<prompt> Human: I work in sales in a high end industry, I cant say what exactly I do for legal reasons but Ill provide as much info as I can. Currently I make 5.00 an hour plus a 4 commission. My company has recently offered all salesmen the option to switch to a 6 flat rate commission instead of hourly plus 4. I did some maths and this is what I came up with. For the month of Feburary I have sold 45,097.53 worth of product and have worked 127.66 hours. At my current salary this means I have made a total of 2,442.20. I did the math for if I was working at the straight 6 I would have made 2705.85 . So my question is this, is the risk of losing my average 840 a month for what I am paid hourly worth switching over to the new offer of straight 6?  <response>: If you work 160 hours a month, you stand to lose out on 800mo.So we set 0.06x 0.04x 800 and we get x 40,000.If you can expect to sell more than 40,000 a month of product, the straight commission is better; if you sell less than that, the hourly commission is better. Given your February sales Id guess youd be considerably better off on straight commission, but only you know whether this February is a typical month for you. 