Sat.Mar 18, 2023

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Dear SaaStr: Is it Ethical For a Startup CEO to Accept a Sales Commission for Deals They Close Themselves?

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Q: Dear SaaStr: Is it Ethical For a Startup CEO to Accept a Sales Commission for Deals They Close Themselves? It’s a bit odd, because you want the CEO’s incentives to be aligned with the whole company’s, not just her or his individual efforts. An annualized bonus for meeting the stretch plan is a great idea for a CEO. But not a deal-by-deal commission like a sales rep.

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Facebook: In-Person Helps For New Hires. And After That.

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Almost buried in Facebook’s last announcement of its workforce changes was its data on in-person vs remote work: In-person time helps build relationships and get more done We’re committed to distributed work. That means we’re also committed to continuously refining our model to make this work as effectively as possible. Our early analysis of performance data suggests that engineers who either joined Meta in-person and then transferred to remote or remained in-person performed better on ave