Beardown

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

Executive

Personal Narrative

Member

Switch companies?

Been an SDR for about 4 months

My company didn't give me the best training at all.

Only 47 percent of my company hits quota.

Base is 55k. OTE is 75k

Don't want to jump shit too early but based on what you have heard what are your thoughts?

Stick it out or start interviewing elsewhere?

Thanks

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CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Jump shit?

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Kind of an excellent typo, tbh.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Oh I gotta kick outta it. 🤣

E_Money

Big Shot

💰

I'd rather jump shit than step in it

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

For real. I'd also rather ride in the back of a pickup with a beer.

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Is this your first sales job?

Say more on "My company didn't give me the best training at all"

What kind of company?

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

You sound like a green SDR, that’s for sure. That’s not meant as offensive, it’s purely a typical experience to want to jump once you’ve heard what others can/have done for their team.

Stick it out a year, and if you want more training then ask for it. If they cannot give it to you, then find a successful SDR or AE and leverage them as a mentor. Also, that’s a decent comp package—try to hit quota quickly and see how you feel in another 4 months.

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

Yes it’s my first “legit” sales job. And based on what I have heard from other companies they usually give their SDRs much more formal training. Myself and the new hire just kinda got thrown into it

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

So they just gave you a computer and said "go"?

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

Haha no but it didn’t seem very extensive in my opinion

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

Software sales company

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

Public? Private? Series A?

Who are you selling to?

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

It’s private and we are selling to SMB, and enterprise

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

The best training is On The Job training. I don’t know what you’re expecting, but the job of an SDR is to smile/dial and set appointments. If you need your hand held doing that, I don’t know what to say.

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

I don’t need my hand held Pachacuti, just asking for advice man

Pachacuti

Politicker

-1

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

4 months will be a big red flag to any potential employer unless they know the ship you’re on is sinking fast.
My advice - stick it out for a year. That way you can say you took the job for the foot in the door and now you want to move up.

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

Yeah I hear that. I will probably stick it out for a year to be honest

goose

Politicker

Sales Executive

If you leave make sure you are at or near the top. Are you in the 47% hitting quota?

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

based on this info?

stay. stick it out for a full year and see what you can do.

Is this your first sales gig?

the longer you can stay they better. if you stay at least a year (preferable longer) you can make the case that you gave it your best shot, tried to overcome all the obstacles, and it just wasnt a good fit.

Harder to make that case after 4 months.

E_Money

Big Shot

💰

Definitely hang in there. 4 months won't look good on a resume and even if only half the company is hitting quota, that is still half the company you can learn from in the meantime.

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

How many people are in sales? How old is the company? How is the competitor doing?

4 months is too early for me, this is the time I would have just started to settle in any company I joined.

If I am not happy with something (in your case training) and if I feel doing XYZ will help me get more meetings and $, I would definitely talk about it during my 1-1.

ChumpChange

Politicker

Channel Manager

Give it some time... still too green to know the general layout or inner dynamics. Unless you come from a previous career in that same industry... you're essentially flying blind for the first 6-8 months. Learn what you can. Ask the reps who are hitting quota to mentor you. Deploy and refine. Once you can hit quota consistently then you'll either have the leverage to ask for more or you will have enough paper cred to land another role somewhere else. Good luck!

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

Yeah dude jump shit

Gyro25

Notorious Answer

Account Executive

Tbh, your base is about average based on your location. I'd keep trying to crush it, but staying open to other companies. I'd look at remote roles in the bay area if you're serious.

However, with it your first sales job, I'd suggest just learning and doing as much as possible, shadow AEs, lead calls, learn the product inside and out, learn your you ICP and figure out what the best reps are doing. If only 47% are hitting quota, either your product isn't competitive or your leadership isn't doing their job.

Beardown

Executive

SDR (Sales Development Rep)

Gotcha thanks for the advice

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

You didn't give us any info on how you're doing or hitting quota.
But in my opinion 4 months is too early to tell.

quinoa

Contributor

order taker

47% hit quota? That's better than most. Maybe try getting on calls with the ones who are hitting quota and find out how and soak it up. Unless you you want continuous mentorship/feedback/guidance.

Do you like the team? product? Prospects?

AnchorPoint

Politicker

Business Coach

Sounds like you should ask more/better questions in the interview process. Learn from it and move on.

IYNFYL

Politicker

Enterprise SaaS AE

Depends on your past experience and where you looking to get into. If it’s another SDR role then jump shit, if AE role and this is your first sales gig and you are not up to be fired, I would wait until a year to get better experience

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