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AE (Account Executive)

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Good Citizen

Fire Starter

How to secure a remote AE role from outside the US?

Hey Sellers,

Do you know SaaS companies that hire remote employees outside the US?

It could be for roles like AE, Account Management, Customer Success

Anyone here who is outside North America and got the job. What's any piece of advice you'd like to give? or tips you can share

Thanks,

🏡 WFH

💻 Virtual selling

👀 job search

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CuriousFox

WR Officer

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Interesting we are getting this question a lot lately.

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AE (Account Executive)

Due to the fact, there is some serious talent overseas. The ones that are available in here are exploiting employees big time!

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Too complicated to hire someone outside of the US to support the US market.

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AE (Account Executive)

In your opinion, what those might be?

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Why would I hire someone abroad? I'll need to to worry about visas, taxes, legal and compliance issues, logistics, etc.

Why are you better and worth the hassle vs a local candidate?

The sales roles that are outsourced outside US are low skilled and low wage. In those cases the hoops may be worth jumping through.

Sgt.Pepper

Big Shot

Sales Enablement Consultant

Completely the opposite….

There are no benefits or taxes or anything else to worry about with foreign employees

Especially with Deel and ontop, for example, tools that make paying super easy for foreign “employees”

MoneyAintAThing

CSM

I'm in the same boat. Left the US a couple of years ago (thanks 2020!) and haven't been able to find anything decent working remotely. Living abroad where cost of living is much less than in the US, I am willing to go for a less-than-average paying jobs, however that typically means 500-1000 candidates per job offer. Plus I kind of suck at interviews.
I wish I had a tip or an advice for you but I got nothing, keep looking. I use the search keyword "anywhere in the world" on Indeed or LinkedIn, that sometimes pulls the jobs not restricted to the US.

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AE (Account Executive)

That's the issue man - you do get a few interviews here and there but those are just not the kind of opportunities! I guess might as well try EMEA when searching on Linkedin

Sgt.Pepper

Big Shot

Sales Enablement Consultant

Happy to help… I’ve gotten Colombians hired at Us based companies for $5k base

At Apollo, latam reps make anywhere between $2.5k to $4k per month base plus 6% of everything they sell with $40k to $100k quotas

MoneyAintAThing

CSM

What about non LatAm? I'm a US citizen living abroad.

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AE (Account Executive)

I'd love to chat more. How do we connect?

MoneyAintAThing

CSM

Was that addressed to me or Sgt Pepper?

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AE (Account Executive)

My bad - it was addressed to Sgt Pepper.

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AE (Account Executive)

How do we make it happen? Is it LATAM specific though?

Sgt.Pepper

Big Shot

Sales Enablement Consultant

It’s not latam specific

Sending you a DM

Sgt.Pepper

Big Shot

Sales Enablement Consultant

It’s not latam specific, sending you a DM

Account Manager

Hi @Sgt Pepper!

I'm an US Citizen living in Venezuela, looking for some opportunities like the ones you talked about!

Would love the opportunity to talk to you and see if you could help me.

Regards,

Sgt.Pepper

Big Shot

Sales Enablement Consultant

I messaged you!

Account Manager

Yeah!

SoccerandSales

Big Shot

Account Executive

It will be super difficult because it is much easier for companies to hire inside US so they don’t have to deal with the external factors

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AE (Account Executive)

What might be those external factors? When we already have global HR solutions like Remote.com, Deel, and more to handle those complexities. BTW, quite a few US based SaaS companies are already leveraging these platforms to recruit international talent e.g. Developers, Product Managers, Marketing and Accounting professionals etc

SoccerandSales

Big Shot

Account Executive

Well for starters, it will cost the company extra money to use those solutions when they could just hire within the US and not deal with it

Sgt.Pepper

Big Shot

Sales Enablement Consultant

It’s cheaper jajaja

No benefits or taxes, just base and commission

Plus, nowhere in the world do people get paid as much as the US

Apollo.io has 50%+ of their team based in LATAM and they just got their series C and are now a unicorn

They hired 17 people through my company!

All in Mexico and or Colombia

Notmyrealname

Politicker

Don't apply for US jobs. There are plenty of companies in every other country in the world. Also, lots of companies will have EMEA and APAC regions. That would make way more sense.

Sgt.Pepper

Big Shot

Sales Enablement Consultant

I run a recruiting business hiring people from LATAM for us based companies

HUUUUGE need for this right now sinc salaries are obviously lower literally everywhere else.

I see some comments say that you’d have to worry about taxes and benefits but in fact it’s completely the opposite… they DONT have to pay taxes or benefits and can easily hire you as a full time contractor

Especially with companies like Deel or OnTop to help with payments!

Feel free to hit me up, I might even be able to help you land something with one of our clients :)

Account Manager

Hey @Sgt.Pepper

I'm interested in knowing a little bit more about this.

I'm new in Bravado, so I don't know how to reach out privately!

Look forward on hearing back from you.

nomdeguerre

Executive

Account executive

Nope, good luck

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

Interesting @letsclose. Curious though, why'd you want this in the first place?

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AE (Account Executive)

tbh----it's the pay!

Opportunities are available but the compensation is ridiculous! When you're working in the same market, have the experience, and the fact that after Pandemic working remotely unlocked borderless opportunities......then why not?

I_LOVE_WINE

Executive

Enterprise AE

Enterprise orgs will have some support in place for SaaS companies. I also worked at a startup that hired overseas reps but not AEs, support and eng.

Chonkonaut

Valued Contributor

CSAM of Luke Warm Chowder

That's why more and more companies are setting up contractual outsourcing or using staffing services to get offshore talent onboard that way.

However, there's a lot of pay and benefits abuse that happens behind closed doors.

jefe

Arsonist

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A lot of people have been asking this, and there's no easy answer. It's a long and tough road.

CRAG112

Valued Contributor

Account Executive

US companies don’t commonly engage in this because of the legal scrutinization involved.

if you want to work in the US, get past the need to require a Visa Sponsorship.

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