Shocking to see new comp plans roll out with a guaranteed signing bonus taken away - which likely covered 15-20% of most folks' guaranteed annual income. Removing a signing bonus is essentially removing a bulk of somebody's salary. People plan around that, sign leases and mortgages based on that, and make conscious decisions to choose your company over others because of it. Re-arranging some numbers and adding accelerators doesn't compensate for taking away somebody's guaranteed pay. Employees just took a 15-20% haircut and still get the same salary/OTE split.