I was hired for a sales strategy role but my role is being ran like it’s a BDR role.

I’m expected to drive webinar attendance, book meetings, and do prospecting.

How do I professionally tell my manager that this is not what I signed up for?

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I hate when they disguise roles with their title.

Did you discuss the expectations and responsibilities during the interview process?

Do you have a copy of the job description?

Is job-fishing a thing?

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We did discuss it during the interview and I told them I’m comfortable getting on calls with customers to talk about products or emailing. My manager was upfront that there would be some customer outreach.

But as of this week “meeting metrics” are put in place and we need to be getting 5-8 a week which is such a BDR metric.

I pulled up the job description last week and what were now doing doesn’t match up at all :(

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