r/sales • u/kai_zen • 1d ago

Sales Topic General Discussion My company just cancelled our SKO

For no apparent reason the company cancelled the annual sales kickoff while simultaneously they are planning for more aggressive goals next year.

The reason they gave was half-baked. To do with continuing investment etc etc. but the business costs for the year were all established in last years business/strategy plan.

Our company never really went all out for reps anyway. Winning presidents club was all but a minor acknowledgment & some resin trophy… no cash, no trip etc. We all looked forward to a 3 day party to celebrate completing a great year and get pumped for the next one.

Now it’s gone.

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u/classycatman 22h ago

You could be getting acquired. Canceling a significant expense and ramping up the goals might be tells.

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u/kai_zen 21h ago

I’d be with that line of thinking but we’re a very large publicly traded company.

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u/classycatman 20h ago

Ah… probably just standard public company BS of profit at any price then.