Sales gig. 70/30 base to commission. I was promoted after 3 months into running my own region. The goal I was given to hit for the first quarter which I was 2/3 there for was equal to almost the entire year as it was previously set. The next quarter was the same. I got to about 87% of those targets which meant an decent bonus because growth targets were so large. (Pay out started well under 100%). Magically at end of year, even though i bonuses in Q3 I suddenly finished the year at 44%. Now Q1 hits and I have a growth goal of 400+% on the year. I am tracking a bit behind, but it was how I forecasted it. I finish January within 4k of my forecast on several hundred thousand dollars. February was light but the opps weren’t lost, they just pushed for budgetary reason to March. This morning I get a call and was demoted.
Long story short, I don’t think I was ever supposed to win. It was tough to pick my daughter up from school today feeling like a failure. Life should not be this way.