The hiring freeze isn't temporary, it's your new normal
Tech companies didn't pause hiring to save money, they paused it because AI convinced them they don't need you.
Bold perspectives from sales leaders across ANZ
Tech companies didn't pause hiring to save money, they paused it because AI convinced them they don't need you.
Tech companies aren't freezing hiring to cut costs—they're restructuring how sales compensation works, and your OTE is about to get complicated.
When governments make it expensive to do business locally, sales teams get cut first—and Australia just painted a target on every tech AE's back.
When consumers spend more at Woolies, they spend less time buying your enterprise software.
ANZ B2B sales teams are treating long cycles like weather, not like the revenue problem they actually are.
If Australia's biggest retailers can't track what they owe employees for a decade, your startup's commission structure is definitely broken.
When consumers start spending again, enterprise buyers stop accepting your "market downturn" pricing.
While you're still discounting to hit quota, luxury retailers are raising prices and growing faster than any tech vertical.
While you were chasing enterprise deals, retail figured out how to actually grow online revenue, and now your prospects have less budget for your platform.
When a $50B ANZ success story cuts 10% of staff and blames AI, every hiring manager in the region just recalibrated what "enterprise SaaS experience" actually means.
Tech sales professionals keep waiting for the market to "return to normal" – but this is normal now, and your quota just got harder.
Digital commerce eating 52% of B2B revenue means your "relationship selling" pitch just became table stakes, not a strategy.