He could sometimes be a bit over the top, but
really liked the guy.
It really goes to show no one's safe even if you gave 100% of your life for 5 years to one company.
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Trent Dressel got fired from Qualtrics
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Maybe he got fired for his overly aggressive posts and behaviors with customers.
my first thought for sure after seeing his last LI post that was posted here!
its so true that everything you do builds your brand, idk if this dudes brand is the best any more.
Even THIS post is super cringey.
its so true that everything you do builds your brand, idk if this dudes brand is the best any more.
Even THIS post is super cringey.
dudes personal brand is like an abattoir
I second this!
@TennisandSalesYeah I bet that post had something to do with it. You'd have to be bringing in obscene amounts of ARR to outweigh the potential legal and brand damages of publicly admitting that you ignore do not call and unsubscribe lists....Especially when you're looking to sell your company
Hold up - just lined this up. Dude went on a PIP last October. This couldn’t have been totally out of the blue.
That's the longest PIP I ever heard of 👀🍿
Maybe he survived it ... but wasn't forgotten. Saw somewhere else (unverified) that he hadn't hit quota since Q4 2021 (boom market turned to bust). But who really knows.
Shit happens man. We all are simply trying to survive in these streets.
I hear that! I’m sure dude will find someone who appreciates a phone pounder for a rep. Cheers.
He didn't hit like all last year. I work there.
Pour one out
I don't know the reason for him being let go, but SAP is supposedly in the process of selling off Qualtrics. I imagine there are probably a lot of folks who were let go in preparation for the sale.
That has nothing to do with it. There have been no layoffs associated with that.
Ok. I'm not super familiar with Qualtrics other than knowing that SAP owns them, and that SAP did announce layoffs (not necessarily at Qualtrics though). If he got fired for performance, so be it.
He was fired for that cringe post. I'm sure performance was brought up too.
I used to listen to his pod a decent bit. He hit quarts a bunch consistently and they kept raising it on him. He didn’t hit quota in Q4 but somehow got a promotion?
Not sure if it’s cause of his post last week but I can’t imagine selling to HR. Seems like the worst customer profile to talk to.
Not sure if it’s cause of his post last week but I can’t imagine selling to HR. Seems like the worst customer profile to talk to.
Also his LI PFP makes him look like a sith lord
He didn't hit at all last year. He was moved to a different team. It was not a promotion...
Was is b/c he posted that cringy ass post: https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/thoughts-on-this-li-post/comments/363490
It's never too good of an idea to explain how you use a bit of light harassment to get reengagement to a wide audience or that you take something as basic as an unsubscribe as a personal affront.
Not saying it's enough to lose a job but sometimes it's ok to type it up, look at what your about to post, and then DELETE that shit b/c it's not worth the headaches, both the foreseeable and unforeseeable.
Not saying it's enough to lose a job but sometimes it's ok to type it up, look at what your about to post, and then DELETE that shit b/c it's not worth the headaches, both the foreseeable and unforeseeable.
One HUGE reason why I don't post on LI. Pretty much ever.
Agreed. I think there's value to building a "brand" on LI, but it almost locks you in as that persona.
I think that was the straw that broke the camel's back but he was already on PIP.
Weren't they all on a pip on their team?
Not everyone was on pips. His team might have been because they weren't performing.
Cancel culture is too wild in US if he got fired after 5 years just for that LI post
If I was their boss/CEO I wouldn't want that BS associated with my brand. Not to mention it's borderline illegal. Not cancel culture, consequences of actions.
Cancel culture and workplace/brand liability are two very different things.
Respectfully disagree.
As an employee, you represent the company.
If you're openly admitting to what he posted...I think most CEO's wouldn't want that type of culture.
As an employee, you represent the company.
If you're openly admitting to what he posted...I think most CEO's wouldn't want that type of culture.
What if he was a great performer but it came to light he inappropriately touched a coworker. is that "cancel culture"?
Absolutely nothing to do with cancel culture; at best, the behaviour he promoted was unethical, at worst is was likely illegal.
Consequence culture is the way I think of it.
But companies have a brand as well. The marketplace speaks. If someone or something is a liability and negatively affects that brand and therefore their ability to make $$, they will take action.
But companies have a brand as well. The marketplace speaks. If someone or something is a liability and negatively affects that brand and therefore their ability to make $$, they will take action.
I like Consequence culture as a term, especially compared to cancel culture. But it's crazy to me though b/c it implies there are people that believe that in same ways you can live or act without consequences...and that shit is crazy.
I think they honestly are surprised that there are consequences to actions. Welcome to the real world!
You can only fly so high before you get shot down or you shoot yourself down.
Hopefully he lands on his feet soon. Regardless of what you think of him, the guy has an incredible work ethic and many orgs would hire him.
I am curious how good he is at the various steps of the sales cycle that aren't 100% effort based though.
I am curious how good he is at the various steps of the sales cycle that aren't 100% effort based though.
I'm hearing all around he's a savage. He should've been in the War Room by now.
Plot twist - @Gasty is him
damn... what gave it away?
He has the spray and pray approach for sure...
To empathize a bit here, it does seem like it’s getting harder to set yourself apart and craft the right professional image in some cases… A lot of companies have a cringey culture. Can’t speak for Qualtrics specifically but I’ve definitely seen it where if you want to play the game, you have to be an insufferable enthusiastic wannabe influencer.
Obviously not exactly the case here because he’s no longer with the company and it’s not a game I’m going to play but I can understand how someone can fall into playing the persona.
Obviously not exactly the case here because he’s no longer with the company and it’s not a game I’m going to play but I can understand how someone can fall into playing the persona.
There was a post about this on the sales subredddit where some qualtrics peoples chimed in that he sorta rose through the ranks on a COVID wave selling a product government agencies pretty much had to buy. That said, they also said the guy works hard and logged 1200 calls in a month (I forget if it was just a month or month to date...) - that said, didn't seem to be much of a closer and I think that post he made definitely rubbed people the wrong way.
Yeah, schadenfreude is certainly an interesting thing. Companies are making some wild decisions who knows what the root cause of this was but I do feel for anyone that loses their job.
What the fuck? I just watched a video of him saying he got a new job within Qualtrics? They let his ass go?
Honestly he is a clown. He made a new video about why you should work 12 hours per day and it was nothing but contradictions. Not a fan.
Honestly he is a clown. He made a new video about why you should work 12 hours per day and it was nothing but contradictions. Not a fan.
Can’t stand this piece of shit, couldn’t agree with you more.
He seems insufferable
To be clear, he didn't get a promotion, he was just moved to another team...
I know that. That's why I said new job and not promo
1. Just b/c he makes cool posts online doesnt mean he can sell
2. Qualitrics has lots of great sellers who dont blast everything online..too much risk for a public company.
There are lots of boom market reps that sold well during the covid boom and now realize they can't sell shit
2. Qualitrics has lots of great sellers who dont blast everything online..too much risk for a public company.
There are lots of boom market reps that sold well during the covid boom and now realize they can't sell shit
Yeah it sucks. I respect him a lot - he’s a grinder for sure.
Is some of his content cringe and seems like he tries so hard? Sure. But who tf cares. Hate seeing other salespeople lose their jobs.
Is some of his content cringe and seems like he tries so hard? Sure. But who tf cares. Hate seeing other salespeople lose their jobs.
Dude don’t respect this dude. Working hard is table stakes. The dude is a pathological douche who uses his podcast channel to humblebrag about his paychecks, and he gives fucking terrible advice through and through.
He is in elementary sales - I told him on his YouTube channel he wouldn’t make it as a real AE; glad I was proved right.
This dude’s ethics are WHACK.
He is in elementary sales - I told him on his YouTube channel he wouldn’t make it as a real AE; glad I was proved right.
This dude’s ethics are WHACK.
@aenimaI've only seen his LI stuff. What type of advice was he giving?
Trent is a young idiot that thinks he is the first person to stumble into a sales job in tech.
All his advice is generic as shit, and the only people who listen to him are people with less experience then him who are drawn in by his paycheck brags.
Also anyone who cites Grant Cardon as an idol can get fucked.
All his advice is generic as shit, and the only people who listen to him are people with less experience then him who are drawn in by his paycheck brags.
Also anyone who cites Grant Cardon as an idol can get fucked.
I've only seen one grant cardone thing and it was part of an interview with Jordan Belfort. Grant sounded like a moron - he just kept saying "work for a company that sells everything"
He is a moron. Anyways s just flat out, Trent says nothing new, nothing original, and fancies himself an expert with 4 years of experience.
Good fucking riddance. This guy needs a dose of reality, such a douche bag.
Employers get real trigger happy when the economy gets bad. They think people are “entitled”
I don’t know his whole work story, but from what I read on LinkedIn (aka the cringy aggressive sales tactics that he uses) he likely saw a decline in his numbers. No one likes to be harassed. It’s okay to be persistent within reason. Hopefully he learned a little something with his first sales gig. Sales isn’t easy.
Maybe he was bad at his job but good on LinkedIn lol
I have a buddy who works over there and asked him about it. He said Trent is so full of shit it isn't funny. He's become this online persona he created and everyone there was rooting for him to fail cause he's a douche.
Not sure if all his performance stuff is bullshit but the vast majority is according to someone who was on Trent's team as of January this year and watched the end fairly closely.
Not sure if all his performance stuff is bullshit but the vast majority is according to someone who was on Trent's team as of January this year and watched the end fairly closely.
This makes me so happy 😀 I cant believe people follow this guy.
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