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Is Your Sales Commission Plan Too Complex?

Is your sales compensation plan too complex?

10 Ways to tell if your sales compensation plan is too complicated. Little bit of fun, tinged with some reality!

  1. Your attainment curve looks more like a two or three-humped camel with a really long neck

  2. Reps need to understand quantum physics to calculate their payment

  3. It takes a team of 6 with a commission system 6 weeks to calculate commissions

  4. The top selling product is called "discrepancy"

  5. Quota negotiation is the top-ranked sales skill

  6. Finance and HR have to conduct a road show to explain it

  7. Your compensation consultants can't follow it

  8. Only 10% of reps achieve 100% of quota

  9. You launch multiple SPIFFS each and every quarter

  10. You are more successful calculating your taxes than your commission.

Ralph Hunter