people leave jobs and that opens up new opportunities. If you leave now, you'll be the newb at your next work place - and...making a solid minimum wage at that.

[★ candygirl]

I would not take any of them jobs...

[MikeTheNose]

I would not take any of them jobs...

 

 

Love the job, hate the work.

[★ 1587200]

Do you just follow Candygirl around the forum MTN?

[★ candygirl]

naaa i love my job and the work is not all that bad..its just the hrs

[MikeTheNose]

Do you just follow Candygirl around the forum MTN?

 

 

Only as a puppy to a master.

[★ candygirl]

lol

[rootbear75]

I would not take any of them jobs...

well one of them i have now, and the other one i am interested in.

cause the 725 commission one is at GameCrazy, and im crazy bout my games, but i like working at PetSmart soooo....

[NBVegita]

Depends, as I believe you are young, you most likely do not have many, if any bills to pay, so having a fluid pay scale isn't as much of an issue to you. If you make $200 or $400 in a week it won't make a significant difference. Or you could just rely on having that say $300 a week every week.

[ESCANDAL0SA]

i'd rather have static pay. constant compe!@#$%^&*ion with other workers to make sales would piss me off.

[★ doc flabby]

you'd have to make a sale every 2 hours to just to get the equivalent of 11$/hour

[★ Dav]

I would rather knowing how much is going in my bank each month. That way you can actually plan your spending.

[rootbear75]

well when the schedules are made up on a weekly basis, you cant tell how much you are working till the week before... unfortunately, my budgeting goes by week...

[BlueGoku]

Depends on how comfortable you are with selling (or how good you are, more importantly). I work at a bank and I only get static pay, but I'm a pretty charismatic salesperson so if I had the choice I'd definitely go with commission. Once I'm selling mutual funds as opposed to the lines of credit, VISA cards and term deposits/GICs I'll be making commission on top, so uh.. I don't know where I was gonna go with this. Are you a confident sales person? Go with commission. If not, stick with the static.

 

Of course another factor to consider is if you're young (this includes me, I'm only 20) then you should stick with the job you've already got 2 years on and gain the experience. If they're still paying you poorly in a year or so, apply for other jobs. You'll have good references from this job, since there's no way your boss wouldn't give you a letter of recommendation after you stuck around with them for so long.