Thread regarding VMware layoffs

Restructuring in Sales?

Anyone know what this rumor is about? Supposedly happening in February.

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The only BU is VMware, we are all core

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Naw CSM's are tasked with being sales monkeys now. They lead renewals and once you get rid of all of the specialists they will be the new specialist team.

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Post ID: @9qoy+1kDiBb1f

Lol. Customer Success Managers should focus on helping our customers succeed first. Tons of shelf ware. Very different skill set - sales and customer success. If that is the plan …good luck

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Post ID: @9jbe+1kDiBb1f

Customer Success Manager?

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Post ID: @8lkg+1kDiBb1f

What’s a CSM?

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Post ID: @8dju+1kDiBb1f
They need to restructure marketing. Jesus, those people are leeches.

Seriously. Mentioned this before here. Worked with a marketing department that was full of ‘seniors’ and VPs and all the stuff they did was internal.

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Post ID: @4fvk+1kDiBb1f

They need to restructure marketing. Jesus, those people are leeches.

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Post ID: @1qvg+1kDiBb1f

I too believe it will be a push for CSMs to take over SaaS selling. They kept saying they wanted to enable us on “technical information”, yet all “tech” training was ONLY sales related.

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Post ID: @1zfd+1kDiBb1f

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True. I believe the downvotes are from readers who know "pure geo" is the end goal.

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Post ID: @1ike+1kDiBb1f

Sales will be gutted in order for the CSMs to take over for SaaS selling.

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Post ID: @dvy+1kDiBb1f

Like 10-15 accounts in global are actually carrying the business. Same with enterprise. Focus is shifting to core producers. Leanness.

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Post ID: @qmw+1kDiBb1f

@wpd+1kDiBb1f Can you please share more details about sales in bu.
Thank you

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Post ID: @fps+1kDiBb1f

Supposedly segments like globals and enterprise will go away and it will be purely geo

If you are in sales in a bu who lost their GM recently you should be very worried

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Post ID: @wpd+1kDiBb1f

is it true? how do you know? any impact to engineering?

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Post ID: @jar+1kDiBb1f

when in february? any impact to engineering?

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