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Samwise
Opinionated
24
SDR
SDR here. Put in my notice today. Leaving my job making 45k base / 65k with OTE to 63k base /90k with OTE. Same job - Enterprise SaaS but different industry. 40% bump in pay.
SammySandbags
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Love that. makes complete sense
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
1
Rolling 20's all day
Congrats man! That's a solid base and OTE for SDR. I'm sure it will only grow as you continue the path.
Samwise
Opinionated
0
SDR
Thanks! Really excited for the opportunity!
ZeroGrit
Valued Contributor
1
VP of Hoping My Emails Find You Well
Congrats Sam! Can I ask how you did it? I’m debating on leaving my current company but afraid that I don’t have enough experience. I have been an SDR for 7 months all with current company. Was your old company a start up (seed or series A) or more established company (series C and higher)? And was your reason for leaving money motivated mostly? What kind of SDR enablement does new company have that old didn’t? Management style?
Samwise
Opinionated
0
SDR
Yeah great question! Wasn’t really looking to leave my current company but got hit up by an internal recruiter at this new company. Researched on Glassdoor a bit because I recognized the name. Took the initial call because the base salary I saw on glassdoor was way higher than my current salary. He confirmed everything and I started the process. Love my current company. Great culture and everything but I have a wife who stays home with our little one so I couldn’t say no to a 40% increase in pay.
TheIncarceration
Politicker
0
SDR Manager
You definitely have more than enough experience to find a higher paying SDR role!
SaaSsy
Politicker
1
AE
Congrats!
Samwise
Opinionated
0
SDR
Thank you! Super pumped for the opportunity.
jefe
Arsonist
1
🍁
Amazing! Congrats on being decisive and taking the step.

That's huge and will be a major change in your life, I'm sure.
CoorsKing
WR Officer
12
Retired King of the Coors Knights
Yup I did. My old company was solid, but they brought in some horrendously incompetent leadership who actually were in an active lawsuit for fraudulent forecasting to the street at their old company, which caused their old companies revenue to tank by hundreds of thousands. 

Why did they hire them? Who fucking knows, but a MASSIVE amount of the reps and senior leadership all left within a few months. 

The new leadership changed rules and processes to be very authoritarian and very cumbersome, so we all took advantage of the hiring market and left. 
SammySandbags
Politicker
5
Account Executive
You cant even make that stuff up... wild. Shit writes itself!
Queen_of_the_funnel
Opinionated
0
Director of Sales Development
The same shit happened to me. Last three years we had 3 different c suites and two different company namee. Ended up with a 42% employee retention rate. I left in January
SaaSData
Catalyst
7
VP of SaaS & Unit Economics 🏴‍☠️
The big change is to go from 100% time invest to 70% time invest in a full-time job.

Side Hustles are very well accepted out there.  Side Hustles don't have to be found by any Management Teams.  Do it under an Alias, if they find out no big deal.

It's time to double down there.  

I think everyone in SaaS Sales needs a Marketing (Internet Marketing) side hustle.

It's so easy to build a little side biz as an Affiliate Marketing, SaaS Side Hustler.

The good news is if you do this right, you will be able to learn marketing as well as your marketing team and call them out on topics they try to challenge you on.

Best Side Hustles today are 4 buckets...

Drop Ship
eCommerce
Content Sales (sell pdfs and guides, exclusive content, courses)
Micro-SaaS (take features and functions and slice them off)

These businesses take a little bit of time to build but can be amazingly profitable and they can get you that extra little income you needed to be successful and buy that new home, ring, etc..

But never jump in too early, they will hurt you if you do.
SammySandbags
Politicker
1
Account Executive
I'll look into it. Good spending cash income?
SaaSData
Catalyst
3
VP of SaaS & Unit Economics 🏴‍☠️
Takes time, but can develop.  Starts with an audience.

Find a niche.   Learn to build Websites.  Stay away from LinkedIn Influencers who promote their personal brand and offer weird pay sites.

Wordpress, Shopify, Webflow, Other Technologies like this...

Learn NoCode (Airtable)
SammySandbags
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Always infatuated with people who can write code. Seems like an imperative skill these days
SaaSData
Catalyst
1
VP of SaaS & Unit Economics 🏴‍☠️
It's a lot easier than you think.  I've been using a lot of No Code or Github Copied code.  They put it in there for you to find and resell.  The other move is building White Label SaaS.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
5
🦊
I'm tempted. I'm very tempted.
SammySandbags
Politicker
0
Account Executive
the carrot is dangling
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
3
Agency Recruiter
My roster of contracted employees has been a revolving door the last few months. I haven't missed quota as it's based on new placements/revenue but I've had next to 0 net growth since April as everyone's looking for greener pastures. Good on them but not ideal for myself.
SammySandbags
Politicker
1
Account Executive
interesting perspective from a higher management level
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
1
Agency Recruiter
Not higher management, I'm actually a recruiter that also does business dev. Business dev is fine right now but it's not my main role or where I make most of my money.

Basically, I'm actively closing deals but not reaping any rewards from them. Essentially treading water. A fair amount of my coworkers have actually seen their books of business shrink as much as 30-40%.
Nairobi
Politicker
3
AE
I went from making 65k OTE as a BDR at a shitty company to making 60k base/90k OTE at a great startup. IF YOU ARE IN A SHITTY SITUATION, LEAVE! There is no better time to leave than now!
Samwise
Opinionated
1
SDR
This is the way.
Nairobi
Politicker
1
AE
@Samwise just saw we share a similar experience, that's nice! Best of luck with your new adventure! 🤝
Oden
Valued Contributor
2
Account Executive
Just got my first offer, I have been applying for all of about 2 weeks. I am in the process at a few other places as well.

currently an sdr with 42k base, 65ote no path for promotion due to it being an outsourced firm. 

Offer is for 65k base, 10k capped commision at a start up. Path for AE is there also. Equity given if commision goals exceeded. 

Not going to take it right away, want to wait for the other offers to come in. 

If you are even thinking about a new job, DO IT. It was super easy to get this far. 
SammySandbags
Politicker
1
Account Executive
strike while the irons hot!!!
UserNotFound
Politicker
1
Account Executive
I did, and about to make another exit. I don't usually move around a lot, but I'm def going to climb this ladder while the rungs are so close together. 
SammySandbags
Politicker
2
Account Executive
Good way to put it. Strike while the irons hot
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
1
sales
i dont think this is the case. if The Man can get a computer to do a humans job, they'll fire that human. once you decide to leave employment, you're just accelerating the rush towards the future.

i think we're more likely to see more suffering from idiots not thinking through their misperceived power right now than employers losing control.
SammySandbags
Politicker
2
Account Executive
humans causing their own demise? sounds familiar
JECU
Opinionated
1
Account Manager / Co-Founder
I’ve been thinking this the whole time with the pandemic and work from home, especially the ops roles in large ISO9001 companies. If I can successfully get you to do it remotely, when you move on or I decide the business needs to be more profitable, guess where that job is going. I may get pushback on that opinion but before anyone does, really think about that.
CCP
Opinionated
1
VP, Business Development
I did. Was at my previous company for about 6 years and needed a change. I took a six figure pay cut but am still happy with my decision (when not looking at my bank statement of course haha). 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
1
SaaS Eater
Curious why you did this? I assume you are somewhat money motivated being in sales and thats a big haircut to take. 

More upside in your current role? Would love to see how you thought about this decision. 
CCP
Opinionated
3
VP, Business Development
Well, I went from a director in the #2 globally in HR services to VP in the #1 company which was a factor. Also, I'm bringing a new and industry changing service offering to a market with massive opportunity. So one step back, two steps forward. 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
2
SaaS Eater
Figured there was more to the story than a six figure haircut haha. Good for you. 
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
1
Rolling 20's all day
I am on the fence and still figuring out which side to jump to. I'm not looking for a huge career change, but with the compensation structures changing and what organizations will offer now, it's hard to not look elsewhere.
SammySandbags
Politicker
0
Account Executive
always gotta keep options open. 
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
0
Rolling 20's all day
It just sucks when I'm hitting the best months of my sales career but still feeling stuck. Literally sold my best month ever in Aug but I'm stuck waiting for commission payouts now. And Sept. might be even bigger. Lol first world problems.
CaneWolf
Politicker
1
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
I haven't quit this go around but I've left numerous companies. Sometimes the grass is actually greener and sometimes it's Chernobyl.
SammySandbags
Politicker
0
Account Executive
bring your watering bucket and gas mask
PissBoy
Valued Contributor
1
CSM
Graduated last May and got a job as a BDR at a startup (45K base - 55K OTE). As my first job out of college I didn’t know any better, but I was given no training, no guidance, just a quota. Spent 10 months having no idea what I was doing everyday and didn’t realize the tole it took on me mentally. I started to question if I belonged in Sales. After prospecting a deal where our technologies implementation caused an entire team to be laid off, I opened my LinkedIn to recruiters and found my current job. SDR at a bigger company, 58K Base 75K OTE, with amazing opportunity for growth, a supportive team and leadership. Have ranked #1 on my SDR team since I started and am fast tracked for promotion. Realizing I was in control of my own career and breaking the stigma of needing to stay at a job multiple years was the best thing I ever did. 10/10 recommend opening your LI to recruiters at the very least
SammySandbags
Politicker
0
Account Executive
thats more than I make as an AE... wild
friendlyginge
Politicker
0
Account Executive
I’m still relatively new to my org, but I’ve been watching people leave. It’s ok, more leads for me. “When a big one falls, four little ones move up”
SammySandbags
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Never understood where all the opportunities come from with everyone leaving. 
friendlyginge
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Yeah I’m mostly kidding, i work for a great company that I wouldn’t want to leave anyway. But when people leave in this hot employee market, they hire more, and then us newbs have more seniority
FattySnacks
Politicker
0
Senior Account Executive
I left a hyper growth early stage startup to be where I’m at now. Leadership was incompetent and they lied to be about job description. Had another offered lined up 4 weeks into that gig and never looked back
SammySandbags
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Still find it baffling that people will lie in in a business setting, but it happens more often than not
FattySnacks
Politicker
0
Senior Account Executive
No bullshit it was kind of mind blowing. They offered an equity package (I was employee 12) that was 3000 shares that they also later tried to drop to 1500. Really a bummer too because they raised a massive series A and are up to 80 employees already. Had they been honest with me it could’ve been a much different situation
TheQueenofDiamonds
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Carful! I did and now bending over under a scrutiny of an Uber micromanager, tested like dirt, cause I don't have any written business yet. Fml 
SammySandbags
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Digging yourself an endless pit, I'm in a similar situation finding it hard to close deals, but cant leave without having the numbers to show it
TheQueenofDiamonds
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Amen. Same !!!! Fml 
LordBusiness
Politicker
0
Chief Revenue Officer
I’ve been through a couple of this upward swings, and I can tell you that the grass is usually not greener on the other side. A bigger base and OTE can look great until your target is ridiculous, or your manager sucks. There is more to long term success then small base salary jumps in a hot market
SammySandbags
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Not sure im in that hot business tho, maybe its just my myopic lens right now
ChumpChange
Politicker
0
Channel Manager
Laid off from one of the Big 3 US logistics companies. Got my severance payout. Already had a job lined up before my official termination date.  The original employer was stunned that I wouldn't take a demotion.  Fuck out of here with that noise.  Now I'm making close to 60% more in the SaaS.
ChrisSellsHisSoul
Fire Starter
0
Owner
I quit my job and started my own business and I highly recommend it!

Now I can set my own quotas and processes instead of having to deal with micromanagement/managerial incompetence. It's great!
BANTer
Contributor
0
Head of Tech Sales
Yes! Walked away from a VP offer when I realised that I’d have to perpetuate the same inequality to my direct reports. (They were offering me 50k less for the same position to bring in more revenue than white men 20 years older than me) Got 2 offers for slightly different industries/products while on a 1 week vacation and signed one for 100k more comp, and better work life balance. The Great Resignation has taught me that shitty leadership doesn’t deserve blind following, they should be tested for the values that they espouse at town halls. Feels good to be in a position where we can make career choices based on our values, the lives we want for ourselves and corporate culture we want to partake in.
GDO
Politicker
0
BDM
No I’m pretty chill at my current job 
Cyberjarre
Politicker
0
BDR
Man, going the extra mile and even lubing up the customer before you fuck them on pricing.

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