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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s October basically. Another month.

DH is getting demoralized after calling in every network he could. He is desperate to find his next play in tech sales, but nothing is coming through.

We may have to sell our house if no job by January. Move back in with my parents which I know will be really really hard in their small house with all 4 of us. [/quote]

He needs to take any job he can get.  Where is your savings?[/quote]

What else can sales guys do? Before tech sales he was a bartender, studied journalism in college. [/quote]

It sounds like this is the problem. He lacks the skill and experience.  He can go back to bartending.  Anything is better than nothing.[/quote]

He’s been in tech sales 8 years, can turn back now.

He’s way too old to bartend.  What about gov contracting?  I just want something stable; he’s changed jobs every year and now this layoff, the money was great but clearly not at FU money so kind of a roller coaster. [/quote]

Fellow tech sales (and non-tech sales) person here. Your DH needs a career change. If he switched jobs every year then he likely wasn’t very good. They money was good for everyone for the last decade but the gravy train is over for everyone but the best salespeople.

He is not going to make $400k a year. He needs to look for a people skills job. Something interfacing with clients. Account management/CS. Needs to look outside tech and you need a FT job. Sounds like you all live beyond your means. Tighten your budget, downgrade your cars, no vacations, no restaurants, no new clothes, etc. [/quote]

He was switching jobs for bigger pay raises each time. I thought that was what everyone did?[/quote]

In sales the upside is the commission. You start to make real money in years 2, 3, etc if you’re good. Or you jump ship when your ramp time runs out and you can’t cut it. It’s been really easy to fail up for the last decade, but that’s over.

Truly, I think you need to encourage him to look at other options outside of sales. And you should also look for a full time job. He can watch the kids. It doesn’t take *that* long to apply and interview. [/quote]

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