Anyone in account management at Bloomberg? Currently a Big 4 consulting manager interested in a risk account management role and looking for someone to connect with.

How much higher should my 1099 hourly rate be compared to hourly breakdown of annual salary? Like add 30% for taxes, then roughly how much more considering no benefits etc. - like 10-15%?

Long-term disability on H1B - Yay or Nay? Lots of online forums say, visa holder will be out of status for major part of LTD and thus it makes no sense to buy

Hi Fishes,

I have received offer from commonwealth Bank of Australia service private limited company for position of associate Quality Assurance Engineer. Can somebody please help me on review of this company? Wheather it's good to join?

Thanks in advance

Is TechM fire people ?

Hey fish: what are some of your favorite business/self-help books?

I am starting a new job where I will be investigating sexual discrimination cases. Employment law will be a new practice area for me. Do you have any recommendations on good learning resources? Any treatises?

Im a Design Engineering from Mexico but Im also an American citizen, I would like to know how can I get my wet-stamp and if I need it… I have my degree from Mexico but I’m not not familiar with the process I have to follow to work as an Engineer in the States

Does anyone here own a tax prep business on the side or full-time? What are the pros and cons?

I got more in AIP than Trump paid in taxes 😂😂

Do you guys feel like Biden is actually the cause of the unemployment rate being down? In 18 states where the rate is down significantly, 15 of them are run by republicans... just saying. Everyone's praising him for bringing the economy back but I'm still unemployed...and the cost of living is more pricey than ever.

How often are you concerned about losing your job? Ever since I got a mortgage a few months ago, this fear has been plaguing me. The volatile market doesn’t help either.

Fishes who applied for UK Visa, I need to submit last 3 year's ITR. Which one of the below shall I submit -

1) Single page Receipt from the IT Portal.
2) Multi page detailed form from the IT portal.
3) Intimation 143(1) which IT department sends after processing.

Help appreciated. Thanks

Going to India from DCA (flights were cheaper) but I live in Houston. Flight from DCA is at 10 pm. Should I book my flight from Houston to DC the same day or one day earlier? Given the flight cancela.

Hello my desai colleagues! I'm a proper ABCD, I have lived in India for all of 3 years. When I go to visit, I have a hard time connecting with the family members there. Most of my family is in Chennai

Which service(s) do you use and can recommend to send money to India?

How do y'all manage passwords ?? Esp absolutely critical ones e.g. coin markets etc..
Is anyone else paranoid about all this ?

Been in sales for 7 years (door to door,telecom,BDR,) I interviewed for a closing position and after submitting a demo presentation and 2 mock emails they have moved be forward for the last “wrap up call”. Any tips and advice for this?

Does this mean I’m being highly considered? Or are they just going along like many companies do. This is a Norway based Saas company.

Hi everyone! I’m staring in an AE position to book demos with restaurants for their POS systems. How to prospect / have conversations and close the demos with them? I’m new to AE, used to be an interning SDR. Looking for tips and advice more towards the conversation factor. Thank you

Hi! I’ve been approached by Securonix for a Sales Director role in NA. I know the field and their competitors. The pay is good but I’ve seen a handful of websites with employee rating that is really bad. Each site has roughly 10 reviews but most are negative. Mostly referring to toxic culture and zero work life balance. How true is this in this sales org and the company in general? This is a backfill role after a 3 year tenure for the person who left.

MSFT or AWS? As Tech Pre Sales and why?

Should I transition to a tech sales job? Thoughts on risk vs reward? I am 34 yo, married with a baby incoming. I work at Google Cloud in solutions engineering (I help develop quantitative business cases with sales teams for customers). My cash base + bonus is $220k (going to ignore equity). I have an MBA from the University of Chicago, not that it matters much in sales. I have always been in a consulting role but I think I can make more in sales. I have a competitive personality and I am bored.

Any ZScaler Commercial AEs here?

Just got a call about a 96k base:
/160k OTE role out of Plano TX

I’m intrigued but I want to know 2 things:
1. Culture/WLB - how is it?
2. Realistic market opportunity/opportunity to crush quota (obv dependent on many things)

Background: Currently making 95k/160k OTE at a boutique research and consulting firm. I’m happy but we’re extremely flat with little to no opp for promotion in the next 2+ years.

The best salads out there is made with simple ingredients:

- olive oil
- lemon
- salt

Sales is exactly the same.

The best sales calls out there is made with simple ingredients:

- questions
- storytelling
- tonality

I am looking to get into Tech sales from healthcare sales. I have 16 years of experience. Any advice on companies to look at? Or will a Tech company expect me to come in at a lower level than Account Executive?

Hey y’all, wanted to get some insight into an offer.

Director level sales role
250k OTE 60/40 split uncapped
325k stock 4 year vest (options) - pre IPO unicorn
10k sign on bonus

I’ve got about 8-9 years in enterprise sales /mgt

Anyone hiring fully remote AEs?
28% close rate, 65% win rate. Top in my segment.

I’ve been a club performing rep for years at a SaaS company…but as an enterprise account exec… my average deal size is around $75k in annual recurring, quota of $1M. This is inline for my company but low when I speak with others for Enterprise rep openings. Any thoughts on recommendations for steps to bridge that gap?

Is anyone recruiting for a sales development manager/ SDR manager at their company right now. Im based on the UK and would love a recommendation or referral. I have 8 years of sales experience with 4 in tech sales (mainly new business and hunting). Thank you in advance.

I will start managing the sales team I’m part of and transition from being a peer to becoming their manager. Any advice on how to make this change as smooth as possible?

If I have to book 20 meetings a month, how many conversations do I need to be having a day ( email, LinkedIn, cold calls, dark social ) with a drop out rate at 20%.

Hi helpful Fishies, I’m looking to pivot to a tech sales role after 3 years in consumer goods as an account manager and would love to get your advise on the following:

1) what are some roles that I could apply for, 2) expected salary package, 3) any hard certifications required

Any Tech Sales leaders have insights on how much I can expect to earn as a sales leader (director / VP) at Scale AI?

Any insights into negotiating a full time salary in tech sales? Do I need competing offers to do so?

Do sales engineers need to create their own slide decks for demos or can they walk through the software itself? Thanks!