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something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
you need to meet your sales quota, or you'll be put on probation
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Common structures include commission plans (where salespeople earn a percentage of their sales) or bonuses for meeting or exceeding quotas.
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Arnab Mishra, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Users may wish to do this for privacy reasons or, more likely, to recover capacity from their online storage quotas.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Prospective growers would have to be adopted into the system because of the quotas, and the waiting list took years to join.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
When reached for comment, Starbucks denied using quotas in its hiring process.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Affirmative action and diversity quotas, or programmes focused on individual identities and siloed diversity forums.
—Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
In March of 2023, California sued Orange County’s Huntington Beach after the city argued that laws requiring cities to fulfill state quotas on building more housing were unconstitutional.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Nov. 2024
Additionally, the portal includes a new management center that allows users to govern projects, resources, deployments and quotas, further supporting the effective oversight of AI initiatives.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The internal company records reveal that Optum has continued to use quotas with its medical necessity reviews, setting productivity targets for how many cases its employees scrutinize.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2024
Arnab Mishra, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Users may wish to do this for privacy reasons or, more likely, to recover capacity from their online storage quotas.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Prospective growers would have to be adopted into the system because of the quotas, and the waiting list took years to join.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
When reached for comment, Starbucks denied using quotas in its hiring process.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Affirmative action and diversity quotas, or programmes focused on individual identities and siloed diversity forums.
—Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
In March of 2023, California sued Orange County’s Huntington Beach after the city argued that laws requiring cities to fulfill state quotas on building more housing were unconstitutional.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Nov. 2024
Additionally, the portal includes a new management center that allows users to govern projects, resources, deployments and quotas, further supporting the effective oversight of AI initiatives.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The internal company records reveal that Optum has continued to use quotas with its medical necessity reviews, setting productivity targets for how many cases its employees scrutinize.
—Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Quotas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotas. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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