I'm going to spill the tea on my abrupt departure from Avoma (it wasn't a good look for them) and my next move.
I got hired there to build an SDR team, was told I'd be recruiting and training 4 US based reps. Spent all of January and February of this year recruiting and interviewing, only to find out hiring would be put "on pause" indefinitely.
I was the SDR team. The quota was 20 meetings/month and I was not able to make that happen. Totally own it. Excuses on this are a dime a dozen.
Was also managing 1 rep based out of India. As a team we were not enabled from the get-go. For example - it took a full 6 months to implement multiple sending domains so we could increase volume. There was also a 3 month period with absolutely no contact data provider. I paid for this out of pocket via Lusha and LeadMagic (shout out @Jesse).
The CEO, Aditya Kothadiya, at one point asked me not to quit suddenly because he knew things were not going as planned and didn't want to be caught in a situation where he was scrambling to back fill my position.
Instead, two weeks later the SDR under me quit (understandably) on a Friday and I was fired the following Monday. He decided to move on from outbound as a concept and focus on inbound. $2000 severance, still haven't received my last commission check. Total slap in the face.
I have two small children, my daughter just turned 2 and my son is 4 months old. My wife is not working right now so at the moment, they have two unemployed parents.
Many people have advised me not to tell this story publicly but I believe it is justified.
In order to make ends meet, I am taking on consulting clients as I look for the next W2 position, making sure I get it right this time. Multiple people warned me against joining Avoma and I should have listened.
It's not fair that companies and their founders can behave this way and face little to no consequences. Anyone thinking about working there should consider this story. Not a good experience.
I am sharing this candidly and accept my responsibility. More updates to come this week, probably focused more on the types of clients I am taking on (outsourced cold email is on the table) and how the job search is going.
Thanks everyone. 😀
Thank you, everyone, for the warm welcome! I’m excited to join Nuivio and look forward to contributing to our shared success.