Often the workers in an acquired mill were making base pay 2.5 times Nucor's rate.
David Smith, director of human resources for Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust, said base pay would not be cut.
Members of the most productive teams can add 60% to their base pay.
His base pay accounts for 10% of his compensation and the commission percentage he earns hasn't changed since 2004.
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In multiple restructurings, Hurd sent packing thousands of HP workers and he cut base pay for many of those who remained.
Many of these employees earn bonuses on top of their base pay, which can significantly increase, or more than double, their net income.
Ms. Linevsky ultimately cut his base pay in half, which resulted in a temporary fix, but the salesman soon reverted to his bad habits.
And last--but certainly not least--our new earnings ranking, provided by PayScale, looks at average salaries (base pay, not including bonuses) for a basket of common professions.
Until that point, Microchip had opted for the standard, incentive-heavy system, in which base pay represented 60% of sales compensation, and commissions accounted for the remaining 40%.
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But the core idea of switching to more generous base pay, with smaller incentives that kick in only when the whole company does well, is proving contagious.
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That's per a new report by the job information website Glassdoor.com, which ranked technology employers based on the average annual base pay they give their marketing managers.
After 20 years in the service, retirees are entitled to a pension worth half their base pay and low-cost health insurance, but that rarely provides enough compensation for most to stop working.
There is no collective bargaining agreement so there is no salary cap, no rules for determining rookie base pay, the rules for free agents, the protections for veterans and the related priorities among those three groups of employees.
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This suggests that the base pay rates remain too low and that many workers are struggling to make ends meet given the rising cost of living in China and the difficulty that single children have in supporting two aging parents.
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But most young design successes need a commercial base to pay the rent.
In other words, instead of paying the local utility for its electricity, a base would pay a solar energy company like SolarCity or Sungevity.
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Put plainly, UBER has speculated that its happy customer base will pay more than two times what it normally does in order to be served on a high demand night.
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First, their base packages (pay and cash bonuses) were sufficiently large to make them feel financially secure.
The Knicks can thank a wealthy fan base willing to pay exorbitant ticket prices as well as corporate partners like American Express and Delta AirLines that buy sponsorships and luxury suites.
The Street believes a key to the deal will be Microsoft finding new ways to monetize Skype, which has a huge base of users who pay nothing to use the service.
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While demand for residences will continue to be strong in China, there is the need for a steady increase in salaries to allow a growing base of buyers to pay for higher-priced properties.
Compared with France, Britain in the 1790s already had a bigger manufacturing base, a higher income per head and hence a tax base wide enough to pay for 22 years of conflict that led to the emperor's Waterloo.
Under this arrangement, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) generally will be required to directly license and pay Dolby a base royalty rate for the right to use the Dolby technologies included in Windows 8 and installed on PCs and tablets for online and file-based content.
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Companies providing energy efficiency services pay the government a base VAT of 17%.
Its surveys, filled out by human relations staff, collect details about base salaries, bonuses and incentive pay for various job titles.
Most dealerships pay salesmen a paltry base salary of roughly minimum wage.
Profits will remain low due to high content costs but, over time, this initial investment will pay off as the base expands internationally.
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What is further interesting to note is that Comcast now has close to 21 million digital TV subscribers implying that close to 95% of its pay-TV subscriber base is on digital platform.
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