I may consult with someone but wanted advice from the hive-mind here first on my situation. TLDR - no variable/quota comp plan 6 weeks in Was laid off and took best offer, even though it was under past comp Best offer wouldn't do ramp but was told by executive we would adjust the variable comp plan so I could hit my full variable in my first quarter 6 weeks in, and no quota plan has been presented thus far. I've asked my boss 3 times in weeklies (this is documented in writing too) to even see the old one for context. 1 - Boss is open to me creating a plan for additional comp beyond the standard plan but there's no benchmarks for outbound KPIs or even accurate pipeline generation for me to pull something reasonable 2 - Not sure how to broach the variable comp topic again. I want to send a formal email referencing the 3 dates it was brought up, etc. and the impact to low key start a paper trail, but also don't want to piss anyone off. I was over-sold on items so it's driving me to safeguard myself even more. Thoughts on how to re-approach? Thoughts on creative ways to structure comp plans when traditional ideas fall flat?

You don’t have a plan that fell flat. You don’t have a plan at all. At this point, direct to HR. You could reference the trend n full-disclosure pay transparency- and how, in your case, there’s no plan at all. How are you to know if you’re meeting expectations, or even plan, if no targets are set.

That is certainly strange, but at this point you're laying the groundwork for 2024. 2023 is a wash so why even have a comp plan?

that's just horrible. You deserve pay transparency! go to HR

Do you have a team? Like colleagues? Like someone who’s not HR - not your boss - and someone who’s been in the system you can confide in?

This is strange , keep as much as you can in writing so you have back up

It's hindsight but you gotta get eyes on these before even accepting an offer.

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I may consult with someone but wanted advice from the hive-mind here first on my situation. TLDR - no variable/quota comp plan 6 weeks in

Was laid off and took best offer, even though it was under past comp
Best offer wouldn't do ramp but was told by executive we would adjust the variable comp plan so I could hit my full variable in my first quarter
6 weeks in, and no quota plan has been presented thus far. I've asked my boss 3 times in weeklies (this is documented in writing too) to even see the old one for context.
1 - Boss is open to me creating a plan for additional comp beyond the standard plan but there's no benchmarks for outbound KPIs or even accurate pipeline generation for me to pull something reasonable
2 - Not sure how to broach the variable comp topic again. I want to send a formal email referencing the 3 dates it was brought up, etc. and the impact to low key start a paper trail, but also don't want to piss anyone off. I was over-sold on items so it's driving me to safeguard myself even more.

Thoughts on how to re-approach?

Thoughts on creative ways to structure comp plans when traditional ideas fall flat?

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Comp Plan Not Yet Given (New Job)

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