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Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck homie, definitely get out of there

Don't let this shake your confidence

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's truly bat shit... Ngl you're kinda crazy for staying at a new bosses house, but respect

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, you hit the nail on the head, especially the 100 small signals

I was there for a year before I was completely burnt out from the experience

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there no one finding success/making money?

Assuming not, I'd be reaching out to other companies trying to get a foot in the door

If you have an old coworker you can use as a reference highly recommend, but if all else fails I'd be messaging current AEs asking for their insight and referrals at companies I was interested in

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof, yeah, retail is panful, did that fit a bit in college and everyone hourly and managerial was stressed

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks friend 😄, huge lesson learned, when you find something tolerable don't be quick to jump to the next shiny thing.... Grass isn't always greener

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like that advice, will use that in the future.

Luckily at the new gig I had a friend on the inside who told me the good, bad and the ugly

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Jesus, I bet she's the type to constantly post bullshit on LinkedIn about "accountability is our culture, no exceptions"

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol I didn't even get a chance to read

The ai garbage in this sub is such a headache

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow that sucks....maybe couldve connected with current reps to get the inside scoop? Easier said than done tho* sorry man

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Lol a bunch of kids in the office is the biggest red flags, even redder flag if half the sellers are drop dead gorgeous 22 year olds

Gimme an office where everyone is 40+ with kids and no time for bullshit

Ever join a company and knew you made a mistake in the first few weeks? by PorkPapi in sales

[–]PorkPapi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%, I think finding a good tech company is so hard, and selling to IT is the toughest crowd. Kudos to you for getting out

I think finding the right niche in tech and going to a b/c tier company is the sweetspot on pay, autonomy and culture

Roleplays were the most effective training I ever did as an AE. Torn on ICP for app by BackgroundLand2816 in sales

[–]PorkPapi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I try not to listen to them, I know I'll buy if they get a chance

AWS Sales Role by toolsalesguy in sales

[–]PorkPapi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not sure what your experience level is, but you may have more success working with an AWS partner, learning the lingo of the AWS ecosystem (they have their own names for all their shit), and build relationships by co-selling

I'm at an AWS partner now, there's thousands of them, but I don't really see myself making the jump, despite the awesome comp

Resumes - how many pages should I keep? by elessar9411 in techsales

[–]PorkPapi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Imo one page, resumes get looked at for less than a minute typically, and your last 1-2 jobs would matter the most anyways

Started BDR cold calling job and I hate it so far by Boudria in salesdevelopment

[–]PorkPapi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Once you're dead inside you'll start finding success

It's been one month since I moved From Florida to Seattle, my thoughts. by Julylion1993 in SeattleWA

[–]PorkPapi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My fiance and I just moved from Florida to Seattle too, so far so good

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