Business Model:

1. Operating on the same business model as major law firms, we require that all consultants bring in an annual volume of business to the firm.
2. In each project, clients have the full resources of the entire team of consultants participating in the Epicurus network.

Marketing & Sales:

1. We believe in fairness and responsibility to our clients. Therefore, all sales made are done honestly, with openness and clarity.
2. We provide an exceptional Client Relationship Management system. Both our Consultants and sales staff are required to use this system to develop consulting projects.
3. Projects, once signed, are operated via our Project Management System.
4. We provide the majority of our clients with a 30 day contract exit clause. No contract, therefore is deemed stable until the 31st day from any effective date.
5. Each Consultant or sales person should deliver $100,000 annually in sales, as a minimum requirement. For all Senior Consultants and higher, the requirement is $250,000 annually.

Evaluation Period & Performance:

1. Each new employee is put on a 90 day performance evaluation period, without exception. For Consultants, these evaluations are based on:
   A. Sales volume and quality;
   B. Consulting service performance (if applicable);
   C. Communication skills;
   D. Cooperation amongst others within or without the network; and
   E. Client relationship management.
2. Initial performance evaluations for non-practicing Consultants, sales and marketing staff and outside sales personnel are based on:
   A. Sales volume and quality;
   B. Communication skills;
   C. Client relationship management;
   D. Cooperation amongst others within or without the network.
3. During this period, compensation shall be based on commissions and consultation work only, without a draw on salary or commission.
4. After 90 days, an evaluation report will be submitted to the Consultant or employee. If the Consultant or employee disagrees with the evaluation, the period will be extended 30 days and the Consultant may show justification for his or her position.
5. All employees subject to a sales threshold are reviewed annually in regards to sales, performance and client satisfaction.

Evaluation Acceptance or Grievance:

1. If the evaluation is mutually acceptable, then the Consultant shall be placed on record within Epicurus and a draw on commissions and consultations will be paid on a regular basis.
2. Taxes and Social Security will be deducted from this payment under normal circumstances, though an employee may elect for a 1099. This does not apply to international staff.
3. The draw will be deducted from the total earnings of the Consultant for the month.
4. If earnings exceed the draw, a payment will be made at the end of each monthly period for the additional revenues.
5. If earnings are less than the draw, the total amount of the draw will be deducted in the next cycle. However, if a Consultant's revenues do not match or exceed the draw for a period of two consecutive months, the draw will be stopped and may be resumed when revenues increase to a level exceeding the amount of the previous draw for a period of 90 days. Earnings during this period will be paid (less any draw that was over-paid).
6. Upon completion and acceptance of the evaluation period, commission rates will be modified. See below.
7. If the Consultant disputes the results of the evaluation, he or she may present a written response to the evaluation with a simple request for re-evaluation. Management may detemine from this information that a continued evaluation period of 30 to 90 days is essential or it may, at its sole discretion, take any action deemed fair, reasonable or proportional.

Terms & Conditions:

1. Consultants shall follow the rules and regulations of Epicurus in the performance of their daily work for our clients.
2. No Consultant may accept commissions, fees, referral bonuses, gratuities or any other income from outside sources such as vendors, suppliers or service providers in relation to any project currently in progress or that may have been performed previously or in future. Acceptance of such revenues from outside sources shall be grounds for immediate termination without benefit of severence pay or residual commissions and forfeiture of any commissions or compensation owed at the time of termination.
3. If any client shall file a complaint against a Consultant, for any reason, the senior Consultant or management may, at its discretion, remove a Consultant from the project. If any Consultant shall receive three (3) such complaints, the Consultant shall be terminated.
4. Consultants and other staff are required to use the systems provided by Epicurus for their work, however, if no system is available and the Consultant has such a system available, it must be approved by Senior Management. Consultants are encouraged to suggest new systems, improvements and tools for use in projects.
5. Consultants may work on any number of simultaneous projects, however, Epicurus does not permit double billing. The number of hours logged must not exceed the number of hour worked. We review the hours logged frequently for duplication. Three instances of duplication of hours may be grounds for immediate termination. We do not recommend that a consultant take on more than three large projects within a single month. Management approval is required for more than five large projects simultaneously within a month.
6. Consultants who are on full-time assignment (one client only), may not work on more than five short term projects within any week and none may exceed 2 hours per instance. In such circumstances, the Consultant may not begin the next major project until the first is completed and all deliverables produced and approved.
7. Consultants may not work simultaneously for any other consulting firm, including a firm they own. No Consultant may take a client from Epicurus and assign it to any other firm. This is cause for immediate termination and may result in litigation against the Consultant.

Commissions and Compensation:

1. Commissions are paid on a residual commission basis. This generates continued commission payments to the selling Consultant throughout the term of the contract following each monthly payment by the client. Commissions are paid to Consultants on this basis as long as they remain in the employ of the Company. Should a Consultant decide to leave, they may, at the sole discretion of the consulant's manager, receive up to one month's commissions after their departure from the Company. Thereafter, all commissions are forfeited to the Company.
2. Commissions are payable only on billable hours, not on expenses.
3. Commissions are paid on a 1099. No deductions are made for taxes, Social Security or any other purpose. It is the sole and exclusive responsibility of the Consultant to pay their own local, state and Federal taxes and Social Security as may be required where the Consultant resides.
4. Upon completion of the evaluation period, the base draw will be implemented and commission rates will be modified. See below.
5. Associated consultants are paid on a per diem or hourly basis, depending on the volume of work. Any work done in a single day that equals four hours or less is paid on an hourly basis, but in excess of four hours is paid on a per diem rate. A four hour day (exactly) would earn half a per diem fee.
6. Consultants or sales and marketing personnel may earn multiple commissions and project revenues from Epicurus simultaneously.

Rates:

1. Commissions depend on the level of involvement a selling Consultant will have in the actual project.
2. For projects where the same Consultant shall be the lead, a commission of 7.5%. As lead Consultant, compensation will also be paid for the consultation work. This is paid at the determined rate for the Consultants services.  If the client's fee includes expenses, the commission rate will be 5% of the total monthly invoiced, less extraordinary expenses.
3. For projects where the selling Consultant is not the lead, or may not provide consultation services, a commission of 15% is payable. This also applies to non-practicing Consultants, sales and marketing professionals or outside sales personnel. If the client's fee includes expenses, the commission rate will be 10% of the total monthly invoiced, less extraordinary expenses.
4. The rate of commission payable upon completion of the evaluation period shall be 5% for consultants working on projects they sold and 10% for consultants and sales or marketing staff not working on the consultation.
5. In no case shall a commission drop below 5% of the commissionable fees.