racetrackchapo

Senior SDR

Old School Bravo

Burnt out but in too good of a spot

My first job out of college was a brutal sales role that I quickly left for an SDR role for an eCommerce tool. Held that for almost 2 years then was leading the SDR team for another 6 months. Left that for an SDR role in eCommerce that is now paying me about twice as much.

This all sounds great typing it out but this job is so mind-numbingly boring and unfulfilling. I'm essentially doing the task of an outsourced marketer by using long account lists to find new leads at an extremely high volume (upper management's idea of an SDR role). I've been here for 6 months and I hate to complain to anybody because I'm getting paid way more than I thought I would at this point in my career. I am just worried I'm burning myself out on a job that has become something I dread every day.

Any advice? Should I just buckle in and keep daydreaming about a simple life haha, recently I've decided I should just be a farmer

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NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

7

Professional Day Ruiner

SDR roles are insanely mind numbing. It's almost like a mental endurance test to try and get through it. I would see if you are able to move into a full cycle role. Probably more money that way too

CuriousFox

WR Officer

6

🦊

Have you thought about moving into a closing role? AE?

SaaSam

Politicker

6

Account Executive

This! Why are you still an SDR after 2.5 years????

TennisandSales

Politicker

1

Head Of Sales

i would be dead for sure.

jefe

Arsonist

4

🍁

Agreeing with most everyone here - why are you still an SDR?!

Strategizing, negotiating, and closing tend to be much more fulfilling.

Also, take a vacation ASAP.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

3

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I'm so sorry. Burnout and boredom are real. When was the last time you took time for yourself? Unplugged for a week or two?

Pachacuti

Politicker

3

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Thats a LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGG time as a SDR.

You could try something creative like taking (alternating) Fridays off (9-80 pattern) or 4 day work weeks (10 hr days) with Fridays off.

Or as most people will point out - find something else.

Qman

Opinionated

2

Business Development Rep

I'm in a very similar boat... get given a list of completely cold 500 contacts at the start of the month to reach out to and hope to make business with... burning out as we speak

CuriousFox

WR Officer

2

🦊

❤❤❤

Qman

Opinionated

1

Business Development Rep

I needed that man

TennisandSales

Politicker

1

Head Of Sales

yeah man i would be burnned out if I was an SDR as long as you.

Shit i was an SDR for 8 months and got burned out from that haha.

you need a change of scenery. like a new role, try to lead a team of SDRs or try to get to be an AE or somthing.

harebrained

Politicker

1

Enterprise Account Executive

I have been doing great in my AE role but I'm interviewing after 3 years due to boredom.. saying you need a new challenge is a super easy answer to "why are you interviewing?"

bellaccione

Valued Contributor

1

Growth Consultant

The SDR role is a temporary waystop on the way to becoming a leveraged salesperson.

The teleology is SDR(setter)->AE(closer)->sales manager(override on team)->leveraged sales(growth consultant).

A growth consultant can come in and grow a firm (e.g. from $1M->$5M in 12 months) by pulling all the relevant levers from digital marketing (scaling using ads) to sales (fixing sales process, installing or fixing sales team) to product (pricing, mechanism by which the transformation is achieved).

A gc can make $1M per year (hygiene standard, I know about 4 guys doing this rn).

Of course, you can stop anywhere on the teleology you want.

The goal should be to reach escape velocity (enough assets to farm fultime, mate with models and drink bottles, raise a family, whatever) in as short a timeframe as possible esp given the imminent collapse of fiat (specifically the US$).

Modern-day SaaS has gotten away from the fundamentals and treats the SDR as a standalone role which is cool to hang out in.

In the old hunter/farmer days a hunter was responsible for the result - bringing home the elk/deer/buffalo to the village. There were no separate roles for tracker, skinner (after beast was killed), etc.

Get it?

Justatitle

Big Shot

0

Account Executive

SDR is so tedious and mentally exhausting my time limit on it was ~ 1 year and I got lucky with timing to get into an AE spot.

SgtAE

WR Officer

0

AE

Move remote - To a country where your money will take you a lot further, you'd be surprised what new hobbies and activities you can afford.

petersgd

0

ceo

Keeping working there for the paycheck and start your own startup on the side. Make sure you use a different laptop when you work on it.

CatMom

Politicker

0

Account Executive

Def ask for some career development. Or find a hobby like farming. That works too I guess 🌽🚜

ER0173

Opinionated

0

Sr. Business Development Manager

Many moons ago I learn that unless you ask, you will never receive. if you are willing to stay in this company, consider writing a "proposal" for the role and salary you want. Make sure that you include all your skills, your projects, the direct results of your efforts with figures, tangible. The % or $ amount you added in X amount of time. use graphics, pie charts. make reference to any performance reviews. Then state the role you want and the salary you want. If they rather keep you in the same role, move on. It is no longer the 1950's when people would stay 30 years in the same role in the same company. Loyalty is a two way street. I've done it and got the role and salary. When the company culture was too toxic, I resigned. I was the in the company, only rep surpassing quote all 4 quarters, rep of the year, etc. My mental health goes above any commission check. Happy camper ever since.

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