Do Lowes Sales Staff Get Commissions?

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Dang. Now that I know this, I'm going to continue with my current policy of only buying harddrives and floppy disks from them.

[curmudgeon]

[Percival P. Cassidy]

But it does appear that they get performance-based bonuses. I walked into my local HD soon after opening a few days ago when there seemed to be a staff meeting in progress by the Customer Service desk. I heard somebody informing people that the bonus was 24% (IIRC -- or heard correctly). I don't know whether bonuses are calculated for each store, for each region, or for the whole chain.

At Lowe's I am sure I have seen badges indicating that the wearers are "owners"; I forget the exact wording.

Perce

[hillacc at yahoo.com]

to do my homework for purchasing replacement windows and

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Mama always said my curiosity was bound to get me in trouble eventually, LOL!

Jo Ann

[George]

Thats just the normal big box "associate" BS. If they have one share of stock they are an owner.

[KC]

I think I know someone who still works in millwork. I'll check.

KC

[KC]

OK, finally an answer to your question straight from a local Lowes millwork employee. It applies to all Lowes departments.

-They do not get a commission on store stock items.

-They do get a commission on special order items and installation.

-The commission is not on total sale price. It is a percentage of the markup percentage. In other words, two items both priced at $500, one having a markup of 15% and the other having a markup of 30%, would result in a diffferent commission for the employee.

-Based upon that info, employees may be inclined to push installation and when special ordering items they may recommend the higher markup items. But buying in-store doors & windows would not make any difference. Hope this helps.

KC

[KC]

I forgot to add one thing. Lowes does train a few select individuals for commission sales and occasionally you may run into one of these if you are a high volume buyer. But that is the exception rather than the rule.

KC