The fuck? If you get a job because you say 3 weeks instead of 4 like everyone else, and you still take 4 weeks. Thats no way to operate a business lmfao.
No, if you keep doing it, you’ll get a reputation for not delivering, and work moves to those that don’t lie.
It works short term, and most businesses dont actually willfully lie to get contracts. Since when they’re broken…. There’s actually recourse that affects you.
So we had this project with a customer we agreed 6 weeks for, and spent 8 weeks on. We got really good feedback from the customer because it was handled well and faster than they expected based on previous experience they had on from others
It’s a way to get lots of customer acquisitions. Push the blame for failing to deliver on the engineers, leave to greener pastures before the fallout comes down on your head, and suddenly we’re left with a new, unprepared and overworked KAM who has no idea what the sales rep promised and the issues we found with the product
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It’s easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission. That goes for customer deadlines as well.
The fuck? If you get a job because you say 3 weeks instead of 4 like everyone else, and you still take 4 weeks. Thats no way to operate a business lmfao.
That’s why I’m not a sales person
Unfortunately there’s a lot of sales people like that
That’s the way most business operate.
No, if you keep doing it, you’ll get a reputation for not delivering, and work moves to those that don’t lie.
It works short term, and most businesses dont actually willfully lie to get contracts. Since when they’re broken…. There’s actually recourse that affects you.
But also, promising unicorns when they don’t exist isn’t a good way to run a business either.
It’s the way to run a business if you’re an AI company
So we had this project with a customer we agreed 6 weeks for, and spent 8 weeks on. We got really good feedback from the customer because it was handled well and faster than they expected based on previous experience they had on from others
It’s a way to get lots of customer acquisitions. Push the blame for failing to deliver on the engineers, leave to greener pastures before the fallout comes down on your head, and suddenly we’re left with a new, unprepared and overworked KAM who has no idea what the sales rep promised and the issues we found with the product
Accenture would beg to differ.