The worst part about being an AE and wanting to leave an awful work situation.

For all of you SDRs out there.


Especially a work environment that is slowly becoming more toxic every month.


It's when you are miserable at your job and just hate waking up for work everyday but you have a handful of deals in the pipe that are late stage. Yet, your sales cycles are long and include at least a few weeks of legal and finance reviews even when you get to the final stage of red lines.


If all of the deals close, that's easily $50k+ for you in commissions. You want to leave so bad but know that you have to stick it out at least a month or two just so you can get the deals closed.


I miss when as an SDR, your variable was immediate and much more straightforward.


Counting down the days boys!

๐Ÿ“ˆ Closing
โ˜๏ธ Software Tech
๐Ÿค˜ Personal Growth
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WholesomeGuy95
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Area Sales Manager
The hardest part about a situation like this is leaving on even semi good terms. Obviously you don't need to fully smile through a toxic culture, but leaving real bad vibes behind will come back to bite. It's so tough to remain civil. Good luck on the deals!
BitcoinAddict
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Brother, I have been a part of amazing sales cultures to where I have a couple of managers as my references ready to put in a good word for me and then awful ones. They say never burn a bridge but some people were never a bridge to begin with.
WholesomeGuy95
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Area Sales Manager
Very well said!
TennisandSales
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Head Of Sales
yep. you gotta know what bridges to burn and what ones not to. I burnt the FUCK out of a bridge once and now i work for that companies competitor. Im fine that I can never work there again.ย 

also, if you look to leave, ask for a signing bonus to cover lost commissions.ย 
Gasty
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War Room Community Manager
The commissions for SDRs aren't even a third as good as they're in sales though. I usually look at the pain-to-pay ratio in such cases.
AnchorPoint
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Business Coach
The "commission game" is always a hurdle to leaving... and it never is easy.
LordBusiness
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Chief Revenue Officer
โ€œHow is where you hang your hatโ€ - no role or company is perfect. There will always Be days where waking up feels like pain. Thatโ€™s why some sellers get paid more then neurosurgeons
DungeonsNDemos
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Rolling 20's all day
Try to think more longterm! Stay positive!
GDO
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BDM
the longer the cycle the worse this gets
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