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Hi Aussies, is my wage fair? (sales job) Should I quit?

I mean money.Our company pay based on how many clients we sign. The top sales persons can sign 3 person per day on average. And that is $40 Australian dollars per sign. On my first day, I signed one customer successfully, but my boss told me that he had a problem with my working attitude.Now let's do that maths, we work 10 hours per day, and if we sign 3 people, that is $120/ 10 hours, that is $12/hour. If we are not lucky, (just like my quot;bosson that day), we could only sign 2 people, then it's $80/ 10 hours, that is $8 per hour. To compare, the a waiter in China town earns $8 per hour. And if I am not lucky, I can only sign one person, that is $4 per hour.I am not very happy with the pay and the quot;bossis having problem with my working attitude --- he wants me to work harder. Well I am currently in uni, let's be realistic, can I find a job with better pay than this? Should I leave the job or not?I have to reply to my boss if I want the job or not by tonight. Thanks

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Im not sure if this is even totally legal in Australia - it depends n what conditions you are employed... but this gets quite complicated and in the long run wont be worth your time. Solution - find another job and then quit! (dont just quit before you find another job though - that would be kinda silly). .
tell your boss to get screwed!!! thats so low its not funny!!!!
As somebody else suggested, find yourself another job, and then quit. But, if you tell your boss you want to keep the job, then be careful if he gets you to sign anything that says you agree to stick with the company for a period of time. If you get given something like that, then I would say you should turn it down. As far as I can see, you are being paid only per sale, not per hour, so instead of working 10 hours/day, I suggest working until you get your first customer, then spend the rest of the day looking for other jobs. Your boss might want you to work harder, but he's not offering you any incentive to do so, so don't.
Are you selling vacuum cleaners door to door, or tete-marketing? That's what it sounds like to me. I'm sure you can find a job with much better wages and conditions. If it were me, I'd tell him to stick his job where the sun don't shine. Possibly you may wish to be a little more polite than me. Cleaners etc earn more than that, without the hassles. You're being used and abused. You can do better, in my opinion. p.s. Sounds like a scam to me. Who's dumb enough to give out their bank details to someone on the street. I know they're out there, gullible twits. You'd be better off far, far away.

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