Tough times ahead
18 months in enterprise sales at a startup, cyber tool, nice to have not must have. Had my best year year last year but I’ve struggled this year so I got put on a pip
Passed a PIP last month. Manager confirmed I hit the criteria conditionally, then in the same conversation said I'm being moved to mid market and they're opening a new enterprise AE role. Found the posting. It's my job, word for word.
Couple of live deals still in my name, could close in six to eight weeks if I keep pushing them.
I know where this ends. But it's July, nobody hires seriously till September, and I don't want to take the first mediocre offer just to have something lined up.
Has anyone actually stretched a situation like this out, not to save the job, just to buy a few extra weeks before the exit lands. What actually worked versus what just felt like it was working.