I'm a tradesman and the company I work for that I'm leaving in 2 weeks had record profits last year. We're in a small market (~1 million people) and pulled in over $7 million last year. We are the 7th top franchise in the company while competing with offices in much larger markets. We didn't have a Christmas party last year and got $50 Christmas bonuses in lieu of a party. We were told in November that pay is being restructured because the investors aren't seeing as much of a return as they hoped for. My position is 100% commission. The company already automatically takes almost 20% off the top on jobs as a house fee. So the 25% commission I make is actually only 20% after 1.5x the cost of parts has been deducted. People have been dropping like flies since pay was “restructured.” Now the most we can make on a job is $300. It doesn't matter if it's a $5k job or a $20k job. We still cap out at $300. We have guys who are personally selling over $100k every month who are pissed. None of us care if some financial investor can't buy a new summer house when some of us are struggling to pay rent. It's fucking ridiculous. All of us are working 8 day weeks with 2 off and up to 15+ hours a day because they can't find people who want to work for them. Burnout is a bitch and until these companies understand that we can leave and have a new job before we are even across the parking lot nothing will change.