Fully understand the compensation plans before accepting
Fully understand the compensation plans before accepting
The support for people with disabilities.
Employees don't share in the success of the company. They use equity awards to link your compensation to the company's success. But the problem is, those awards are given out based on subjective personal performance criteria, measured against other employees in an organization.
It is particularly bad for the CSAs and GBB, where the bulk of your variable comp is this thing called "CBI", which has nothing to do with the success of the company. It has everything to do with "managing your brand" and networking up.
So, even if Azure is killing it (150% of plan), if you don't "measure up" with your "Impact", you may still not even get your OTE.
Some people might like this. It does have one plus: you have total control over it, or at least your own performance relative to what are subjective and unknowable criteria.
If you like being a thoroughbred racehorse in the stable and running flat-out races against the other horses in the stable, GBB/CSA might be for you. If you like being a contributing member of a high-performing team, probably not.
Change the comp plans from the CBI "Hunger Games Lottery" to a more traditional revenue-based compensation plan.
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United StatesJune 20, 2025The interview involved two phones, with one group completing five rounds. Each round lasted 44 minutes, followed by a 15-minute break. The interviewers were nice and friendly. I was able to answer most of the questions.
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