Anybody here made that jump? I have always been in sales for comiss only and am moving to a salaried job with a nice cube and a clock I have to punch. Anybody ever done this and had much trouble with the adjustment?

9/24/2007 3:51:27 PM

I am actually wanting to do that right now. Making $15,000 in one month and making nothing for the next two months sucks. It's happened to me two times in the last 6 months.

I'm just worried I won't have the $15,000 month again soon enough........

9/24/2007 3:55:22 PM

I AM DOING THE OPPOSITE....HOWEVER I CAN LIVE ON MY BASE SALARY WITH MY SALES JOB

9/24/2007 4:11:17 PM

^^ at that rate you make 60K per year. just quit trying to live like you make 180K

9/24/2007 7:23:50 PM

It's a job that you have to have a good amount in savings at all times. I can see why it's hard because you never have the same amount coming in every single month. Makes budgets a PITA.

9/24/2007 10:04:04 PM

hourly is where its at

9/24/2007 10:09:51 PM

9/25/2007 1:25:24 AM

i went from commission to hourly. the money at my commission job was awesome, but i hated the inconsistency and not knowing for sure what each month will bring. i make less money now, but i'm happier with a steady check that i have control over.

9/25/2007 2:38:02 AM

I went from 100% commission to salary. I made a little more with sales, but I am much happier with the consistency. My stress level at work has gone down and at home because I don't have my wife constantly worrying what is coming in.

The stress was compounded for me because I made some bad credit decisions in college and we were trying to get out of debt, but it is difficult to come up with a payment plan when the checks are inconsistent. Now, with me having been on salary for a year, we have a good savings plan and we are nearly out of debt completely.

9/25/2007 10:45:34 AM

Quote :

"at that rate you make 60K per year. just quit trying to live like you make 180K"

eh, I don't- I am sick of living like I make 60k per year when I might only make 45k

9/25/2007 3:37:05 PM

yeah, I did it. pretty much the same as everyone else posted. I'm not making quite as much as I was on commission but I'm working less hours and the stress level is a lot less (and my new job is supposedly extremely stressful for most people)

9/25/2007 10:00:10 PM

the oversight sucks

otherwise, it's aight

9/25/2007 10:25:29 PM

The hardest part so far is getting up at 5:30 every day...but when i leave work i actually get to leave work at work and don't have to take it home with me. Its an awesome feeling if you are not used to it.

9/27/2007 6:28:37 AM

I had a casual friday today....I have never been able to work without a tie, much less in jeans and a polo...very different world working in a cube.

9/28/2007 5:39:02 PM

i moved from hourly to salary. Sucks you no longer get to have overtime but I no longer have to clock in or out in the morning and for lunch.

9/28/2007 8:25:43 PM

maybe I'm just in with the perfect company but I'm salary with no commission except on "special/slow moving" items but can get overtime which I have many times. I also have perks like free floor seats to Bobcats games or 50 yrd line seats to the Panthers game(don't get those often but I have them for this weekend ).

9/28/2007 10:28:10 PM

We have drawings for tickets all the time that only the people in the office can get. We have like 900 full-time people and 700 temps, but most of them work in manufacturing and distribution so we have good odds of getting the tickets.

I am going to win Canes tickets this week!

I do a lot of A/R work and team work on projects. I am thinking about trying to get some certifications without going back to get another degree. Is there anything for accounting to get that would be useful in A/R or even a way to get six sigma or anything like that which would be useful in moving up?

9/29/2007 9:01:13 AM

we get discounts with game tickets but not free ones

^^if you ever get tickets to a game you cant go to I will gladly take them off your hand

9/29/2007 4:46:58 PM

didn't get the canes tickets! I'm still not used to the feeling of not having to bring my work home and knowing that I am going to get paid since I am not working for comiss. What a great thing. Quality of life since getting a salary has been a complete turn-around

10/3/2007 10:07:51 PM