Commission deducted retroactively

[Aggielina]

Originally Posted by parentologist

Before she does anything else, she should find her next job. Often, things like this motivate us to get out and find better, and afterwards, we think it's the best thing that could have happened.

After she is all set for the new job, she should hand in her letter of resignation. And she should request an exit interview, as high up as she can get it. At the exit interview, she should tell the high up person, and at opportune times, every other person in the entire company, in a very charming way that she was so happy working there, how wonderful the place is, sunshine and roses, thank you etc. And that's IT, because she never knows when she might want to go back there.

It sucks, but it's true. If she says a word about the clawback, or Texas law, she'll never work there again. And people in the industry talk, and they might be able to mess with the future of her career.

I strongly suspect that they wouldn't have dared to pull this on a man. If she stays, they will defecate on her at any and every opportunity. The only choice she has is to get out of there, fast. If she's good at what she does, she will fine a better opportunity, quickly and easily.

Unfortunately you're probably right. She actually does enjoy working there, so this hiccup has disappointed her. She says she'd like to stay, but as I told her, if they are petty about this, what else will they be petty about in the future? And the industry locally is smallish so it wouldn't be a surprise if word got around if she took adverse action.

After I relayed some of the information garnered here to her and after she talked to another friend who's an attorney, she's going to start by simply asking if there's a company policy that sets out guidelines for commissions. She suspects there isn't.

[Aggielina]

Originally Posted by WRM20

Calling TWC will let her know what the options are. TWC doesn't require you to go after your employer just because you asked about something.

That's what she's thinking. She absolutely doesn't want to hit her employer over the head with the law, but it would be good to at least know if what they did is legal and like you said, what her options are.