i just put my 2 weeks in and i feel like i made the biggest mistake.

im a team lead managing 2 bdr teams plus making my own cold calls. making 60k a year plus uncapped commission. last year i made a little over 78k.

if i stayed at current job, i should be able to hit 100k and would have the opportunity to grow into account management/more responsibilities. plus i have 6,000/10,000 stock options vested.

i dont think its too late to retract my 2 weeks notice. but i also dont wanna be a pushover bc i do think i deserve more money for all of the responsibilities im dealing with.

i was offered a bdr position for 75k a year plus 25k commission. they never had a bdr before and need an experienced bdr. i will get stocks. and its fully remote. and have the option to grow into AE/team lead again.

so its literally me making almost the same amount of money for less responsibilities.

i think whats making me want to stay is that most of my friends are here. and it took me a while to get promoted because they only promote from within the company. plus i did not get my associates/bachelors degree. i only went to community college for my nursing assistant certificate. so i know that i make a decent amount for someone with no college degree.

i was so excited about this opportunity last week. and now, since i gave my 2 weeks notice on friday, ive literally been shitting bricks all friggen week. i feel like i fucked up. idk what to do.

any advice, is much appreciated <3

sincerely,

a lost sales gal

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It sounds like you're only considering staying at your current company due to sunk cost fallacy. "I've been here x amount of time, won't it be a waste to leave?" Also, having friends at work shouldn't factor into your decision. Work is for work, time outside of work is for socializing and making friends.

Personally, if you do want to be a team lead at some point in the future it didn't really make sense for you to consider a jump for only 25k ish more in pay. If you don't want to lead a team and just want more money for less responsibility, the jump makes sense.

Retracting a two week's notice is risky in any instance...if your current company does let you stay just know that you'll be the first employee your employer picks off if times get tough because they now know you've had one foot out the door before.

champchamp

Arsonist

Enterprise Sales Development Representative

Always on point, my lady.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

+13

Senior Account Executive

Your instinct was to move on. Trust it. Don't retract your two weeks, especially if they haven't offered you more money.

SADNESSLieutenant

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Officer of ♥️

Bruh ur getting paid 65k to lead a bdr team, fuck that.

aSaaSinator

Contributor

Sales Director

Two BDR teams. You should be looking to go to another company to run their BDR group and a good company won’t flinch at you making at least $100K in base especially if you have good metrics.

This!

Sounds to me like you made the right call going with the new opportunity. Change is scary, but it's the only way one can grow.

peachykeen

Politicker

business partner

Trust your gut. Like others said, you got to a point that was bad enough to put in your two weeks. If you’re leading a team and only making that kind of money, your skills/experience can totally be better compensated. I had interviewed with a couple companies that paid a role similar to yours with at least a 6 figure base if not far off. Best of luck.

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Time machine?

Notmyrealname

Politicker

SDR

Change can be scary. Don't stress it too much. You can keep in contact with your friends and make new ones. New job sounds like better value based on info given.

TheIncarceration

Politicker

SDR Manager

Based on the info you gave, I would have done the same thing. Your friends are still going to be your friends even if you don't work together.

To me, 78k for all the work you have to do at your current role just isn't worth it. Stick to your gut!

I would still leave. Sounds like dead end at the current place and more money is always great.

DesertWarrior

Praised Answer

Sales Executive

That's just your nerves talking. You'll still have friends from the old place; you just won't see them at work. I saved a post off LI the other day that feels timely to share here. It's from Andy Paul:

The job market is red-hot for salespeople.

How do you choose who to work for?

Here's an easy "hack":

Work with people who scare the sh*t out of you!

People who make you realize how much you have left to learn.

People whose intellectual curiosity humbles you.

People who challenge the story of who you are.

People who operate in a higher gear than you.

People who pose questions you can't answer.

People who make you nervous about how much you’ll have to invest in yourself to keep up with them.

Here's the bottomline:

If you walk out of job interview with a CRO thinking:

“I could work here. That felt really comfortable…”

Then that’s not a position that will force you to grow.

Instead, when you accept the right job offer, you should think:

“Holy sh*t, what have I got myself into?”

Gyro25

Politicker

Account Executive

Do what's best for you. I can't imagine being a BDR manager + having to make calls and manage other people's calls at 60k base. You've got the experience.

75k base for a BDR is very respectable. Do the job, make your money, live your life. As a reference, my base was 60k as a BDR last year, so jumping ship is definitely the right thing to do if you want more $.

techsales

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Don't make a decision based on not having office friends. Your friends aren't responsible for your livelihood. As the great philosopher RuPaul once said...

"Unless they're paying your bills, pay those b****** no mind"

The old sellers remorse. Wait until you start the new role and how great you feel. Quite frankly in your current role you are being taken advantage of. Only reason they don’t hire from the outside is because they don’t pay to attract the talent. Don’t let them sell you any other line of bullshit either.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive

Stay the course. Don't retract your notice, and go kill it in the new role.

Being uncomfortable with a change like this is extremely normal. Honestly, it sounds like a positive move, and the new company is lucky to have you, and is compensating you fairly.

ScopeCreep

Good Citizen

Regional Sales Manager

Honestly, I would take this as a learning experience. You can always leverage an offer for a new job with your current employer. If you go to your current employer and have a discussion about compensation they will sometimes negotiate with you on the spot. However if they won’t, and you have an offer in hand you hold all of the cards in negotiation. You just have to be willing to leave. Corporate chicken if you will.

salesboi22

Opinionated

AE - Team Lead

Don't worry about the no degree. You've built way more than a college degree through your experience. You're a badass, don't act like you're not. You can get paid way more thank 100k OTE to manage BDRs somewhere else if you want to really put yourself out there. Just make sure you have a good story for future interviews of how you wanted to go build something from scratch and learn from it when they ask why you went from leadership back to individual contributor. Shouldn't be too hard to speak to.

evasouth

Good Citizen

marketer-who-loves-selling

Stand by your decision.

Your instincts are usually never wrong. Just own the decision and make the best of what/how it pans out.

Make the jump. You’re definitely not being paid enough for everything you’re doing.

Change is always hard

AnchorPoint

Politicker

Business Coach

Be very careful!!! You broke up. Yes, they might accept you back, however, 73% of the time it is only until they can replace you. You made your move... stick with it.

aSaaSinator

Contributor

Sales Director

Bostonsalesgal, never stay for friends. If they are that good of friends, you’ll keep them wherever you go. What usually happens is that you decide to stay and then a month later they leave for a better opportunity. Don’t be the one left behind and a $60K base for managing to BDR teams is ridiculous. You should use your success there to get a BDR management job where you can expect a $100K base at least.

NotCreativeEnough

Politicker

Professional Day Ruiner

cold feet happens. You accepted a new offer for a reason. remember what those reasons are. It sounds like the new job will have a lot more growth potential and the income will be better. making a little over 78k managing 2 teams is rough. My company is paying BDR's over 100k. managers are close to 200k. Your current company is horribly under paying you. That alone would be m reason to jump ship.

But if you truly feel you want to stay there - talk to your boss. I'm sure they'll work with you. Hiring it hard right now.

i just put my 2 weeks in and i feel like i made the biggest mistake.

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