Employment Law Question, Lost Wages
Hello, I'm in sales, working for a wholly owned sub of a publicly traded company. We have 2 mechanisms for closing deals and recognizing revenue, one which is fast and another which is incredibly slow. Working a deal, I received a PO for a substantial order, which put me well into acceleratos. Meaning I'd go from earning 10% of every dollar sold, to north of 20%. In an effort to "help" the reps who work for the parent company, we opted for trying the slow mechanism of closing said business, with the faster mechanism ready to go. The choice was made by management to not booked the order in time to get me paid, via the faster method.
The slow method took too long and apparently ran into issues, so the close was delayed into the next fiscal year. Due to the delay closing the deal, I lost a substantial, 6 figure, paycheck. Additionally, because of their choice to delay the execution, the publicly traded company missed out nearly $2M in revenue in fiscal 2023.
Is it worth trying to draft a legal complaint to my bosses, their bosse, etc? Can I be fired for doing so?
In my opinion they acted with disregard to me as an employee and to shareholders, of which I am, of the company.
Posted Nov 2, 2023, 1:20 AM UTC