put in my notice today after closing the biggest deal of the q in my segment on wednesday. first thing out of my managers mouth when i tell her is "well hey at least you get some more money in your pocket on the way out" ,, after she says that i bring up that she'll see an ask for written confirmation that i'll be paid out on the deal when their first invoice processes in my resignation letter and she gets shaky.
pings me an hour later that she talked to finance, turns out she didn't know what was in our fucking commission plans and tells me "employee needs to be employed / in good standing at the time of invoice payment for commission to be owed" (yes i was aware of the clause hence my strategy here) and i point out a different clause that counteracts that by saying clawbacks are only enacted if the customer cancels for x reason or if the employee is terminated. the executed contract also says "subscription start: on signature" which would run counter this imo since they've already received request for invoice.
when i told her "ya, but you said x" she had her foot in her mouth.
let's keep in mind i led my team this year and there's already been an exodus (series c startup balooning on major ent implementations and not getting any mm product deadlines hit, they really shouldn't be treating sellers like this on the way out).
anyway - i have time monday with my finance head to plead the case.
2?s off this :
is what i've described industry standard for anyone? in my six years of saas experience it's ALWAYS been that payment processes for everything you CLOSED while employed by the company, when the customer pays invoice, regardless of if you're still there.
what should my strategy be going into monday? do i play the "you shouldn't treat sellers like this on the way out card" or something else?
happy EOY folks
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