Hey Folks, so long story short my company went through a round of layoffs earlier this year. Since going public, I've seen the gradual changes and priorities that have happened to the business.
Namely, decisions that are starting to feel like we're squeezing more dollars from our customers while providing less value. I've slowly become demotivated in my role. The sheen of appreciation and joy of working for my company has been gradually eroded by each of these decisions that I don't agree with.
A few months ago, like many of us, I was getting tonnes of DMs from recruiters when the market for sales hires was temporarily crazy hot. I took a few calls but nothing felt interesting enough to me and I felt a loyalty and sense of belonging to my current company, which was worth more to me than potentially moving roles.
I decided to stick it out and put my head down. But I've found it increasingly challenging to build up the motivation to sell a product for a company that I've lost trust in. I have great friends at the company and respect our VP, but I feel like I'm at a turning point.
The tech market is visibly slowing down and any of the companies that I was speaking to have paused hiring. I'm considering taking the hit, and wondering if this is my opportunity to take a few months off to reassess and decide what my next move is. For years I've been talking about setting up my own consulting and last year decided to get my ICF coaching certification. I'm almost finished that course and wondering if this is my time to move on and do something I'm more passionate about.
Would love to hear this community's thoughts. Happy to provide more context.
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