This was a real rollercoaster. 10 days left in the month and I'm sending our contracts for legal review and budget allocation from finance. Should be no issue getting this done before EOM. Then... Nothing! Email... no answer. Offer a decent discount for paying upfront and getting it done by EOM... no answer. Final forecast call and I have no idea if this going to get done on time. I call reception and they tell me the contact is on holiday. I drop it out of my forecast.
Very next morning I get a reply. Contact wants the discount. Contracts updated and signed. Happy days! Everyone claps. Then... Deal desk sends it back. Contract is missing some serial number we only use internally and has been completed outdated since the invention of CRMs. Eventually we get it through the last hoop and bank it by the EOM.
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