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LinkedIn sales culture has taught me to stay far away from Utah and its people.

There is a uniquely awful quality about SaaS sales teams in Utah. One company I interviewed for was HQ'd there and wanted to hire me for a remote role.


One of the hiring managers legit called me at 7 PM EST to ask me a question I already answered on the interview.


Then I read some clown talking about how Utah produces the best sales people because of how Mormons knock on doors or something. No moron, annoying people by knocking on their doors does not make you a good seller, it makes you annoying.

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CuriousFox
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SaaSsy
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AE
Ironic because only a smaller percentage of them actually get to “make it” to heaven 😂
jefe
Arsonist
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Great musical.
I just knew it was going to relate back to the door knocking when I saw the title of the post..
oldcloser
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Sunbunny31
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Oh now. Worked with a whole team out of Utah, and also … they have one of the best cheeseburgers I’ve ever had out there, for what it’s worth.

But yeah, those teams do have a kind of relentless earnestness you really won’t find anywhere else.
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Verkada is based out of San Fran and look at how awful it was there, seamless.ai in NY is scary scary. I think categorizing it to one area is a mistake. Utah has some of the strongest tech companies there as well. It’s a matter of company and not specific location IMO
J.J.McLure
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Owner at *redacted*
There’s good and bad everywhere, I will say though that any kind of door to door experience makes cold calling a lot easier! No doors getting slammed in your face or dogs coming after you, just take a sip of coffee and on to the next dial
saassi
Opinionated
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Sales, Operations, and Account Management
not a fan of utah based reps AT ALL! The newest CEO at my last company worked in Utah for a while so he brought in an entire new c-suite all from Utah & my last boss was based in Utah and from the mornmon community. Working under him was a horrible, terrible experience for everyone besides his homies that he inevitably brought in that also came from the Mormon community. Their culture bled int othe workplace and made it so that you were clearly outcasted if you didnt adopt their same values & working with that administration seriously felt juvenile. They faked enthusiasm, talked poorly about lower-level subordinates behind their back (ie: they talked shit about my colleagues to me) and it was so uncomfrotable, inappropriate, and unprofessional. They wanted everyone to match their fake enthusiasm and drink the company koolaide which im not down with. They also really walked in believing they were these expert leaders, but doing simple things from a leadership standpoints like documenting SOPs, or even locating the previously existing SOPs was like a foreign concept to them. The craziest part was when the VP of Sales made a comment that they "never worked somewhere before where everything needed to be documented" meanwhile its a fully remote company! I am all for loving your job if you love your job, but after being there for >3 years, and watching these people coming in extra peppy in less than 3 months, its just fake to me & left me with a really bad taste in my mouth to the point where I feel compelled in my soul to cosign this post.
BitcoinAddict
Opinionated
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AE
Give this person as many thumbs up as you can everyone. The fake enthusiasm gets me!
saasdatass
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
lol wonder what they say about Colorado sales culture 😮‍💨🍃
GarthVader
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Assistant to the Regional Manager
But did you accept the offer though?
SgtAE
WR Officer
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AE
Utah's the King of D2D, saas sales ain't really their thing. People are still knocking on doors at 7pm there so it's normal for them.
Also hello from reddit u/ForSureNotAnFbiAgent
"Stay the fuck away from my front door.
Its almost 2024. If I wanted to buy what you're selling, Amazon exists, and they don't knock on my door at 2:50 pm.
I don't think I can recall a single damn time someone knocked on my door at random, and I was pleased with their presence."

this how you treat other sales reps in the industry or you just a burnt out rep who's out of a job.


Pays to be nice buddy
BitcoinAddict
Opinionated
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AE
I mean it does get annoying though
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Enterprise Account Executive (Pub Sec)
I had UT in my patch for a very long time as a VAR. We ended up firing all of the UT based vendors we worked with. (I’m female) Do the math on that one. Unless things have changed in the last few years, it’s a great place to do business for some. Not for others.
And FWIW, I’m not claiming everyone we worked with were bigots. Some were very friendly but couldn’t support any of our customers who had conflicting moral interests to their own. (IE: casinos)
I respected their choice to run their businesses as they saw fit. And respected my own choice to find a new vendor who could.
BitcoinAddict
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AE
Wow, Mormons and bigotry lol
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Enterprise Account Executive (Pub Sec)
Lol it’s just an anecdotal opinion. Not a statement of fact.
wolfofmiami
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it's expensive in Utah, super nice though. A lot of mormons, and a lot of swingers. I should go visit Utah.
BitcoinAddict
Opinionated
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AE
Miami and NYC are way more expensive
wolfofmiami
Opinionated
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Facts, just dropped $18 on a bacon egg and cheese yesterday. Which is kinda ridiculous
Space_Ghost20
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Account Executive
There are bad companies everywhere. I will say though, I interviewed with a well-known software company based out of Utah a couple years ago. Weird comp structure where you made no commissions, but every six months they reviewed your sales and if you hit some number (that wouldn't be disclosed to you beforehand) they'd review you pay band and bump your pay to the next level. Essentially an AE who consistently hit would be making ~$120k after 3 years. I ended up losing out in the final round, but everyone I talked to advised me to avoid them.
BitcoinAddict
Opinionated
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AE
Them not telling you the number you need to make should have been the first red flag
Gyro25
Notorious Answer
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Account Executive
It's because they all wear the same underwear. Jk, kinda.

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