Just finished an interview for an AE role at a high-growth SaaS organization.

The interviewer told me that their quotas are very high - barely any of their sales reps hit quota YoY. They mentioned, “goals are high to push our reps. hence our YoY growth”

Is this a red flag?

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What would be the benefit of joining an organization where you aren’t likely/able to achieve your target? Sounds like a company that doesn’t support their sales team enough

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Whoever told you that probably doesn’t want you in their org. There is no way someone would genuinely say that, even if it were true.

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Different companies seem to have different approaches to quota setting, and how many reps hit quota - eg, 50% hit quota, 70% hit quota, etc… so if barely any reps hit quota then there is no reason for reps to stay in role, causing high churn

This is likely a way around uncapped commissions and for them to control sales pay. I’d make sure the OTE at partial plan is what you need for the year.

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