SalesPharaoh

Senior Account Executive

CEO wants to put me with team I don't want to be a part of

Hey guys how to deal with CEO that is maneuvering to put you in a team who have unrealistic quotas and high churn rate and you are a top performer in your team right now?

What should I do? He isn't doing it directly but like suddenly became too hands on, over how I do business and prospect.

What to do?

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Confront? Leave? (have an offer) Wait it out and do your work?

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fuzzy

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CMO (Chief Meme Officer)

This very thing is the reason why I left the world of engineering and support. Got stuck in a role and team that wouldn't let me out no matter how much I begged. "We need you here." Ok..bye then..

DaveFromCollege

Notorious Answer

Account Executive

You are stuck between a rock and a hard place. I personally would confront him. What's to lose? You have an offer outstanding anyway.
Best of luck though!

Blackwargreymon

Politicker

MDR

Confront?

MaximumRaizer

Politicker

Sales Manager

Can you compile all your metrics into a one sheet and share why it’s best to the business to stay where you are.

Clashingsoulsspell

Politicker

ISR

Maybe he wants you on that team because you are an asset and thinks you can make a difference?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Did you confront them?

SalesPharaoh

Big Shot

Senior Account Executive

Yea yea, but ive got a new offer now and will leave the company

saassi

Opinionated

Sales, Operations, and Account Management

Something similar is happening with me, too.

The new VP broke my team off into subteams. He paired each SDR with an AE.

I am the longest-standing SDR (& technically a full cycle SMB-AE) so they paired me with the brand new hire, but he is trash.

Like really lack-luster, slow, & old -- which would be fine if he seemed experienced to me, but he doesn't.

I immediately

told my bossthat he was setting me up for failure by putting us together and that it's not fair that I am set up to train old-head when what I truly need is my own training to sharpen & fine-tune my skills as a closer so I can take larger deals more confidently.

He got short with me and told me it was not my job to train him, then assured me that this man is seasoned and that I would learn from him after giving him a chance.

It's been 3 weeks & I have seen poor product knowledge, little to no activity in regards to achieving our set goals, his sequences are hot garbage, and his demos are cringy & embarrassing. I had to step in mid-demo to save a fairly large deal more than once already for him -- but guess who's gonna get the payout *eye-roll*.

The best part is after the call, my boss checked in thinking I was gonna turn around and be like "you were right" but the jokes on him, I was honest about the performance and recorded the call for him to see for himself.

I could honestly go on about it, but long-story-short, The VP told me I was right & is now having us all trained more.

Granted, I am still stuck with father-time but I guess the moral of the story here is to speak up!!!

MR.StretchISR

Politicker

ISR

You are stuck between a rock and a hard place. I personally would confront him. What's to lose? You have an offer outstanding anyway.
Best of luck though!

Mr.Floaty

Politicker

BDR

Is that still the case or did I just dream that up?

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SalesPharaoh

CEO wants to put me with team I don't want to be a part of

What to do?

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