You know what really grinds my gears?!

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They are paying me out, but I am still not coming back in. I offered to stay on next week to help the adjustment, but I was told not to worry about it. So I ain't.

Are they paying owed commissions too? If so that is great and not the norm. I know real estate / new home sales reps that walked away from deep 5 figure backlogs to take a new job

Is that really not the norm in your industry? Never heard of that in the IT industry, you worked on it, you earned it, you get paid for it. Make sure my contract states that when I sign.

Yeah sales is a different animal but it varies based on how you're paid. It is very rare if not non-existent, even for 100% commission jobs, to get paid the entirety of your commission up front. Most companies stretch out what they "owe" you over a period of time, or at certain milestones. There are a few reasons they do that, the biggest one likely to preserve cash flow. It also helps keep reps around and keep them productive. If I am a sales rep, I destroy my entire yearly quota by the end of Q2 (I've done this) and I was paid all up front it would not give most people a ton of motivation to continue to work hard or even stick around the company. Our company also has a yearly incentive trip that is really sick and people don't want to miss out on it...but it doesn't happen until March of the following year. That helps keep winners from leaving Feb 1 after their yearly kicker bonus hits (which can be $30K - $500k+++ for trip winners)