Hey guys,
My company was bought out by private equity a year ago and we went through a merger with another company in our space this year. To say it's been a roller coaster is an understatement.
On the biz dev team. One of two reps left after they fired a bunch of us in June, followed by another round a couple of weeks ago.
Supporting 8 AEs. I accepted another offer with a really good company in July, quit my job, and then took it back because I knew it would take longer to become an AE and I was on the verge of promotion to ISR from SDR. That's a half-baked promotion in between SDR and AE that means nothing apart from a pay bump because they fired all the "SDRs."
The numbers my team(of two) has to hit are ridiculous.
Now I'm shadowing to become an AE(the only reason I'm still here) and I'm finding out that none of the AEs hit quota and their quotas just got bumped way up for next year....
Not exactly the ideal environment to become a great rep, plus I could see private equity selling us again in 2 years and having to go through all this reorganization bullshit again. It's also going to probably take at least another 6 months until I get to AE, assuming they can backfill the 6 open positions on my team(not looking great).
Should I jump ship if I know none of the AEs are hitting quota and I'm going to be stuck on the SDR hamster wheel indefinitely?
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