I feel stuck at my current company

Hi everyone, long-time lurker, first-time poster.


I was PIP'd in January (and survived the PIP), but the PIP works both ways so I've been taking a few initial calls with other companies.


I'm in a very unique situation (aren't we all). My OTE is $190K (95/95). My ACV is $5K.


How is that possible, you ask? My product is very sticky and we are very good at monetizing our current customers (upsells, expansion, usage). On average, these $5K deals are really more like $20K ARR for the company after we sink our teeth into them. I've closed over 150+ deals here.


Here is the situation I always run into:


Recruiter: What's your ACV?

Me: $5K

Recruiter: Oh, that's pretty low. What are you expecting to make?

Me: Probably $200K OTE

Recruiter: Our Mid-Market Reps don't even make that!

Me: (explaining it's a strategic sale and these companies often spend much more than the initial contract, blah, blah... falls on deaf ears).


What should I do?


Use the numbers from what those companies currently spend? So instead of $5K ACV, it's $17K? $17K is the actual number those 150+ customers spend on average, even though my deal was $5K to get them on our platform. My total revenue would be $2.6M instead of $800K.


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unclespacejam
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Dog.

If you get paid on the expansion too then Iโ€™d say that shit counts.

Also, I donโ€™t mean to make this sound sneaky, but:

How the fuck are they gonna know the difference?

I think youโ€™re over complicating this here. If you closed over $2M in a year thatโ€™s fuckin worth something dog
jefe
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EXACTLY THIS. Do exactly this.
unclespacejam
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LFG LET IT BE KNOWN, @jefe and I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CANADA AND EMPOWER YOU TO DO THE GODDAMN THING U HEARD
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qanon
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You're right. Go by the revenue they're generating today.
Sunbunny31
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You have the best answer to your question. Gotta ask about your username.
qanon
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lol - I think I made my account when qanon was a thing and was surprised it wasn't already taken
Sunbunny31
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I can think of quite a few reasons it wouldnโ€™t be taken. Carry on.
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What a score! Can you believe it? qanon wasnโ€™t taken on Bravado!!!! How lucky this one is.
DungeonsNDemos
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I'd just lead with what your average customer journey looks like and explain that you typically bring in X amount from each Net New customer you get. Like yeah maybe they start at 5 but in the first two years what if that number is more like 30-40k? If I were you I would practice a 4-5 sentence talk track around this.
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