suspectprospect

Senior Account Executive

Yet another Gong thread...

So our company just started a trial period with Gong. After sitting through rollout calls and learning more about the platform, I'm a bit skeptical.

The intro call felt like a big sales pitch from the Gong rep and our executive team. The pitch was that Gong is going to be our personal assistant and make everything easier. The truth seems to be that it will create data for sales managers to coach an underperforming AE with best practices and gather data for new hire training.

Am I just being cynical or should I give it a chance? It is worth noting our company is not in saas. Our product is simple and does not typically involve coordinating with multiple teams / stakeholders.

Who does Gong REALLY benefit?

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Stop whining and give it a chance. You'll like it. Sales managers wants to creep on you.

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Sunbunny31

Politicker

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

"we'll use it for enablement!"
"it will help everyone improve!"

...the cynic in me thinks it's going to provide data points that won't be helpful for anything other than eliminating reps for whatever reason.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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🦊

That's exactly correct.

funcoupons

WR Officer

8

👑

People have been selling without intrusive AI software for decades. It's a bunch of BS. And their reps make me want to off myself.

suspectprospect

Contributor

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Senior Account Executive

LOL. I think we just became best friends.

funcoupons

WR Officer

6

👑

Don't fall in love with me, kid

CuriousFox

WR Officer

5

🦊

Creeping like big brother does 🤷‍♀️

TreTime

Catalyst

2

Account Executive

Unlock the reality of your manager creeping further on you 🤨

Pachacuti

Politicker

1

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Gong can be useful, but as with anything it can be used for evil as well as good.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

1

Rolling 20's all day

If you have ever wished you could remember what someone said during a call - this is a great way to remember. But if your sales management just wants it to be overbearing then that sucks.

E_Money

Big Shot

1

💰

Not a fan of Gong at all. Even as a manager. Waste of money and totally unnecessary

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

0

Officer of ♥️

fuck big brother

fuzzy

Notable Contributor

0

CMO (Chief Meme Officer)

Gong was great for our SDR and company meetings. But we DID NOT use it for sales calls. It was a glorified meeting assistant transcription service.

ABCvs

Valued Contributor

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VP of Growth

My team uses gong to share recording they want feedback on and to build up a training library for new folks. Am I spending time in gong, Fuck no.

I trust my folks. If I didn’t, they wouldn’t work for me.

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