<prompt> Human: I work for a German owned American subsidiary that employs about 1,000 people in North America. I run sales for a specific market segment and have been with the company for 20 years. Sales are down because of bad management. The CEO, CFO and several VPs were fired earlier this year. A former colleague that ran sales for a different market segment was fired in April and his work load was dumped on me. I now have my former full time job as well as his. They have indicated that they are not done with the layoffs. I was not given any sort of raise. I make 65,000 as a base plus 3 commission on what I sell. I normally make around 110,000 - 140,000 a year. Ive had terrible years where I made 100,000 and outstanding years where Ive made more than 300,000. The guy whos job I took over made 120,000 a year plus a bonus of up to an additional 30,000 a year. He never hit his bonus which is why he is now gone. I was told that my 3 commission would extend to the new market segment I took over but do not have anything in writing. My 2nd quarter commissions will be reported at the end of the month so Ill know in short order if they plan on paying me or not. Regardless, Im now working my ass off trying to keep up with both jobs. Im putting in ten hour days six days a week. I am having to travel across the country at least once or twice a month now. I feel that I should ask for my base to be adjusted to compensate me for all the additional work Im doing. The program I took over is in shambles and I will have to rebuild it from the ground up. If they listen to me and allow me to make the pricing changes I need, I could end up with a program grossing 5 - 7 million a year. If they dont, it will be around the 1 million mark where it presently sits. How do I ask for a base raise when the company is still laying off people? Should I let the dust settle before broaching the subject or should I put them on notice now that I need to be taken care of?This is a throwaway for obvious reasons. TLDR: Company is still firing people and I took on double the responsibilities. Should I ask for a raise now or wait. Assistant: Dont ask for a raise, just get the commission structure in writing.Youre in sales - if youre good at your job if you can really take your region from 1-7 million in production, you dont need a base, you just need that sweet commission.Have a sit-down where you ask for more latitude to build the region like you want to, and ask for a commission structure where youll get fat bonuses when you do.A sales guy asking for a bigger guarantee is generally a red flag, like hes not confident or he wants to coast while he looks for another job.Human: The issue with that is the current price structure we offer is not competitive with the competition. I have pointed this out with clear examples and they have not budged yet. They get top dollar in Europe and expect the same here. My new market is 100 million dollars a year and we now have about 1 of it. There is tremendous opportunity if we can drop our prices about 10. But we havent. And I feel like Im spinning my wheels. So even if they up my commissions, unless we get more competitive I wont make any more money.  <response>: So the company stinks, you were already underpaid, and now you have 50 more work for no additionally compensation? Move on, dude. Find a new job while you still have one and youll likely land in a much better company with a better rolepaycheck. Why would you even be considering sticking around on a sinking ship? 