Are Sales People Treated Better than Techies?
If you're a network engineer, IT admin or delivery engineer working at a VAR, MSP or consulting firm, you've probably seen the sales people getting treated very well. Everything from overseas trips, great food, drinks and maybe even better SWAG.
In this video, we'll talk about if sales people actually get treated better and why does this happen.
Index
0:00 Start
0:20 Where I got this topic /asksingapore subreddit?
0:48 What are Sales Retreats?
01:33 Unfortunately it’s true, sales people get treated better
01:52 What typically happens in consulting firms, VARs and MSPs?
02:40 What the sales teams do?
03:04 It’s good that this techie recognizes the problem
04:08 Where am I? Kyiv, Ukraine
04:39 Revenue generating versus a cost center
06:05 The closer you are to the money, the better.
06:30 Techies are still important
07:30 There are benefits to working on the technical/delivery side
10:13 Sales offsite events
11:43 Do technical teams work harder than sales?
13:00 Do Sales People Get Buffets?
14:11 The Flip Side of Taking Customers Out
15:16 If you’re a techie, you’ve got two options
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