My wife has been fed up with her current job for about 18 months now. She was just offered a position at another company. Her base pay would be about $1,500 less than is is at her current job, but she can earn commission on top of that. She requested a base salary of $40k during the application process, but they offered her $38.5k and havent provided much guidance on how much commission employees earn. Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.
Should she push for $40k? They said they can give her a $1,000 sign-on bonus instead of paying her $40k (which obviously doesnt even things out).
I feel like they definitely need to provide additional information on the commission structure. We aren't sure if average commission would be $500 every quarter or $5000.
This is a job at a recruiting firm in their 'professional' division, by the way.