Justatitle

Account Executive

When you know, you know (job hunting)

For the past 2 years I have been with the same company and for the most part it's been great. I've made a bunch of money and there's been so many learnings I have had from working at my current job.

For the past 9-12 months our product team has struggled to deliver for the organization and our Marketing team is in complete disarray mostly due to a lack of leadership. The sales team has been trudging along and more recently we have really felt the affects of the 2 problems mentioned. As much as I like my current company I don't see us being able to course correct for at least 1 year on the product or marketing front and your boy justatitle has got shit to pay for. Additionally the pressure on sales has been amped up meaning more scrutiny and micromanagement.

Fast forward to today and as annoying as interviewing is now I am sitting on an offer and 2 more companies in final stages with me all of which would be an increase in my OTE of 50-60K. The lesson here to me is that you can absolutely not be afraid to break out of your comfort zone and as stressful as sales can be there's companies that need good salespeople all the time.

I hope this is helpful to the community. Peace, Love, S.A.D.N.E.S.S.

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hh456

Celebrated Contributor

9

sales

When you’re comfy you sit still and fall asleep. Put a rock in your back pocket and you’ll never stop moving.

Key takeaway: Don’t get comfy.

Rosie

Catalyst

0

Sales Director

Never.

goose

Politicker

4

Sales Executive

Sounds like you've been grossly underpaid for a bit. Glad you are making a move. Good luck.

Justatitle

Big Shot

4

Account Executive

Funny enough, I took a "promotion" that cost me 15-20K this year...

goose

Politicker

2

Sales Executive

That sucks. I'll bet your glad to be back on the right side of this.

Justatitle

Big Shot

2

Account Executive

well, if I didn't take that promotion I probably wouldn't have gotten this role. although it was only a title it got me to the next role

buckets1

Politicker

2

AE

Also took a promotion this year that’s costing me $$$. Did it for the long term potential at my current company and exit opportunities to new companies. Best of luck!

Justatitle

Big Shot

1

Account Executive

Short term vs long term. Have to consider both.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

2

Rolling 20's all day

Best of luck, go with whichever company will give you the strongest growth!

Sunbunny31

Politicker

2

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Congratulations! Glad it is working out for you. Question: when you took the promotion, did you know it would probably cost you? And did you take that promotion with an eye to your ability to leverage the role in the future?

Justatitle

Big Shot

2

Account Executive

Thanks, to answer the question, yes I knew it would cost me and it was sold to me as growth so it was to leverage in the future.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

0

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Good for you for finding a way to leverage it, then.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

2

🦊

Good for you friend! Were you actively looking or were you recruited via LinkedIn?

Justatitle

Big Shot

1

Account Executive

In all 3 cases I was reached out to for the roles. Wouldn’t say super active but I had become open to new roles whereas in the past I was not.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

2

🦊

I have been inundated with recruiters in my inbox, but nothing worth a damn.

Justatitle

Big Shot

1

Account Executive

Are you currently looking? I know the companies that I am currently speaking with are hiring so I can share if you would like

CuriousFox

WR Officer

1

🦊

I am not actually which is why I was perplexed about being contacted so much. Then I quickly realized they didn't read my profile. So aggravating.

Justatitle

Big Shot

2

Account Executive

Ah, very annoying but it's nice to be wanted and in a way, it's what we do trying to sell our products to people when we outbound to our prospects. The difference is we're the product. There's also a shortage of sales people right now with all the VC money that was raised during the pandemic and companies are overpaying to get good talent.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

1

🦊

Hmm. Now I'm interested. Thanks boo I'll do a little research over the weekend.

InQ5WeTrust

Arsonist

2

No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL

Chase that bag!

dwightyouignorantsale

Politicker

1

Account Executive

Congrats! Breaking out of your comfort zone AND getting a nice pay bump.. solid end to Q3.

UrAssIsSaaS

Arsonist

1

SaaS Eater

Your company sounds awfully similar to the one I am leaving today. Good on ya

dcarb

Good Citizen

1

Account Manager

Nothing wrong with making a move to better yourself. I think too many people hop from job to job always chasing another bump in salary but that doesn't sound like what @Justatitle is doing here. It's always easier to get a job when you have a job so if you see that your current situation isn't going to improve any time soon then GTFO. Sales is hard enough when you have a GREAT product and a SOLID team. If you are constantly taking ass chewings from your customers because your ops team is incompetent or your product is shitty then it's time to go.

Justatitle

Big Shot

1

Account Executive

Yes, I agree with this statement and ultimately I became open to other roles due to some internal factors out of my control. I also found out my boss is looking around for a new role and that was the nail in the proverbial coffin. Appreciate the feedback!

CanadianinSV

1

Account Executive

Wow, I had the exact…and I mean exact same story but over 3.5 years instead of 2. I worked my way up to a management role at my company and then increased my OTE but $100k by moving to a Silicon Valley Series C in February.

Rosie

Catalyst

1

Sales Director

You are right. It´s always the "Product fails to deliver" that gets my spider sensors up nowdays. Everytime I hear that I know it´s a bout to hit the fan.

Diablo

Politicker

0

Sr. AE

Congs! Break you comfort zone and nove ahead.

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