This will sound like a humblebrag, but I assure you it's becoming a problem, and I would love people's opinions.
Basically, we sell digital service for a medium-sized agency with one-half rep/ half manager, myself as the most senior full-time rep, and then two junior reps. On my individual quarter goal, I am at just over 105%, with the potential to be at 130% end of next week (With a full month left in the quarter) and the potential to be at wild 175% by the quarter's end. It's been a gang-busters quarter. However, because of this, we don't have enough bodies for client accounts and have been forced into aggressively scheduling onboarding two clients a week for the rest of the quarter.
Here is the rub.
Through prospecting, continually follow up with closed lost deals of 2020 and our own marketing efforts. My pipeline is very healthy. I have enough deals to take every client onboarding slot for the rest of the quarter into the first half of q4. Thus, frankly fucking over the other reps because the teams didn't hire much if at all, over 2020 and into 2021. We sell digital advertising. Yes, I believe we are great, but people can go somewhere else if they are told, "bro, it's going to tea for 3-months to get you a slot on our list" we aren't a nightclub.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you deal? Should I leverage this into a 3-month vacation next quarter? Also, what are you drinking tonight?
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