I just feel like there needs to be a discussion about this as an AE ... who can relate?
managers, country managers, etc etc... wake the f up 🥲😫😫😫
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Does anyone else feel like they being led to nowheresville by the blind?
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I can understand where you are coming from on different fronts. can you elaborate more on what you are experiencing?
details, details, details!
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like in general?
YES. been there before and it was terrible.
What specifically is happening in your case?
YES. been there before and it was terrible.
What specifically is happening in your case?
Is this from too high of quotas? or they dont know the real sales process and the training is irrelevant
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Re-reading your post... looks like you're in a burnout spin. Take some time off and regroup yourself to come back to work with a better mental state. Btw... there's no shame in this. I take an occasional MH day when the shitshow of work is non-stop.
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Internal processes? Too many cooks in the kitchen? What exactly do you mean?
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Call me crazy, but I truly think there are few sales leaders (Director level and above) who are truly qualified for the job……
Yuppppppp 😂😂
Speaking in general, but as long as you're working for someone else, you will always experience the shit show to a degree.
Wish I could do a start up …
Not sure what you means, but I assume you feel you're not being included in key conversations and are not privy to executive discussions.
You are correct
Based on your comment in the thread, seems like they're focused on getting sales now (are they rolling up a number to a board or investors?) vs worrying about downroad. It's possible they are thinking strategically but haven't included you in the discussions OR they don't want you to think strategically and they want you to stay in your lane.
Sounds frustrating, but maybe your manager can shed some light on plans for the upcoming quarters (?).
Sounds frustrating, but maybe your manager can shed some light on plans for the upcoming quarters (?).
Tbh I have little visibility … same old ‘we are all about transparency’ but I am starting to see the cracks … maybe it’s actually best for me to just keep quiet and nod along through this recession
So I am trying to generate new business (taking on SDR work, which I’m fine with)
I think that there’s too much focus on collecting data rather than focusing on doing the things that actually brings in money…
I’ve been creating a new sales project where me and my 2 other colleagues each take a vertical… weeks of work and data to prove it’s going to be worth a big shot…. Only to be told that I need to ‘focus on what’s infront’ ‘don’t put too much effort into the project’ etc etc… I’m actually trying to carve out something new here and I am facing internal barriers.
I mean, in times like these, with a recession now grasping the economy, I would have thought bosses would relish the idea of tapping into ‘recession proof’ markets, but it seems as though no one is really fussed at the mo.
Maybe I’m wrong and just being a paranoid lunatic, but just needed to rant about the snails pace that people higher up seem to want to move at.
I’m not the type of person that is happy to sit around collecting pay checks and ‘getting by’ … I’m trying to make a difference! Y’a feel me?
I think that there’s too much focus on collecting data rather than focusing on doing the things that actually brings in money…
I’ve been creating a new sales project where me and my 2 other colleagues each take a vertical… weeks of work and data to prove it’s going to be worth a big shot…. Only to be told that I need to ‘focus on what’s infront’ ‘don’t put too much effort into the project’ etc etc… I’m actually trying to carve out something new here and I am facing internal barriers.
I mean, in times like these, with a recession now grasping the economy, I would have thought bosses would relish the idea of tapping into ‘recession proof’ markets, but it seems as though no one is really fussed at the mo.
Maybe I’m wrong and just being a paranoid lunatic, but just needed to rant about the snails pace that people higher up seem to want to move at.
I’m not the type of person that is happy to sit around collecting pay checks and ‘getting by’ … I’m trying to make a difference! Y’a feel me?
Ahhhh classic “paralysis by analysis”
Hell yeah, never heard that term… might just have to drop that bomb in the next team meeting👀👀👀👀
I used to feel this way. That's something I looked to avoid in moving to my current company.
Best of luck out there
Best of luck out there
How did you spot that my dude? What to look for
Yes, sometimes it feels like the blind, leading the blind, leading the blind! It's the bad driver scenario. Take one bad driver, have them teach someone else to drive, & now we have 2. Gen. Patton once said, "if everyone in the room, is thinking the same thing, then someones not thinking!" (Hence the blind leading the blind!)
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