I've been at my current company for almost 4 years selling digital and radio advertising. This has easily been the hardest experience of my life, but I know I have grown immensely since my start. At first I fucking SUCKED at it - didn't close a single deal until month 3/4 and grew slowly. I never was put on PIP, but I definitely had those hard conversations with my manager where I had to start pulling my weight or I'd get the boot.
Since then I've really committed myself to becoming a better salesperson. I am not perfect and still have more to learn and grow (don't we all?), and although I am my biggest critic and worst enemy i'm proud of where I'm at now. My sales have gone up dramatically over the years and I feel I've "earned" my spot as a valued contributor to my team.
In March of 2020 I really felt that I was hitting my stride and that this was going to be THE breakout year, and then COVID hit - and although I don't like giving excuses the pandemic really affected our industry and the whole company nationwide. Many accounts had to stop all advertising, people were let go, etc., and I felt like i had to practically start all over.
It's been an absolute grind every day since then, but I've built myself back up and I'm seeing light at the end of the tunnel. However, since being bought by a PE company the culture and vibe has definitely changed, and not for the better.
An old colleague reached out about his company looking to hire hungry salespeople with work ethic - and he said i'd be a perfect fit and would crush it. It's a roofing/solar company (which I barely know anything about) so an entirely different industry/product, but said i could easily make MUCH more than I do now from the jump. Totally different sales process - they get inbound leads all day long vs. at my current job it's 99.9% cold outreach.
I of course want to make as much money as i can and it sounds like an interesting opportunity, but my biggest thing is i don't want to walk away from something that i've worked SO hard at building over the years.
Any advice/feedback would be appreciated. And for those who read this far - thank you.
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