Eschelon Telecom keeps you salary & commision when you resign. Beware! Tacoma Washington

make sure you read your contract with any company before moving forward.

Sir from above...

I too am a former employee of Eschelon Telecom, and I'd like to set somethings straight. You were informed of their policies through your offer letter, I know because they informed me that if you quit or are fired you forfiet all future commission payments on your past accounts because they are considered company property. Second, I worked their during the acquisition, and what happened is the announcement came out in March, and the acquisiton of Eschelon did not close until August of 2007. Therefore, we ran "business as usual" operating two separate companies, who were competitors. And its common sales knowledge that if you are being acquired that you don't go aroung advertising that your company was purchased however, we were instructed if asked to tell the truth. I believe in the future sir you should read your offer letters more carefully and understand a companies compensation plan thoroughly before working. Also, because you weren't employed there long, I assume you recieved their "fast start bonus" which is $700 for completing training among other performance driven bonuses. If you are there less that a year it also states in your offer letter that they have the right to take that money back, which is why you net check was 0.