Remote saas sales: Do you ever see other humans in person?

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I know there are a ton of different ways this plays out but just wanted to hear from other folks how it is for each of you.

Some folks never see clients, it's all on zoom, but their workspace is hybrid and they come into the office to see teammates every week.

Some folks do occasional in person wining and dining with bigger clients (but after COVID do people still do this?)

Some folks are full remote 100% of the time except for a once a year company wide gathering.

What do you guys think are the most common scenarios of remoteness vs hybridness vs inpersonness? Yea those are words now.

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Remote. Zero time spent traveling means I can get a few more calls made, orders in, and SFDC updated. 😎

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Work remotely, will travel to customers if they want, but most of them have also gone remote and have broadly scattered teams. I've met my colleagues in person once for a team meeting, though I expect that to increase over time.
At this point in time, all of my work has been fully remote and I have yet to meet a customer in person.

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Once a quarter I will see a human

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I go to conferences and try to meet with clients in person when they let me. But regular co-worker in person interaction doesn't exist for me.

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I work a hybrid schedule, but never see client f2f, all over zoom

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Full remote, have never seen a client in person. Have occasionally went into office to see my colleagues

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Not seeing any clients in person, but will be attending conferences later this year.

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I'm fully remote but the last few months I've started dropping in on clients & trying to network as much possible in person. Getting drunk at an industry event nets me more leads than a month of cold outreach.

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Fully remote. Once in a quarter we’d meet for parties. Though we save on office rental costs, travel costs, travel time, etc, etc,

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Full remote, not seeing in-person clients, seeing some coworkers in-person depending on all company meetings or happy hours in my city.

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See some folks sometimes if we get together as a team once a quarter/go to a conference/visit prospects otherwise its all on Zoom.

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My company is fully remote, but I know that AEs occassionally do pitches in person as well.

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i am fully remote 100% of the time.

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We are 100% remote. Leadership wants us to meet for all hands in-person. They know I won’t go.

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I'm remote but get to see everyone once a quarter. Feels like a good amount. Everything else is on Zoom.

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Remote saas sales: Do you ever see other humans in person?

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Remote saas sales: Do you ever see other humans in person?

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