#sales

Some of these je-ks can’t even allow us to breath as we await our fate. It’s nonstop with the metrics, quotas, and sales meetings. F U

Cisco found an interesting way to increase sales. Every two months they raise prices across all products and then show an increase in sales in their financial reports. One big bluff!

Sales at my location have been incredibly slow lately. I mean, we've had slowdowns before, but this is on a whole new level. Are others dealing with the same thing or is this an us problem?

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/ford-f-2025-annual-sales.html

GM and Stellantis have already reported 2025 sales. Ford is waiting another day so we can include a new line item for all the subscription sales.

Lets use a system that slows down the entire sales process. Lets use outdated software that a monkey manages. We now know the reason why we use salesforce. To slow you down. To create failure - where it did not exist. If you want to hinder a sales channel and further failure - introduce an operating system that runs like cr-p. Salesforce. Look, I get it, you want COR to fail, so you can turn it into AR. That's fine, it is what it is. Comp plan, bend over, promo's here today , gone tomorrow, brought back a month later, then gone again, oh wait bring it back again. Really. Really. Why in the world would you do that, unless you want failure. This was all thought out, tin hat and all. Just top it off with some HTP and sugar on top.

Just like at Nutanix, all quiet from leadership. Boombox pumpin; up too loud!

Hi team, are we allowed to make money again yet? Maybe a chance at multiplying? Or, are we just going to be low balled all year by an extremely high target? Asking for a friend.

J.C.Penney property sale falls thru, according to Retail Dive, now what?

Looking into 2026, there is alot of chatter around yet another sales reorganization, one that is more aggressive and drastic than any we have seen in prior years. Look back at the investments that have been made in both New Brunswick inside sales in addition to the Texas based inside sales offices - neither are by accident.
I've heard a few different "values", but what's consistent is the message that more customer relationships will be moving to both the Canada and Texas inside teams, with only customers billing in excess of $75,000 annually ($6,000 monthly) staying in the field.
I don't have specific insight into what this means regarding manpower , but common sense would quickly say that there is a large reduction coming into the sales organization - reps, managers, and specialists.

Is anyone else hearing anything more on this topic?

https://www.webpronews.com/dell-mandates-5-day-office-return-for-sales-teams-in-2025/

Why are so many reps in HE missing goal this year? A good organization has 70 to 80% hit goal. It appears HE will be below 50%! Is it poor performance by the reps? I'm new here, just trying to make sense of all this.

Salesforce message - hang on, we're almost there - like we are under construction or something - great impression on the customer. I have customers saying, what is that on your tablet - why is that screen flashing and saying that message. How long will this take. Is your tablet suppose to do that. Is this what I can expect from your company.
So what's amazing about salesforce that I think no one in management realizes is that you created a problem that never existed. Yup. You sure did. Good job slackers. You finally did something. You took an ordering / activation system - Opus, which worked pretty good, and ran it into the ground. Now that takes talent. You took a system in which one could activate a line of service, or order a product, and you added 5 minutes of latency and redundancy in which one will log in to another application - aka - Salesforce or covid as we call it, and watch the screens jump, flash and there is nothing you can do. But hey, there is purpose in this. Yes, purpose. This was done to destroy the company, this much we know.

Looks like if Judge Casey Pitts grants the motion for Hold separate order on Monday, the sales day 1 program (go live scheduled for Jan 2) specifically the effort to combine both companies sales data into one tool would be immediately frozen. The companies would be legally prohibited from scrambling of the eggs. Merry Christmas.

restructuring is already happening -i was told those who collect commissions but do little are going to be shown the door-what do you know

The call system routes Everything to sales. Customers cancel, employees quit. Nobody cares. Giant waste of time and money.

Why has there been so much hiring and new roles this month especially in sales and commercial roles ??

Also why have we hired soo many SAP skills cant remember the last decent SAP win in the uk?

Went Christmas shopping in the eastern Ohio area..empty shelves and no displays anywhere. I thought mission 1 was supposed to be an improvement. Do they even still employ sales reps?

Sales org is continuing to lay out PIPs or "Plan For Success" to hide from mass layoff announcements. Really unfortunate timing as my cohort of AE's and Account Directors from April 2025 are getting the short end of the stick. This industry isn't going to turn itself around anytime soon and has a long uphill battle against AI that is a free or minimal spend for clients.

If you receive a PIP, just focus on a new job. PIP = Paid Interview Program

how do the modifiers work at redhat for field sales execs?

for example 200k otc with 50/50 comp plan.

thanks in advance

It's not often that an acquisition is completed and all employees of the acquired/sold org remain employed. Are we looking at the same thing? I'm just hoping that if we're looking at layoffs once we're officially no longer part of Teleflex, it's not anything major outside of redundant positions.

The Wayne-based medical technology company has agreed to sell its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) business to a partnership between private equity firms Montagu of London and Kohlberg of New York for $1.5 billion. In a separate transaction, Teleflex (NYSE: TFX) will sell its acute care and interventional urology businesses to United Kingdom-based Intersurgical Ltd. for $530 million.

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2025/12/10/teleflex-2b-sale-intersurgical-kohlberg-montagu.html

Same company, different pay plans. This won't last, right?

Will this be the next move per pressure from Elliott?

Who was laid off today? Which teams? Sales, warehouse closures, or corporate teams? I heard S&T is still afloat.

Commercial team today (immediate). Field sales teams tomorrow (future state). Need to right-size for the future. Q2 1NA launch on a large scale.
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Has there been much chatter about sales after Thanksgiving? Our store has slowed down a bit, and I'm curious how sales are going for everyone else.

Hearing rumors internally about layoffs and major restructuring. Anyone has any intel?

Which BUs? Sales/SE roles? Support/TAC/GFEP?

Bandy the clown lectures us all about going faster in the last Town Hall. 5 months later we still don’t have a defined sales organization. It is not difficult to split a few accounts between team and then decide how manny sales peeps. Q1 2026 will just be another few months of uncertainty and disruption. Obviously going faster doesn’t apply to Bandy, JUG and whichever Lex monkey does the sales coverage.

I am beginning to hear rumblings of some of the front line sales reps who were laid off being backfilled as early Q1. Primarily the VBG client execs, public sector and sled CEs, SAMs, and the SMB reps who were just laid off. It’s sounding like they laid off who they perceive as low performers only to be backfilling their positions for the same or similar territory come Q1.

Global sales leader has given mid level management orders to clean house before the new year. As much as 70% of the sales force could be in danger. Hug your loved ones and brace yourself!

This shady a-s company is looking to reduce headcount more and will find any reason to force people out. Look out for yourself and keep your eyes peeled for a new gig if you are able.

For perspective new hires, where are sales for the company? Where staples isn’t public, it’s difficult to truly understand how the business is doing. If someone has the rough sales numbers by division and YOY, that would be great.

looks like the house of cards is coming down...

Looks like the grinch is coming early, org getting hit this week.

I’m from the FLNA side but not in sales… so can folks explain why today’s Steve Llewelyn retirement news and John Dean promotion is good or bad? The context would be so appreciated for those of us not in sales. Thanks y’all.

Sales reps, category managers, and at least one branch manager.
Private Equity noise getting louder.

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