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[quote=Anonymous]First, let me admit that I'm in a shitty declining industry.

I worked for a company for multiple years, then it sold to a larger company that decided to restructure an already poorly constructed commission plan. I stuck around for more than two years after the change of ownership. They kept tweaking the commission plan to the company's benefit, so I gave them my notice and went to work for the competition.

A couple of years later they called me to see if I would ever consider coming back. I interviewed the new management in place and negotiated a huge increase in my base pay with a small increase in my commission compared to what it was.

I was their top profit producer, so things were looking great for the business and personally for me. That was, at least, until one day when a bean counter far removed from trenches decided it was time to do some cost cutting (job cutting) for the company to provide even more profit on the books to the shareholders. I was working for a publicly traded company. Everyone was just a number. Expendable. It was good while it lasted, but it taught me a valuable lesson about corporate greed! I don't think that I will ever work for a publicly traded company again!

I landed on my feet with an independently owned and operated company. The first day I started my new job a manager from my previous employer called me and asked if I would ever consider coming back there. I just laughed and hung up the phone! [/quote]

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