Hello Bravado team. I have been applying and interviewing for AE roles and even got an offer this week that I turned down despite a 120k base. The company was Seed stage and told me I would have to likely work 80 hrs a week and be able to relocate on a dime so I had to pass on that. I have 2 years of closing experience and a lot of SDR experience behind that. However, I am noticing certain trends as someone in a high COL area. Big companies (Salesforce for instance) will rarely pay over a 70k base which puts me in a tough spot. I ideally want a base of 80k but do not know of any big enterprise company that will pay that for someone with my experience. Series A and early stage companies will pay a high base but as someone who has faced 2 layoffs in a row, I am super done with startups that are that early. I want to work remote since I cannot move but want a stable enough company. I understand that my inability to move will impact shorten my pool by a lot but I was wondering how I can go about a list of SaaS companies to work for. Ideally, I want 50 companies on this outbound list of mines.

Look into Gartner. They constantly contact me for remote roles on LinkedIn.

Depending where you’re located, you may be pretty limited if you’re not willing to go Hybrid dog.

You're making a lot of rules that are self-disqualifying. Also, you'll be in a much better position to command your salary and work environment when you're employed. Hard to make demands from the outside. I'd take the first remote role that pays you what you need and parlay it.

Google top 50 companies to work for in sales? Thats a good starting point.

Hi, I would look into company's industries that most align with your experience. You can do that with a simple linkedin search in the job section and with that you can add remote as a filter too.

You've got some solid advice. Good luck

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Trying to create a list of companies to apply to for an AE role, can you guys give guidance?

Hello Bravado team.

I have been applying and interviewing for AE roles and even got an offer this week that I turned down despite a 120k base. The company was Seed stage and told me I would have to likely work 80 hrs a week and be able to relocate on a dime so I had to pass on that.

I have 2 years of closing experience and a lot of SDR experience behind that.

However, I am noticing certain trends as someone in a high COL area.

Big companies (Salesforce for instance) will rarely pay over a 70k base which puts me in a tough spot. I ideally want a base of 80k but do not know of any big enterprise company that will pay that for someone with my experience.

Series A and early stage companies will pay a high base but as someone who has faced 2 layoffs in a row, I am super done with startups that are that early.

I want to work remote since I cannot move but want a stable enough company. I understand that my inability to move will impact shorten my pool by a lot but I was wondering how I can go about a list of SaaS companies to work for.

Ideally, I want 50 companies on this outbound list of mines.

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Trying to create a list of companies to apply to for an AE role, can you guys give guidance?

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