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salesdetroit

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AITA for not wanting to compete with Tweets and Meta folks in the job market?

Everybody loves a good AITA post so here goes: Am I the Asshole for being more sad about now having to share the job market with the newly laid off Meta and Twitter folks than for the fact that they were laid off? 

For context, I've been in an extended interview process (a few months) for a job I was super excited about and felt was going well, and realized this week that there are now some people suddenly in the job market that could be the reason I'm not hearing back. But instead of feeling bad for them, I'm feeling bitter. 

Am I the Asshole?

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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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🦊
You have every right to feel whatever you feel. ❤🦊
salesdetroit
Politicker
1
Director
💜💜
UserNotFound
Politicker
1
Account Executive
You dropped your crown, Queen. 👑
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
7
Sales Rep
If I was an engineer, absolutely. However, I am curious how many sales reps from Meta and Twitter will breaking into SaaS causing a saturation of applicants. Maybe the layoffs at SFDC or others, but not them. Also my assumption with Twitter is sales wouldn't be affected that much since the main issue was revenue and finding new revenue streams.

This opinion was solely formed on reading headlines and no research, solely a guess
salesdetroit
Politicker
3
Director
Unfortunately saw a lot of people on sales and client services got hit as well.
jefe
Arsonist
6
🍁
Is the best thing in an absolute sense? Probably not. Does it make perfect sense? Absolutely.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
5
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
I'd be bitter too, and then feel guilty about it.

But no, YNTA.
youngsmoky
Celebrated Contributor
5
Senior Account Executive
Meta people sold their soul. Hope you enjoyed that tasty paycheck working for a straight up evil company, but the fun is over now.

Twitter I have more sympathy. But you're allowed to be pissed off that you have more competition in an already tough job market.
antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
4
Bravado's Resident Asshole
It makes sense.
Nairobi
Politicker
3
AE
Not an asshole at all! Makes total sense. As unfortunate as it is, people from those companies will be put first.
Justatitle
Big Shot
3
Account Executive
People that sell for Meta, Twitter, SFDC aren’t exactly perfect fits in SAAS. SFDC is the dominant player in their space and very few SAAS companies can say that so their sale is more challenging. Twitter and Meta aren’t SAAS products it’s advertising.
UserNotFound
Politicker
3
Account Executive
Lol at the YTA voters… they’re either lying to themselves or not actually competitive enough for sales. Of course, anytime you’re out at a disadvantage it’s likely to upset you to some degree. Acknowledging their awful position and how that may have an effect on you too is normal self-preservation. I’d be worried too if I was looking in a suddenly flooded/ing job market!
TennisandSales
Politicker
2
Head Of Sales
nah i would never fault someone for feeling upset that an opportunity they are excited about is being taken away from them.
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
2
Rolling 20's all day
It do be rough out there
sketchysales
Politicker
2
Sales Manager
Is what it is, you dont control people losing their jobs, I would be maybe a bit pissed off but dont let it slow you down.
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
1
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
That’s always a risk. People are getting let go all of the time. Just gotta get that offer and close. Give them a clock and be prepared to walk away.
salesdetroit
Politicker
0
Director
What’s the best way to go about giving them a clock/deadline without potentially compromising the role or future opportunities?
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
1
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Just tell them that you have have an offer somewhere else or your team is giving you your next year number, and you don’t want to leave them hanging by leaving mid-cycle. It makes you look responsible, and sets you up for a move in 6 months if you’d like.
salesdetroit
Politicker
0
Director
That makes sense. I was initially too honest and told the recruiter I wasn’t really interviewing for other roles. So maybe the 2023 planning will be the better route. Thanks for the suggestion!
FinanceEngineer
Politicker
1
Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Any time. I am transitioning right now to a new role. Focusing on big banks rather than the smattering that I have in the past.
Frederickl
Contributor
1
Lead everything
Who cares whether what you feel is ‘right’? Question is: Is it helping you? If not, bun that.
mastersfan
Opinionated
1
Account Executive
Pissed because the recruiters will squirt in their pants to hire them because of the logo on resume, not for qualifications. If you were so good, your businesses wouldn’t be failing
Blue_Turtle
Opinionated
1
sdr
My heart goes out to all of them, but aside from that lot of these orgs had overestimated the market demand after the anomaly that was 2021 and way overhired. As such, these layoffs don’t surprise me and no matter how much I want everyone to live a happy and healthy life with a successful career, I’d rather not have too many more people to compete with making it harder to find my ideal gig.
salesdetroit
Politicker
2
Director
Agreed. I’m certainly not immune to the human element of it all, but the reality is that many of these companies are able to make massive cuts right now because they had a ton of redundancies in their roles and teams, and a lot of people whose costs exceeded their contributions. Having worked with many of these teams as well, I’m always surprised at how underwhelming the players are. But yet, to @mastersfan and @Nairobi ‘s points, hiring managers will trip over themselves just to get to those ex-Meta and ex-Twitter folks on their rosters.
mastersfan
Opinionated
0
Account Executive
Underwhelming is sooooo accurate
nemix
Politicker
0
SDR
Most of them aren’t in sales though lol.
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