A few years ago, Oracle was trying to push their cloud compute services hard, so they were offering hefty lump-sum bonuses to their sales people for selling it. As I recall it was something like $6000 extra for selling any cloud subscription, regardless of size. My fiance worked as a regional sales rep, and gamed this for three or four quarters by getting a succession of cousins and other relatives to sign up their small businesses for the minimum paid subscription, about $300, right before the end of the quarter, and then canceling it once the bonus checks cleared.
I should probably feel bad about that, but Oracle was a soulless, destructive place to work, and they didn't pay her well enough anyway, not to mention playing all kinds of games to try to claw back commissions from salespeople on their legitimate deals. It's very much an example of what happens when you put out a snake bounty.
A few years ago, Oracle was trying to push their cloud compute services hard, so they were offering hefty lump-sum bonuses to their sales people for selling it. As I recall it was something like $6000 extra for selling any cloud subscription, regardless of size. My fiance worked as a regional sales rep, and gamed this for three or four quarters by getting a succession of cousins and other relatives to sign up their small businesses for the minimum paid subscription, about $300, right before the end of the quarter, and then canceling it once the bonus checks cleared.
I should probably feel bad about that, but Oracle was a soulless, destructive place to work, and they didn't pay her well enough anyway, not to mention playing all kinds of games to try to claw back commissions from salespeople on their legitimate deals. It's very much an example of what happens when you put out a snake bounty.