What metrics do you use to justify a pay raise?
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Notion Mid-Market Sales Leader • 3y
When determining whether someone should receive a pay increase, it's important to ask three key questions. 1.) Is the rep displaying the golden side of our values and be...
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Blacksmith VP of Sales | Formerly Zapier, Postman and Slack • 3y
There are many KPI's and metrics you can evaluate for pay raises. Ultimately this is situational based on your companies revenue targets, values and policies. I believe t...
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Braze APAC Vice President of Sales • 3y
I am a firm believer of meritocracy. So when it comes to pay raise especially in sales roles it should be very black and white for a sales rep to determine when would the...
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Carta Senior Director of Sales - Venture Capital at Carta • 1y
This one’s easy! In sales, your performance metrics are your best evidence. Start with your revenue numbers—they’re the clearest indicator of success. Beyond that, track ...
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Bluevine Head of Sales, Lending & Credit • 3mo
The most important metric here is your attainment. Leadership is going to look here first as they'll want to understand how you performed against your target. They'll the...
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HubSpot Director of Sales • 1y
In my opinion, it isn't one specific metric, but rather your consistency across all of the key leading indicator metrics. Attainment is one thing, but the "how" and what ...
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HubSpot Senior Director of Sales | Midmarket • 1y
If I were a sales rep trying to justify a raise, I would ensure I know:-Performance against quota-Percent to goal-MRR / ARR sold-If at a very early stage company, your co...
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RocketReach VP, Sales • 2y
In the end, the lagging indicators are what will justify a raise. They used to call it "earning your seat," referring to the physical seat you sit in. Within sales, you a...
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