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Tesla salespeople do not work on commission. Also you can align incentives through stock grants which appreciate by you selling more.


> Tesla salespeople do not work on commission

I work with tech salespeople with a variety of former employers as tech sales people, and I've never heard of anyone having worked without a commission. I'm vaguely in tech sales myself (solutions architect) and I'm on commission too, and so is everyone who joins our division from similar employment (solutions engineers/architect, or even customer success folks).


While I agree it's the norm, clearly Tesla has gone a different route and it's possible to do so.




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