New SDR Rant

Rant incoming.

I’m 1 month into an HCM BDR role after 7 years B2C closing roles. I’m booking appointments but I miss the income and thrill of sales. I’ve even received feedback from my team to “stop selling once they agree to the appointment. Don’t give them any good information, just get their contact info.” God forbid, I get the prospect excited about the disco and build some CSV to help them understand why they’d be a fool to pass up 15 minutes with my field rep. WHOOPS.

This is by far the hardest and most frustrating job I’ve ever had. And the lowest paying. I was told in 6 months (or less) if I perform well, I’ll see an offer to transition to SMB AE. Most of our AEs and AMs are not hitting quota and probably make around 90-115k /yr total. I got into it with this expectation and I’m mostly ranting here, but I feel like my time (and wallet) are wasting away not being in a closing role. Should I do Bravado Flex? Start job-shopping again after 1 month on the floor? Take it on the chin and learn on my way up? FWIW I believe in the product and the company culture is solid.