Subject:
Change in DTSR CGP Implementation Schedule
As discussed in today's
SMS conference call, the implementation of
DTSR CGP has been delayed until May 2007.
CGP Overview:
In our last Continuous
Bargaining session an agreement was made to add a Customer Growth Premium
(CGP) to the commission plans for DTSRs. This new, additional incentive
earning opportunity will be paid at the end of each sales canvass based on
the DTSR's Ad Base Growth Performance. The CGP will be applied to new
customer commissions only. All sales canvasses with a start date on or
after 11/14/06 are eligible for CGP pay out. Sales canvasses that started
prior to 11/14/06 but were less than 80% complete as of 11/14/06 are also
eligible for CGP. A list of eligible sales canvasses is provided in
attachment for reference.
<<Continuous
Bargaining Final-Ratified 11-14-06.ppt>>
Change in CGP
Implementation Schedule:
When Sales Ops
originally rolled this Continuous Bargaining initiative out to Sales we
had set our next Version 59 Release date (March 17,2007) as our target
date for CGP implementation. This would have meant that DTSR reps that
qualified for a CGP pay out on eligible sales canvasses that had reached a
canvass EBD date of 2/28/07 or prior were to receive their first CGP pay
out on Pay Period 6 (3/10/07-3/23/07) which would have been on pay check
DTSRs would receive on 3/29/07.
Given the complexity of
Compensation and knowing that it is critical to Sales that new
Compensation plans be built and administered with accuracy, it has
recently been determined that we will not be able to implement DTSR CGP by
our original target date. CGP will not
be added as part of the Version 59 Release. We need
additional time to not only build this new compensation plan correctly in
system, but to also test this compensation to insure accurate CGP pay outs
once implemented. The implementation of DTSR CGP has therefore been
delayed. DTSR reps that qualify for a CGP pay out on eligible sales
canvasses that had reached a canvass EBD date of 4/30/07 will receive
their first CGP pay out now on Pay Period 9 (4/21/07-5/4/07) which will be
on pay check DTSRs receive on 5/10/07. This delay will not cause any
change in the list of sales canvasses eligible for CGP pay out, so DTSRs
will not miss any CGP pay they were originally entitled to. This is simply
a delay in the date for which this pay will be received.
Please cover your DTSRs
and Sales Managers. We want to set the right expectation with our reps.
Also, make sure to use
this new incentive initiative to help each of your sales canvasses exceed
objectives for Ad Base Growth.