Has anyone actually seen their calculations of the so called Gold Rush program. Why is there such a lack of transparency by VW. He has lied from the start of this and has gotten away with it. Has anyone opened a case with HR since there is no transparency and no accountability from VW.
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Maybe the lazy legacy networking salesperson is the issue. Security sales take effort and follow up. Box-dropper salesperson need not apply.
Competitors are growing because they have better products.
@1xap You are spot on. The security competitors are growing anywhere from 25-45% cause they have real security leaders. GSSO has leaders from the direct side that think they know how to sell security. The numbers don’t lie.
I am at a competitor now but disappointing to see this from GSSO. I have great friends still there and they are in disbelief with the lack of leadership and transparency from these 2. The competition and our customers we all have in common are aware of the dysfunctional that is going on with security sales.
It is known within the ELT, these two are clueless. They will be replaced in due time. They need a Global leader first, who will come in and replace VW. Then that leader will replace MK with a real security engineering leader and not one that bows down to EK. And you all wonder why you continue to decline. Stop trying to sell security with clueless leaders.
I asked my RM last week about this and I was told none of the managers know anything even though they have continually asked. Agree that VW is clueless. The TSA leadership is just as bad. I watch our TSAs do everything they can with very little support or guidance. MK has done nothing for the TSAs. VW and MK could not run a lemonade stand and somehow this is who is leading the GSSO Americas. Watch how these two spin things very soon. It is all smoke and mirrors to hide their disastrous “leadership”.
Heard the same thing and even VW said that we were supposed to get 3x starting in December up to 100% then after that, you get your normal attainment and accelerators. That is not the case as they start with the last day of Q2 and work backwards till you hit 100%. Then after that, you get nothing more not even normal attainment. There is nothing coming from VW or MK to address this cause they know they lied to the field and are hoping the field forgets.
I was told by my RM that we do not credit as it was advertised to us. The 3X works backwards from end of Q2 and once you get to 100%, that is it. You do not earn last 100%z. VW and MK completely lied to us and our TSAs. Everyone should ask their boss on this.
VW and MK are not real leaders as shown by their handling of this and the continuing sinking of security sales.
Sorry to say, it is probably this type of gold. Sorry :(
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/foolsgold.asp
Understanding Fool's Gold:
Iron pyrite is a shiny mineral composed of iron disulfide. It looks somewhat like real gold, so it came to be called fool's gold. Fool's gold was often found during the gold rush of the 1840s in the U.S. Many inexperienced miners believed that they hit the mother lode upon finding a cache of iron pyrite. Unlike the real thing, fool's gold is a relatively worthless commodity because of its natural abundance and lack of industrial utility.
You will never see your calculations and you will not get the full payouts. There is a reason this has gone on for so long and is quietly being swept under the rug.
OMG, another Gold Rush post. What a stupid name. Gold Rush. You could guess it would disappoint with that name. Sour grapes are inevitable.