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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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Interested to see what others experienced during Black Friday? My store seemed much quieter than usual. Wondering if the rest of you experienced similar things

Verizon still has an a deeply rooted anti-customer mindset that needs to be rooted out. The company’s employees are very internally focused (painfully evident on posts to this site & elsewhere online).

That ingrained problem (both conscious) can't be corrected by simply throwing money at the problem (e.g., Network improvements, addressing IVR routing, etc.).

What Verizon should do is require every Manager and Occupational to have a full rotational assignment (i.e., 1 1/2 - 2 years) in Sales or Customer Service!

P.s., If Verizon Leadership is monitoring online feedback this suggestion needs to be immediately taken back to Dan Schulman & The Board. In fact, I think I'll send this directly to Dan's Office.

I hope it’s just a fluke and not a preview of what’s ahead.

As part of the reorg, we have this new sales enablement function. I still have not seen the value of this function as none of the leads are not really doing much. What is this supposed to be? Can we get some competent people to enable this?

I’ve been in tech field sales for 7 years now, is this a dead end career path at this point? I assume I’ll eventually get reduced as well, and it’ll be even bleaker for me to find a new job when it does. What should I be looking to transition into if it is? Sales is all I have experience with.

Lets see who gets it right:

I keep hearing mid February. Sales team will be effected big time.

Who agrees?

• Apple cuts dozens of sales roles to streamline operations for institutional clients.
• Affected teams include government sales and briefing centers; employees can reapply for new roles.
• Moves align with broader tech layoffs and Apple’s shift toward third-party resellers.
• Strong revenue contrasts with stock underperformance amid competitive pressures.
• Restructuring aims to maintain Apple’s tech sector edge despite workforce challenges.

https://www.ainvest.com/news/apple-restructures-sales-force-boost-institutional-sales-efficiency-2511/

A California-based data company is trimming nearly a dozen Travis County positions after it was acquired recently by an Austin private equity firm.

Couchbase Inc. is eliminating 11 of an estimated 40 positions at the company’s Austin offices at 9050 N. Capital of Texas Highway, according to a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. Most of the employees affected are part of the company’s sales and corporate teams.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/couchbase-laying-off-11-austin-190418814.html

Do store employees earn commission on a phone sold to an employee? I was going to upgrade my kids phones for Christmas and order them online, but if an impacted employee can earn commission, i would rather go to the store instead.

I heard this rumor many months ago, and it recently came up again.. SOVA is going to become lead for VBG wireline sales in 2026. Has anyone else heard anything similar?

Sales division just got a mass layoff - anyone below a certain point. Heavily hitting commercial as government is still putting up good numbers.

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"China much better than John Wayne USA" (or are they?)

“In China, you can buy a heavily discounted ‘used’ electric car that has never, in fact, been used. Chinese automakers, desperate to meet their sales targets in a bitterly competitive market, sell cars to dealerships, which register them as ‘sold,’ even though no actual customer has bought them. Dealers, stuck with officially sold cars, then offload them as ‘used,’ often at low prices."

Had an interesting conversation with one of our customers today that said our CPO spoke to them in a condescending away, brushed aside their concerns, mumbled something about AI and the just walked away. We should probably have our sales team interact with customers only, it seems like we don't have a customer facing product team at all.

Can someone spill what the Black Friday Deals will be next week? Us retirees want to know!! Might go to visible by Verizon even with the 50% AT&T retiree discount…

Sold two rack servers to this guy, told him if he buys another 3 I will front another one for free. 1.5 percent margin