Re: Why IBM sales critters lead with DB2 and practically ignore IDS unless its an IDS customer...
On Sep 2, 1:07 pm, scottishpoet <drybur...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> IBMers don't like change. They like their 9-5 life that doesn't change. They like being a cog in the wheel. Never having to think for themselves. > > 9-5 life? lol Well, yeah those who work behind the scenes in their bureaucratic jobs. Its a survival mechanism, otherwise the job could suck you in. In order to him my quotas, I usually had to work 12 hours a day, 14-16 hours when I was handed an RFP at the last minute. Plus weekends. There's all these con-calls, getting the management reports in so that they can track your pipeline, more con-calls, customer sat issues, driving to the airport at 4:30 am, flying out for the day, catching the last flight home, hitting the sack at 11 so you can start the day at 6:30 and face your 7:00 con-call for a different customer.... Of course then there's the frustration where you need to talk to contracts and they're gone for the day at 5:00. Or you need a quick response from someone from IGS, and you can't find the right guy. But said right guy happens to find you so you can add him to Seibel as the deal gets closer to closing so he can add it to his pipeline. Oh the stories I could tell....
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > On Sep 2, 1:07 pm, scottishpoet <drybur...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>>> IBMers don't like change. They like their 9-5 life that doesn't change. They like being a cog in the wheel. Never having to think for themselves. >>>> >> 9-5 life? lol >> > > Well, yeah those who work behind the scenes in their bureaucratic > jobs. Its a survival mechanism, otherwise the job could suck you in. > In order to him my quotas, I usually had to work 12 hours a day, 14-16 > hours when I was handed an RFP at the last minute. Plus weekends. > There's all these con-calls, getting the management reports in so that > they can track your pipeline, more con-calls, customer sat issues, > driving to the airport at 4:30 am, flying out for the day, catching > the last flight home, hitting the sack at 11 so you can start the day > at 6:30 and face your 7:00 con-call for a different customer.... > > Of course then there's the frustration where you need to talk to > contracts and they're gone for the day at 5:00. Or you need a quick > response from someone from IGS, and you can't find the right guy. But > said right guy happens to find you so you can add him to Seibel as the > deal gets closer to closing so he can add it to his pipeline. > > Oh the stories I could tell.... > http://www.killerclips.com/clip.php?id=108&qid=1249 -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com