So i've been at my job for about 3 months and am apparently the poster boy for all the new hires in my role. I'm in FX sales. since my role is new within the company, they decided to modle all the performance figures for everyone in the role after my performance figures. I've also been the only one to bring in new business and i brought in new business after 1.5 months. This all sounds great and my name is touted all over conference calls but i'm exhausted.
My job requires me to make 60-100 calls a day. Calls directly reflect performance since if i don't call enough companies, i won't have enough qualified prospects in my pipeline to close and turn into clients. I work hard and have always done so. The thing is i'm an introvert who can be an extrovert if need be. I'm not in sales because i'm good at it (i suck at schmoozing). I'm in sales because i work hard and can keep up high levels of energy for short periods of time. My old job was pretty stressfree being an account manager as they were all warm calls. For some reason, cold calls drain me.
I get home everyday to my gf and am exhausted. Most of the time i pass out right after dinner. The senior guys here make great money. 150-200 but many of them have white hair and they're not even 40 yet. I took this job to develop sales skills and i think i'm doing well but i took a 30k paycut for this job. I have potential interviews for account management positions that will pay me 90k, and now i'm debating what to do. Career wise, sales > account management so i think i'm making the right move developing these skills. Especially since this is one of the hardest sales industries to make it in. So many people get cut while i'm thriving.
Any older gents have an opinion on this? Apologies if things are a bit incoherent, i'm writing this on limited time.
I used to work 60 hour weeks and be fine (I would drink hard/party and work out as well). I'm now working 45 hour weeks and rarely ever go much over 45 hours but i'm exhausted (I still work out a bit, but alot less).
AAA
My job requires me to make 60-100 calls a day. Calls directly reflect performance since if i don't call enough companies, i won't have enough qualified prospects in my pipeline to close and turn into clients. I work hard and have always done so. The thing is i'm an introvert who can be an extrovert if need be. I'm not in sales because i'm good at it (i suck at schmoozing). I'm in sales because i work hard and can keep up high levels of energy for short periods of time. My old job was pretty stressfree being an account manager as they were all warm calls. For some reason, cold calls drain me.
I get home everyday to my gf and am exhausted. Most of the time i pass out right after dinner. The senior guys here make great money. 150-200 but many of them have white hair and they're not even 40 yet. I took this job to develop sales skills and i think i'm doing well but i took a 30k paycut for this job. I have potential interviews for account management positions that will pay me 90k, and now i'm debating what to do. Career wise, sales > account management so i think i'm making the right move developing these skills. Especially since this is one of the hardest sales industries to make it in. So many people get cut while i'm thriving.
Any older gents have an opinion on this? Apologies if things are a bit incoherent, i'm writing this on limited time.
I used to work 60 hour weeks and be fine (I would drink hard/party and work out as well). I'm now working 45 hour weeks and rarely ever go much over 45 hours but i'm exhausted (I still work out a bit, but alot less).
AAA
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