My managers manager is getting fired. Am I screwed?

My managers manager is the chief revenue officer.

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No. You are likely too cost effective to let go, especially if you've been around for 12 months or more.

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That sucks. Maybe just internal politics. At one job I had I found the execs who got along with the direct reports more than the other execs would get pushed out, and then the replacements would join the exec echo chamber. Strata preservation.

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Nope.
🔮 The CRO probably got fired for the same reason I fired a couple of them - the company wasn’t hitting its sales targets, while he was taking home a salary potentially bigger than the CEO. He sounds charming, as is every CRO I’ve met.

If he feels he got the short end of the stick he might say “the product isn’t ready/wrong price/lacks features”. And he would be right.

I’ve never worked on a team that produced a product that was perfect enough for salespeople to sell

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This is right on target. I haaaaate working with CROs.

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if for making up revenue then a lot of you might be..

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Nah, just show how you're pulling your weight despite the CRO's poor strategy and/or management.

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Probably not immediately, but get ready to formally justify your team's existence to new management. Since you're not running your own P&L, this will just be showing your value add less formally. Essentially a review of projects and KPIs. You'll want to bring good numbers and explanations for them, and advocacy from other teams (both in and outside your org). There's also a good chance new management will be interim management, in which case you'll need to do this a few times.

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