The good old days are gone - Sales Tricerat Employee Review

I know being let go is difficult - I have personally experienced the same in my career. It is a shock when it happens and most employees feel it is “without warning”. I also found that as I reflected on my being let go, with time, I recognized there were several truths about what was going on in the company and/or with my performance that I was aware of but conveniently chose to ignore. Through this introspection, I was able to recognize how I shared some of the responsibility and also grew professionally as a result. I agree that working at Tricerat in 2007 was quite a different experience than seven years later. Things change, products mature, market demands shift, competition increases, and continuing to use the same processes that worked in 2007, calling downloads, become more ineffective with each passing year. While doing the same thing as you did last year is the easiest way to manage, it inhibits grow [both personal and corporate] and eventually leads to a company closing. Tricerat has and continues to invest in sales and support team training as well as company-wide education on general topics. Beginning in January of this year, the management team is participating in professional training. We also rely on two outside consultants who provide industry feedback and objective insight to the management team. We are facing our realities head on and proactively managing for growth, and growth brings opportunities for all. I understand you do not agree with my hiring decisions. I can only respond that the people selected for the senior level positions were hired for their energy, enthusiasm, drive, proven experience, and most importantly, their “can-do” attitude. I’m sure most employees would agree that having monthly parties, bonuses, and annual company sponsored trips make for an awesome place to work. It’s just hard to sustain that level of benefits without a growing and dynamic work force that sees and responds appropriately to the changing realities before us. Failing to recognize and address change would be a failure of management, however Tricerat has faced it head on. We have made the hard decisions necessary to restructure for the future, cultivate our talent, and invest in the future instead of looking to the past.