[JohnFen]

I have never heard of a software company that offers commissions like this before, personally. I've also never heard of companies that expect devs to leverage personal contacts on behalf of the sales team.

[idunno246]

ive never seen it for sales either, but ive seen it for recruiting. get everyone in a room, give them a linkedin search, and tell them to add people to a spreadsheet for sourcers to reach out to. i always nope out of those, they cant really force you to give up your friends, so id just ignore any expectation of leveraging contacts

[JohnFen]

> give them a linkedin search, and tell them to add people to a spreadsheet for sourcers to reach out to

Maybe that practice is a big part of what makes LinkedIn so horrible. The constant spam from recruiters is what led me to delete my LinkedIn account.