Hi
I was'nt sure where to post this, or even if anyone will have any interest in it, but I hope that there will be some kind of discussion about it.
I work in a New York State car dealership, I enjoy my job and work with good people, but one of the topics of discussion at work is " The Draw " , in case anyone is'nt familiar with the draw then let me explain .
I work for commission on sales of vehicles, I earn an hourly rate of $7.15 ( Minimum wage ) so lets say I work a 40 hour week i'll get paid $286 before taxes, but that wage is a Draw Check, which means that the dealership is fronting me the money for the week because i did'nt sell anything, now lets say the next day I sell a vehicle and make a $300 commission on it, i have to PAY BACK the $286 to the dealership out of my $300 commission , so I only take home $14 of that commission, so If I don't sell anything for 3 weeks i'd be in the draw for $858, then sell a vehicle and make an $800 commission then I still owe the dealership $58, so in my eyes I am actually working for free because the hourly wage i'm getting paid is'nt my money, its the dealerships money being lent to me until I sell a car., if you did'nt sell a car for 3 months you could be thousands of dollars in the draw and have to pay that money back !!!!
Does anyone else have any experience with " the Draw ", is it legal to keep rolling that money over week after week, or is there a point where legally they have to cancel it out ?? Is it a nationwide thing or just us here in this part of New York State ??
I'd be interested to hear other peoples opinions on this
I was'nt sure where to post this, or even if anyone will have any interest in it, but I hope that there will be some kind of discussion about it.
I work in a New York State car dealership, I enjoy my job and work with good people, but one of the topics of discussion at work is " The Draw " , in case anyone is'nt familiar with the draw then let me explain .
I work for commission on sales of vehicles, I earn an hourly rate of $7.15 ( Minimum wage ) so lets say I work a 40 hour week i'll get paid $286 before taxes, but that wage is a Draw Check, which means that the dealership is fronting me the money for the week because i did'nt sell anything, now lets say the next day I sell a vehicle and make a $300 commission on it, i have to PAY BACK the $286 to the dealership out of my $300 commission , so I only take home $14 of that commission, so If I don't sell anything for 3 weeks i'd be in the draw for $858, then sell a vehicle and make an $800 commission then I still owe the dealership $58, so in my eyes I am actually working for free because the hourly wage i'm getting paid is'nt my money, its the dealerships money being lent to me until I sell a car., if you did'nt sell a car for 3 months you could be thousands of dollars in the draw and have to pay that money back !!!!
Does anyone else have any experience with " the Draw ", is it legal to keep rolling that money over week after week, or is there a point where legally they have to cancel it out ?? Is it a nationwide thing or just us here in this part of New York State ??
I'd be interested to hear other peoples opinions on this
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