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In general, the more direct the impact of your role on short-term revenue, the safer you are when your company starts sacrificing people to the gods of quarterl
by stg22 3y ago
In general, the more direct the impact of your role on short-term revenue, the safer you are when your company starts sacrificing people to the gods of quarterly accounts.
Ancillary service workers always get hit badly, but good salespersons are often safer than good engineers.
- resolutebat 3y agoOnly if their salesperson manages to hit their number very quarter without fail. I've seen people blow their quota out of the water in Q1, and get shitcanned when Q2 is quiet.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoThat is exactly what sales is like, and it has been like that, for as long as I can remember. However, good salespeople can make a lot of money.
- jncfhnb 3y agoSo can mediocre lucky ones. A lot of systems are very poorly designed.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoFamous sales pep talk: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wVQPY4LlbJ4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=wVQPY4LlbJ4
- DaiPlusPlus 3y agoThis is HN, so it’s Always Be Coding