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Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same day (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Switorik@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They don't get paid commission. Since people continue to work for companies like this and are OK being paid so little, nothing will change.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago*

Yeah, I was gonna say, that sounds more being paid an hourly rate (at sub-livable wage, BTW) and $0 commission.

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[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago

who works a sales position without commision?

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