LyondellBasell, this one could hurt!!!

[Marilyn]

Well, the LyondellBasell thing is not looking good. We don't have the final ruling yet, now they are saying maybe by next Tuesday. It is looking like we may get stiffed for over a $1M. At my branch, it's $700K of that amount. I did find out that the commission plan works both ways. We share in the profits and the losses. I haven't calculated the damage yet, because I just didn't want to know, but if they write off the $700K, our profits in a month are not this much, so my commission will be a negative number. I will still get my base pay, but no commission until I make enough commission from profit to offset the negative. Once the negative is paid back, I'll start receiving positive commission pay again.

So this thing is personal, and it looks like those of us who do earn commission will lose pay. We are blessed and do not live paycheck to paycheck, so we will be okay. There are at least 2 people who are not in the same situation as we are who will be affected.

We just have to increase sales elsewhere as much as possible to offset this loss which is difficult right now. I'm working on some things to try to improve the situation and reduce the damages. One reason I haven't been on here as much this week.

Thank you all for caring so much, my dear friends. Our family is very blessed though. We will weather this okay. It's just money, the important things are doing great!!!!