At AlliedSignal, core teams are supported by "virtual teams that work as needed to address technical product issues and help with credit, contracts, and warranties. However, virtual team members aren't eligible for team-based incentive awards. The design team also determined which performance measures would be used to evaluate the teams. The measures selected have been a source of some difficulty in the company because some managers believe they put too much emphasis on total sales, without recognizing that some sales are more profitable than others. To ease employees into the new system, and, hopefully, increase their trust and satisfaction levels, the design team also chose to gradually increase the proportion of pay that was put "at risk." During the first six months, there was no downside risk associated with failing to meet performance targets. During the next six months, employees were subjected to "recoverable downside risk. That is, if they didn't make their target, they could make up for that by exceeding their target in the subsequent quarter. In the final phase, the full at risk plan went into effect, with performance-based each quarter.