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"Furthermore, based on store calculations, the most compensated sales associate will be rewarded an additional 20% of their reward the following year, regardless of performance."
Upon hearing this, everyone present was like, holy shit, this essentially guarantees the top performer a base salary equivalent to fourteen months' pay the next year.
But after a bit of thought, everyone understood the benefits of this approach. Every sales associate would work harder to earn better performance figures, and even if they slacked off one month, they would find ways to boost their performance by the year's end for the compensation reward.
And it's especially enticing to strive for first place because the following year would be even more satisfying.