SgtAE

AE

OG Sales Savage

Just went public, should I switch roles?

Hi Everyone, I'm an SDR at my company and we just recently went public, my vesting is 25% year one then monthly vesting for 36 months. Based on current stock price i've made a good amount of money.

I'm looking at studying part time with my Job and am considering taking a job with less heavy activity such as customer success or marketing. Based on my vesting schedule, I make the same amount in shares that I do in salary.

So all things considered:

I'm considering transitioning to a role which is a little more laid back (CS?)
It will allow me to be a bit more flexible with studying part time
The salary decrease would be offset by the shares vesting
My manager is open to a conversation on this and had mentioned it

Has anyone else had any experience on this in term of horizontal movement?

UPDATE: I spoke with my manager and applied for a lateral movement to another team, my manager endorsed the move and is supporting the application and I have a coffee chat with the hiring manager on Thursday. I've made all the move I can on my side, from what i'm thinking even if I don't get the role I still have a job i'm pretty happy with anyway so no harm done.

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InQ5WeTrust

Arsonist

4

No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL

How does school play into your long term goals?
If you want to stay in sales for the long-term does the switch to CS hinder you more?

Just some questions to ponder.

SgtAE

WR Officer

0

AE

My study is something definitely different to sales, but very relevant to the industry (Tech) that will pay off in the long run (circa 3 years time maybe?) So i'm not too concerned in terms of my sales career as i'm not too sure i'd like a full time sales job.

I'm hoping that I could move to a position that's a bit more stable where I'm not ran by quota and can transition into a bit more of a lifestyle job that works accordingly with my studies.

ZeroGrit

Valued Contributor

3

VP of Hoping My Emails Find You Well

Congratulations!! Word of advice… ask them to pay for part (or all) of your school. Specially since it sounds like you won’t be leaving anytime soon and this is part of your professional development. As for the role, I don’t think CS is less work (def not the case at my company) but what is your long term goal - do you want to stay in sales or do want to apply your degree to something? What areas outside of revenue do you find interesting? Dig a little deeper on what you want before making a move… and don’t let the sales door hit you on the ass on your way to marketing.

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

0

Sales

Seconded on tuition assistance.

Diablo

Politicker

2

Sr. AE

I haven't gone through the same process but I feel you're taking the right step of having convo with your manager.

hh456

Celebrated Contributor

1

sales

First of all congrats. Not often we have people who stick it out and get the reward after a company goes public.
Here are some risks you run of sticking around and the advice I have.
1 - Getting fired. They’ll say one thing, let you float for a month or two then let you go. I’ve seen this a million times. The company child everyone loves decides to get a side hustle and take it easy at his full time job w corporate approval. He’s normally gone in a month or two. Words are not contracts, don’t make decisions off of conversations had.
2 - stock price could go down. The goal is to create value for share holders but shit can happen. If you sell cows and the government bans cows, well the pretty penny you’re sitting on & are slowly exercising to maintain your standard of living is gone in a month. Paired with your new role as a CS and the lower salary, you’re now far under your baseline and in bad shape.
3 - just keep your current role, study at night and on the weekends. Life is short, you live once. It’s not super hard to do both. I worked full time, had a new born and got my MBA at night. I don’t think I would have been able to support my family if I wasn’t working as an AE during that time and focused on my school instead.
4 - I would take the full amount you’ve earned and maybe find a new role. Bird in hand is better than bird in bush. You’ll leave on good terms, have your money, be able to find a new job that supports your new focus and be all around happy.
If you find yourself making a decision based on how you hope it’ll turn out, you’ve made the wrong one.
Good luck, think it through and let us know what you decide!

Flippinghubs

Opinionated

0

Account Executive

Congrats!

justatopproducer

Politicker

-1

VP OF SALES -US

Which company?

MCP

Valued Contributor

-2

Sales Director

I am amazed that SDRs even get shares.

SgtAE

WR Officer

3

AE

Honestly the Shares are crazy good, they've definitely got me staying for the 4 year vesting period for sure! I got super lucky as I just joined in December last year.

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