Ingram Micro or SoftwareOne

I have offers from both Ingram Micro and SoftwareOne for an end-to-end AE role. Both companies want me to sell AWS-managed services. I can't decide which direction to take. Can anyone kindly give any suggestions?

Quick background of myself: I have close to 4 years of hunting sales experience. I sell services related to Cloud, Data, App Development, and End-User Computing. I work with companies such as AWS, Outsystems, VMware, Freshworks, and many others. Down the road, I want to be a CRO ( Chief Revenue Officer), VP of sales,or Independent contributor who drives GTM and Business development strategies.

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medhardwaredr

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Director of Sales NA

I know Ingram well. Very well. They don’t pay the best by any means and they are now owned by a Chinese firm so there’s that.
You will be entwined with the IT the rest of your career so that’s good. Poke around and see what people working there think. They have had several rounds of layoffs as well so know where you start may not be where you end up.
Good partner for us however no where near what they used to be

cw95

Politicker

Head of SDR

I can link you up with Someone at softwareone to get an insight if you want.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

How do the offers stack up against each other? And have you tracked down current/past employees on LI to get some insight?

rainmakerinthemaking2

Fire Starter

Enterprise sales executive

Ingram reached out first. They countered their first offer and are pending approval to match SoftwareOne's offer. The role here is for a new team focusing on selling AWS manage services, its not related to any of the layoffs this year.
SoftwareOne was referred by AWS ( the recruiter said an AWS employee casually referred to my name). 2 recruiters are rching out at the same time, my guess is 2 diff teams in SoftwareOne.

I did my homework on both, and current/past employees are saying positive things about their respective employers.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Congratulations to you to have two (three?) solid offers. This may be a case of what your gut is telling you.

jefe

Arsonist

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Seems like SoftwareOne really wants you..

You're in an enviable position.

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Compare the offers.
Compare the managers.
Compare the coworkers
Compare the work-life balance.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

ERP Sales

who do you feel like you connect more with as your future manager

Gasty

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War Room Community Manager

Hey! Welcome to the War Room, this is Gasty, the Community Manager here.
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Now to come to your post;
I think others have given you amazing insights. I'd just like to add, if the offers are competitive, go where you think you'll be able to do more justice. Choose the Market that is doing better than others, choose the employer where benefits are better, choose the role in which you'll get more flexibility.

All the best!
Welcome again :)

Enterprise Account Director

If I may...

I've worked in the industry for a couple of years and I can confirm that Ingram micro has more opportunity for growth compared to your VARs (S1,SHI,CDW). This being said. I would strongly recommend taking time and follow your gut instincts. One thing that I think will help you decide is who you will be working for and how was the interview experiences. Usually, you can tell the type of company they are...