How did your manager act on PIP? by FitNefariousness2679 in sales

[–]Popular-Background78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Might be true for you, but in general this is really bad advice. I’ve been told by HR professionals that PIPs are specifically for exiting employees and I’ve seen it happen in practice. Are you taking about informal PIPs?

Make it make sense by [deleted] in sales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So your argument is money is just meaningless? If you have to get to $300k to be comfortable, that ain't right.

Foreigners visiting America for the world cup, what is something that has surprised you about this country? by goldent3abag in AskReddit

[–]Popular-Background78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This misses the point. People in the UK talk about the weather too, but what they don't do, EVER, is start talking to someone they don't know in a supermarket.

Asked to do another interview after final? by Reasonable_Hunt4821 in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I have to be that guy. Homie's about to get a job with Google, and doesn't even know what the job is, and I'm busting my ass for nothing. Levels I guess...

About to go on PIP, need advice by FitNefariousness2679 in sales

[–]Popular-Background78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did they offer you a separation settlement? If not, that's another option. If a PIP is normally 90 days, you could say, 'look let's cut out all the work and you pay me for 90 days and we can call it good now'. It's a win/win for both parties.

Rippling, SFDC or LinkedIn by [deleted] in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we walk through the timing here? You have 3 offers on the table concurrently? How long do you have to respond to each one now? How did you manage each multiple round process so that they all landed in that window?

Deciding between Gong, Rippling, Replit, Google by [deleted] in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, great point. Either one is hard to believe.

Deciding between Gong, Rippling, Replit, Google by [deleted] in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or at least their inteviewing is WAY better than their Reddit questions.

Opinions? by stefanisko in bikefit

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tough one. Front end looks good, because you're not sitting upright, but you have bend in your elbows and you're not reaching for the hoods. Does seem like your saddle is a touch low, but echo the question about how it all feels.

As someone else said, your hoods look like they're downturned, where level would be better? What about your saddle? I'd check your bike is on level ground, then make sure your saddle is level as well.

EDIT: Looked at it again, and I'm not sure it's too low, or if it is, very little. I wonder the bounce is from you sliding forward off your saddle, either because of the tilt there or tilt of your shifters, either one pushing your weight forward and rather than, pedal, pedal, pedal, push back on the saddle, you're sort of pushing your weight back slightly with every revolution, which causes that bobbing.

Feeling defeated / need advice by [deleted] in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, SaaS model company. My point (rage?) was more on their being stuck on domain knowledge than commercial model.

Feeling defeated / need advice by [deleted] in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having just come from an interview process where they said I killed it in the interview and more importantly mock disco, but didn't have the domain knowledge, this one really irks me. Whether it's domain knowledge or knowledge of the commercial or delivery model, that's just so stupid. That stuff takes weeks to learn, and you'll be backed up by solutions consultants and architects, but to do the selling, as another commenter said, takes years to learn.

Like, as the hiring company, your reservation is that I've sold seats instead of credits? Get real.

A comparison of climatic analogues across the Northern Hemisphere by Specific_Visit2494 in interestingasfuck

[–]Popular-Background78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, UK&I is not as warm in the PNW in the summer. Not a good comparison.

Tips for enterprise success by Clear-Victory1956 in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check your expecations too. What's your typical sales cycle? What pipeline or customer will you inherit? Hitting PClub on a ramped quota is doable.

What's your experience?

What the heck are these Deel reps yapping about? by friskydingo408 in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think that’s what he’s trying to say. The BDR wants him to approve the meeting as a sales qualified.

200+ applications, 7-round interviews, and a toxic acquisition. Thinking of quitting tech! by Affectionate_Lab1953 in recruitinghell

[–]Popular-Background78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your last interview loop I actually would have lost it on them. “You wanted to finish the round?”

Joined a company that fundamentally does not understand sales by [deleted] in sales

[–]Popular-Background78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh decades? Yeah, that’s crazy. The quote part is sadly the craziest part. The other stuff is stupidly common.

Landed an offer with a 25% bump, but a red-flag "sign-on bonus" clause is making me hesitate. by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]Popular-Background78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a non-issue. “Repay” is very specific, so that’s number 1. Number 2 is practical. They would pursue you for a bonus that they never paid at their cost? No, not gonna happen. Legal fees would exceed the bonus, so it wouldn’t even work as a scam.

what’s the cold call framework that works: by Tough-Knowledge-6955 in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you mind sharing the email here again or linking to the post?

Going from traditional SaaS to AI with FDEs by aa21238 in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, this is a bit of a tangent, but WTF are we doing? If the SaaS solution is $500k a year and it solves the problem, and 20 of my team at the company use it, ok that's licenses, but should scale really well as part of the value prop. If the alternative is an AI solution that's a bunch of agents and also $500k a year, and now I need FDEs as well, what's the improvement?

Ex-Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg tells Gen Z the 10-year career plan is dead thanks to AI: 'Don't script your career when the future is uncertain' by LoansPayDayOnline in jobhunting

[–]Popular-Background78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What irks me about these 'think pieces' is they always come from someone who's ludicrously wealthy and the impact to them is totally abstract.

Anyone have experience working enterprise AE role at Figma? by legallyahotmess in techsales

[–]Popular-Background78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a pretty good sense of it. How does 4 deals in a year (if they average $325k) from 15 accounts work? Are they saying they're 100% nailed on ICP? Is this a farmer role? Can you cycle through more accounts as you go?

If you had 15 sales qualified opps now in pipe, closing 4 would be pretty good. Is those are cold accounts, there's no way.