SALES YAK: What is OTE (On Target Earnings)?

About this episode

This episode explains the acronym OTE and its significance in understanding sales job compensation structures.

If you are looking for a sales job, you'll come across the acronym OTE. What does it stand for and what does it mean? We dig into OTE and why knowing the commission and pay structure of a role is so important. Support the show Don't forget to join our email list, to get reminders to the next episode! Music by Scandinavianz, song Wonderland (instrumental).

People in this episode

Host: Christopher Goodwillie

Topics covered

• sales
• OTE
• commission structure
• pay structure
• job search

Keywords

• OTE
• On Target Earnings
• sales job
• commission
• pay structure

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