• phillaholic@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    They can, but $3mil dollar deals don’t just line up outside your office. Getting 3 of those per year like clockwork probably isn’t normal.

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      1 year ago

      Not normal or everyday perhaps, but the equipment is still needed for other businesses to function.

      Also the notion that sales is the most important department in corporate since they, well, bring in the sales.

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        1 year ago

        Also the notion that sales is the most important department in corporate since they, well, bring in the sales.

        The sales people can’t sell anything without the people who make the actual equipment. On the other hand things still sell without sales people. One of the largest contracts at my company was a company that reached out to us unprompted.

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          1 year ago

          They may have only been able to reach out do to the work of sales getting the company name out there, advertising, or word of mouth through engagement that sales were responsible for. In a healthy company all departments are vital to success.