I’m considering a sales job with a startup, but I’ve heard horror stories about instability and overwork. Anyone here have personal experience, can you give me some insight on what to expect?

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I recently turned a similar role with effectively a start up having heard some stories. My advice is do the interview process and ask the questions that matter to you and you’ll have a feeling either way as to what you want to do

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It depends a lot on the CEO / executive leadership. If they’re not strong, you can be in for a rough time.



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It definitely depends on the leadership. I just did a career pivot into sales and leveraged my network to land a sales position with a startup. Seven weeks into the gig, I was given my walking papers — “we are significantly downsizing.” You didn’t know that seven weeks ago?!?!

THIS HAPPENED TO ME!!

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I worked with a startup who would do their mandatory All Hands meetings starting at 6 or 7 after the day PST…. These meetings would go in until 10-11 pm and we were in the office at the time. While it can be lucrative if they are offering stake in the company, many times it’s just that- you are overworked. About a year in, the company was looked at for not paying OT and keeping people on the clock for lunch etc. They had a big payout they had to give to employees. The leadership was ousted and now they are all leading a new startup which is getting alot of attention….we will see what happens with that. Personally I like a startup feel but a company who has been in business a few years so they have some of the kinks worked out. This way they don’t have investors/board to answer to and can still make changes quickly if needed. Best of luck

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