Little or no leadership within the sales department.
-Management mistakes the term " micro management " with " leadership ".
-zero moral boosting.
To lead a successful sales department, high moral is key to push reps onward and upward. Unfortunately, that does not exist here.
The Construction industry has a long sales cycle, in yet...for some reason their quota is set up as a monthly target, when it should be quarterly. ( every three months )
- 90% of possible accounts are already taken by reps who are currently working there
- It's more of an " account management " role,
If your an actual sales person looking to cultivate cold / warm leads and turn them into sales ( what actual sales is ) this job is not for you.