u/flowingfiercely

I’ve been in telco for 5 years, worked up from retail sales, which was my first job, to a SMB Ae.

I have a good system in place and full autonomy. No quota, but no base salary. I’m in Europe and from what I’ve seen there’s not a lot of companies in the SaaS market, but I’ve been to a few interviews from LinkedIn but eventually declined the offer.

I make decent money right now and the job is relatively easy, as in telco the only thing that matters is the price, and our prices are the lowest in the country.

So the job is relatively stress free, I make decent money, but as every salesperson ever, I want to make even more while I can.

Here and from my coworkers, I’m hearing a lot of talk about telco being obsolete and not “impressive” on the CV. I don’t see any future progression besides being a team lead or a mentor in my company, which got me thinking about switching to SaaS.

TLDR : Would you stay in low stress, decent/enough to live but no savings, or risk it for a better, higher paying job and for future career growth?

I know there’s a big difference in salaries between US and Europe, but from what I’ve seen even in Europe, SaaS is where the moneys at.

Thanks.