Straight salary

One of the methods of compensating the sales persons where the salesperson receives a fixed salary per time period (usually per month) regardless of the level of sales generated or orders taken. However, over time, if the salesperson does not generate sales or takes enough orders, he or she will likely to be fired for not performing well. If, overtime, the salesperson generate more than a proportionate share of sales or fills more than a proportionate number of orders, the company will be unable to retain the salesperson without a raise in the salary. The salesperson may find this method attractive because it offers income security or unattractive because it gives little incentive for extraordinary effort and performance.