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CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Take a shot, cool down, and make a decision on your own over the weekend.
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
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Sales Rep
How many people work there? I can see there being a huge mush for metrics and crm stuff
ventox35
Politicker
0
Sales Leader
metrics-yes. coo would like metrics, all of them. wrong ones though
Pachacuti
Politicker
0
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Heโ€™s gonna run it via metrics then - number of calls, demos, and of course โ€œare you hitting quotaโ€
ChumpChange
Politicker
1
Channel Manager
If your work environment turns into management by a spreadsheet... GTFO!
Pachacuti
Politicker
0
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
that's not all the bad really. If you outta the red and in the black, its all good.
jefe
Arsonist
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Size of org and sales experience of COO?
ventox35
Politicker
1
Sales Leader
50 employee company, minimal sales experience
jefe
Arsonist
0
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COO experience is a red flag, but don't jump overboard quite yet.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Has the COO even been a sales person? that is the first question I'd ask.
ventox35
Politicker
0
Sales Leader
no.
Pachacuti
Politicker
1
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
So basically what's going to happen is you're on our own. You're going to get very little support, unless you're already a top performer or you're buddies with the COO. If you're good with that, cool. If you need your hand held a bunch, its going to be tough on you.
antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
1
Bravado's Resident Asshole
It can work, just depends on the experience of the COO.
HappyGilmore
Politicker
1
Account Executive
If the COO has some sales experience in some form it could work but if not that's a slippery slope
Sunbunny31
Politicker
1
Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
What has the COO done at this point? Anything that affects your day-to-day?
ventox35
Politicker
0
Sales Leader
Added a bunch of manual labor day 1 that takes time away from managing my reps
SaaSam
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Depends on his background. Oftentimes titles aren't very indicative of actual responsibilities. However, our COO got involved in sales for a while a few months back and it was total and complete hell. Good dude though.
SalesBeast
Politicker
1
Sales Director
This exact thing happened at my company recently. Our new COO is a complete 100% asshole, and almost everyone is trying to leave. Iโ€™ll be shortly behind them all. Not sure who thinks treating people like shit is the best way to motivate your team..
ventox35
Politicker
0
Sales Leader
or someone who's incompetent, but thinks they're the most competent
TennisandSales
Politicker
1
Head Of Sales
My boss is the COO haha.

but he was the VP of sales before an acquisition so thats a bit different.
ADK
Opinionated
0
VC Associate
Does the COO have extensive sales/business scaling experience? If not, sounds like a cost cutting exercise than a strategic decision
ventox35
Politicker
0
Sales Leader
Some sales experience. definitely cost cutting exercise-which makes no sense because this coo costs ALOT
ADK
Opinionated
1
VC Associate
Still would be less expensive than having another CRO + VP of Sales
ventox35
Politicker
0
Sales Leader
interesting angle..
ThatNewAE
Big Shot
0
Account Executive - Mid enterprise
Anyway that holds an experience of selling, can manage sales - this is what I believe. Can definitely be wrong.
DevSomeBiz
Valued Contributor
0
Senior B2B Sales Guy.
I've seen it work - all depends on the COO.
NoSuperhero
Politicker
0
BDR LEAD
It depends, my previous company the COO would take care of sales, marketing, and quality assurance of the platform. It was a start up so a lot of people wore many hats.

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