u/dominic6565

Not sure if it’s just us but half the “leads” we get are basically names and emails with zero context. End up spending more time figuring out who the company is, what they actually do, where they ship etc than actually reaching out. Linkedin, google, old emails… feels like detective work before even sending a proper message and even then half the time it’s the wrong contact or outdated info. Starting to feel like we’re not even doing sales, just researching people all day, does this get better with scale or is this just part of the job?

Started in FF not too long ago and at first it felt manageable. rfq comes in → ask partners → wait → compare → send to client: repeat 20 times a day

but as things picked up it’s just turned into this never ending loop of emails and copy pasting

feel like i’m not even doing “freight” anymore, just forwarding emails and chasing people all day

pretty sure if i disappear my inbox will still keep working without me

anyone else dealing with this or is this just part of the job and i need to accept my fate?