Juancallclose

Director

Ever work in a place where folks don't match your urgency? The start up life

I love working for my start up, I really doGreat people, culture. Genuine. Caring. BUT......alot of the people are on 4 day work weeks, including our CEO. And my team has deals to close. No urgency at all. 4 day work week, two hour blocks for Yoga and lunch. I get it!! Love work life balance, but just approve the damn pricing!!

Also, while templatized, my reps have to do their own contracts. PITA

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Politicker

Account Manager

4 day works weeks yoga... what kind of startup is this? lol

SaaSsy

Politicker

Haha right, please share the name of this company. Never had an “easy” week at a startup

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

👀🍿🎡

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Sounds like a start up with a lot of VC money

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Sounds like they're not serious about the business.
Did they get funding from friends and family?

sketchysales

Politicker

Sales Manager

sounds like a fake it till you make it situation right there.

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Director, Revenue Enablement

Been there done that. It’s kinda typical for startups but your company seems to be particularly lax.

Do you have a margarita machine next to the imported Italian cappuccino machine?

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

wait till you sell to Government.

Fenderbaum

Politicker

Retired Choirboy🪕

Ugh...

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

This doesn't sound like any start up I've been at...
If they were established and I knew I'd make money, I wouldn't really mind.

Juancallclose

Catalyst

Director

I'm basically saying to the executive team, "do you want 300k in arr or not." Just say yes.

Fenderbaum

Politicker

Retired Choirboy🪕

Any job, anywhere these days.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

That doesn't sound like a start up at all. Sounds like one that is going to ultimately fail, sadly.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Commie bastards.

Beans

Big Shot

Enterprise Account Executive

lmao bunch of hippies.

pirate

Big Shot

🦜☠️ Account Executive

Yeah... I think you almost have to hustle more internally to get things done. Like create urgency and following and following up and constant feedback.

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Start up are meant to be more proactive when it comes to seriousness :)
Even slacking them doesn't help?

Juancallclose

Catalyst

Director

joint slacks, texts, calls......and I love our leaders, it's why I joined this org, but sales moves at one pace, everyone else.....doesnt

SaaSguy

Tycoon

Account Executive

My biggest pet peeve, all the CSM's and SE's are on like month long vacations because they dont have a number the way I do

FinanceEngineer

Politicker

Sr Director, sales and partnerships

That is why I hate and love it. If I need time, I can take it. When I am in a crunch to respond and close, there is at least a 12 hour delay in people getting back to me.

ThatNewAE

Big Shot

Account Executive - Mid enterprise

YES ! It is annoying. Everyone is laid back and you are in a rush. You end up doing their work, or pushing them to do better.

LambyCorn

Arsonist

A mfkn E

i was in a start up with exaxctly this. French owned by any chance? xD

Juancallclose

Catalyst

Director

Prospects are waiting on us......how do you like that?

Last year, they froze hiring for the implementation team because they didn't have enough business, now they're short.

desperado

Politicker

Head of Sales

Yeah right now. We are struggling as a whole and I'm the only one putting in extra hours. In the BS slack channel I see everyone going out for drinks as if we just raised a fat round. It sucks. Looking for something else.

Ozark startup

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

You are complaining about 4-day work weeks?

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Juancallclose

Ever work in a place where folks don't match your urgency? The start up life

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