My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Texas
Got a construction sales job which is salary plus commission. During training I signed something which stated my commission as a flat rate for sales. I have an offer letter which states my flat rate commission "on sales". There are no stipulations listed or products listed.
My employer told me after acceptance and training, though it had been decided before I was hired, that I was not to receive commission on the highest selling product that they had. Salesman who were hired before me, even by a few months, are receiving commission on it. They will continue to make the product and have no plans to stop production. This product accounts for at least 70% of the company's current sales. Numbers are down and they want me to switch customers over to another product, but the product is not the same quality or price. It's just a product that we have few competitors on, people started making cheaper versions of their best product so sales slipped. Despite that it's still the vast majority of what they sell. Looking at last years numbers, it's the difference between $3-4k commission a month, and $500 a month.
I have signed nothing stating I agreed to this. They gave us a few more reasons which were complete bullshit, either way, I'm not being paid on it and it doesn't count towards my quota. Now even if this is not legal to do, my worry is that if I attempt to pursue this further they'll just fire me. I have a family to take care of and my decision to take the job was based on their product line and the numbers they told me for the territory. It's a young industry, I'm the oldest out of the newer people who were also denied. I just can't help but think they wouldn't have pulled this on experienced, older salesman, there was no compromise or discussion. My legitimate questions were dismissed as irrelevant and that was that.
Do I have any options or am I just ****ed?

