2.0
May 9, 2015
Former employee
Chicago, IL
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
A fair degree of independence and autonomy in terms of daily scheduling and the ability to create your own list of target accounts and prospects.
Cons
Very dysfunctional sales pursuit and sales support process and extremely difficult to get corporate support for deals. Sales and marketing are out of sync and there is no support for innovative or consultative deal-making, even though the brass talks the talk. Having SMEs actually show up for meetings with clients, when they have committed to being there, would be an excellent start. Also having marketing for the U.S. based in the U.S. is critical. You can't 'talk' to St. Louis from Bangalore. Well, you can, but......