FightingFistDrangon

Director of Sales

Career path or salary?

Career path or salary?If you had to choose a company that offered you a career path/ladder and one that just offered you a good salary. Which would you choose?

Career path or salary?

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Career Path Salary Both

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braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

This is a false choice.

However, if I had to choose it's salary. Can't eat career path.

buckets1

Politicker

Just don’t let a hiring manager promise you the moon but undershoot your market value by something ridiculous like $50k. $10 or $20k difference I’m taking the career path. But I’m not taking a huge pay cut for upward mobility that “might” happen.

SaaSyBee

Politicker

Founder

Amen. Oh, don't go beneath market value period. And promises are nothing.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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Money talks.

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

I want to get paid, fella. If I get paid well for 2 years and I outgrow that role, I'll have the skills I need to get paid more in the role that I want.

SaaSyBee

Politicker

Founder

Career path, whether or not it's at *that* company.

So if I received two job offers, one from a company that could propel my career that was $20k less and one from a company that would make me stagnate that was $20k more, I would take the lower pay.

But obviously I'd rather not settle and would want both money and a strong career path. And obviously there's a minimum salary I would accept.

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I'd argue salary begets career path.

SaaSyBee

Politicker

Founder

Fair point! I've definitely turned down higher salaries because the companies had major red flags, though. And not just red flags that would mean I'd be miserable, but ones that made me think it would be a dead end career-wise.

peachykeen

Politicker

sae e-commerce

Upward movement is always the goal if you’re in the industry you wanna be in and with a company you like. And that should always be kept in mind each year based on performance. Your homework to do and monitor.
As said by @SaaSyBee, can only accept a certain salary.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Money.

countingmyinterest

Politicker

Account Executive

Why not both? I'd say be very picky with who you are choosing to leave your current employer for.

Ideally it's both jump in your career path and more $.

Beans

Big Shot

Enterprise Account Executive

Why are you settling?

Clashingsoulsspell

Politicker

ISR

MaximumRaizer

Politicker

Sales Manager

dwightyouignorantsale

Politicker

Account Executive

Unless you can get a career path in writing with set raises every X months (in which very small amount of companies would do this, especially if you’re new to the company) it will always be salary. The amount of people who have been promised roles and then had those opportunities rescinded is quite large.

TheNegotiator

Arsonist

VP of Sales

Very poorly crafted poll.

The right answer in life is Both. The right answer to your poll is Salary.

You could have a great job, at a company with dope culture, amazing product, etc etc.

If someone offers me a salary @ 2.5x my OTE, I’m taking it. Even if the job is located in hell.

I don’t go to work to make friends and have fun. As someone who is literally living this scenario as we speak, it’s no joke.

GreenSide

Politicker

Sales manager

Stop stealing people's posts.

https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/career-path-or-salary

MR.StretchISR

Politicker

ISR

Money talks.

Mr.Floaty

Politicker

BDR

While individuals will certainly have their own personal motivators, if a whole team is in the dumps there is probably a common denominator.

Cyberjarre

Politicker

BDR

Assuming you're their manager here. If so then don't focus on motivating the team as a whole, but the individuals.

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