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iShark

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Why do startups comp plans differ so much?

Can someone explain to me why some startups offer a 100k base and other 70-75k base with a 50/50 split OTE? 

Is there payment disparity? or some are just cheaper then others like what gives? 

ps. you'd think they want to invest in there Salesforce? 
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E_Money
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I do not feel this warrants an explanation. Pretty straight forward why different sized companies selling different products would have different resources allocated to things like salary. 


Read a book bro.
funcoupons
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For real lol my head hurts 
funcoupons
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Why do birds suddenly appear every time u are near 
unclespacejam
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ur dad’s brother
Tbh birds are fake soooo
CaneWolf
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Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
That's not particularly different than companies on the whole. There are companies out there selling to enterprise that are super cheap when it comes to paying people and ones in which the employees make bank.
poweredbycaffeine
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It’s not just startups.
CuriousFox
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Can confirm. 💯
Pachacuti
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Everyone has different amounts of money to play with, they are in different locations, industries, etc.

No 2 companies are alike.
SADNESSLieutenant
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Officer of ♥️
Different management styles.
TennisandSales
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Head Of Sales
because some companies have different philosophies on how to compensate their sales team.....no real rhyme or reason. 
countingmyinterest
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Account Executive
search bar is up there fam 
Justatitle
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Account Executive
What you sell, how good or bad the comp plan is, cash flow and funding…
NotCreativeEnough
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Professional Day Ruiner
different companies pay differently... all depends on their product, their profit margins, where they see investing their funding as the most beneficial... this is pretty normal in all businesses. 

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