Don't be a statistic: 3 Steps To Protect your Job in the Tech industry amid widespread #layoffs.
More than 55,000 people lost their jobs in Jan 2023?per layoffs.fyi and we still have 10 days left this month. We have already exceeded 1/3 of 2022's numbers with 3 weeks of 2023 completed.
1)?Get closer to the revenue of the company.
If you are in Sales, ensure you are in the top 1/2 of the team. If you don't know, find out now. Sales Ops can help you if you don't have access to the data.
2)?If not in Sales, Wrong, in B2B SaaS, everyone is in Sales
What is the most common feature request not delivered that is blocking new Sales or Go Lives? You can find it in JIRA or ask a friendly Prod Manager. There are 3-5 OTHER ways to deliver that same functionality - find one.
Can you automate parts of your job using ChatGPT/GPT-3 and spend that time helping Sales close deals?
Can you automate parts of your sales colleagues' jobs to help them spend more time with customers?
3)?Make yourself more visible to leadership
Learn to market yourself across, up, and down the organization. Knowing the organization better than most and communicating that in a helpful way is invaluable. Help eliminate constraints in the organization that hinder customers from getting value.
4)BONUS:?Regardless of the outcome, become a lifelong learner