So we're pretty much second class citizens in my current place, as compared to the engg team.
The team including leadership is engg heavy and there's about a 110 of them vs the 20 people who make up sales, marketing and HR teams.
We're held accountable for every hour some engineer spends with us on a call if the deal doesn't close. On the flip side, if they fuck up which leads to us losing the deal - the fact that we've spent months chasing this account/opportunity doesn't get acknowledged at all.
At first I used to not let this bother me, but now it is starting to irk me. None of these folks would get paid if we didn't put in the hours and close. You wouldn't be building softwares if we didn't stay up at 2 in the night to speak with clients on the other side of the world.
The commission is what keeps me happy and feel "credited". But god damn, put some fucking RESPEK on our names.
Is it the same at your companies? How are you guys acknowledged/credited?
PS. I'm sorry if this came across as bitchy. I wanted to rant.
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