The number of salespeople, who are currently employed, or have not been a victim of a RIF, that are complaining about the minor red tape that you have to duck under to get their jobs done.
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Help yourself keep your seat when the VP has to pick 10 people to chop.
Stop acting like you're a victim because you're being asked to document your worth to the org you work for. Revenue no longer hides all sins.
Are you still feeling sorry for yourself that you have to do something to prove you are worth keeping around the next time that cuts are on the table? Go find someone that has been looking for a role for 6+ months, has nearly drained their savings, and is close to missing a mortgage or rent payment in June.
Put your head down, get the BASELINE done, and keep weathering the shitstorm that continues to ravage the software industry...and it's only going to get worse as the days pass.
Sincerely,
A human that made less than minimum wage in their first sales job in 2010, had to make 150 cold calls a day to leave for the day ONTOP of all the documentation and bullshit that goes along with being a micromanaged sales rep.
PS: I deleted the app, and I'm not logging on as much anymore. I've wasted far too much time recently answering questions that realistically could be scoped out as engagements. Preview of things to come.
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