I just started my career in tech sales as an SDR with a well funded Startup (Under 10M in revenue). I’ve been there roughly 5 months. My OTE is 100k, which is mainly due to the fact that my quota is double that of the typical SDR.
My main issue here is management. Currently, I report to the VP, but he is too busy to train or mentor the SDR team because he is focused on the AE’s. There is no SDR manager. The VP has also never managed an SDR team, so the advice he gives is typically irrelevant or tone deaf. Everything I’ve learned to this point, I’ve learned online. All the processes the SDR currently uses were built by me.
Even though I’m hitting quota, ultimately I feel as though my career would be best served by working with a leader who has the time and expertise to mentor and train me. I have serious doubts that the AE team will have the resources to hit their high quotas(~$1m per year) because those numbers are based on the SDR team hitting quota, which it does not look like they will do.
I currently have two offers. One for another startup for $140k OTE ($85k Base), and another for a large, established company $75k OTE full-cycle AE with mentorship I am certain I can count on.
Will it destroy my career to leave a company after 5 months? What would you do in my situation? If you’d leave would you go startup again or large company?
Thanks.
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