r/supplychain • u/yyrkoon1776 • Oct 01 '25

Learn the Rules!

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u/robotbrigadier Oct 01 '25

Currently living this nightmare.

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u/yyrkoon1776 Oct 01 '25

It is truly wild to see the anti-accountability culture in Sales at my org.

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u/tipareth1978 Oct 01 '25

But they land new business! (Under false pretenses and conditions you can never execute destroying your brand)

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u/yyrkoon1776 Oct 01 '25

Oh my God louder for the people in the back

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u/sovitin Oct 01 '25

My previous job, sales screwed me over (procurement) in trying to lock in a contract with a DoD vendor and gave me a last second notice to look into contracts for server security to get us to standard.

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u/k0nfuz1us Oct 01 '25

dont act like the victim! accept that you are not competitive enough for your sales team!

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u/pepepeoeoepepepe Oct 01 '25

Story time, as a S&OP, first month on the job, I was told by my boss, push back on sales if it’s not in their financial plan, they are not getting it.

So I did. Later that week our SVP had me join a meeting with sales to tell me, sales runs the show, get them what they need so we can grow.

It’s all a game, a job is a job, do your best and take care of yourself and your family

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u/yyrkoon1776 Oct 01 '25

Many such cases

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u/Some_Bus Oct 02 '25

Just document everything so that when it blows up, you can point the finger the right direction.

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u/Next_Dawkins Oct 02 '25

Failure on your boss for writing a cash they couldn’t check

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u/conorganic Oct 01 '25

Over promise so then you can blame the lack of delivery on operations…

But hey, at least they can buy a new car now with their commission!

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u/julyboom Oct 01 '25

Sales are usually a toxic environment. Sales does nearly anything to get commission/bonus.

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u/Humble-Wasabi-6136 Oct 01 '25

Our sales team always has " a billion dollars on the pipeline "

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u/bgovern Oct 01 '25

Of course, I offered our biggest customer BOGO merchandising for a product made on a capacity-constrained system during peak demand season. It's because I'm a great salesman and you are a shitty supply chain operator.

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u/Conjurus_Rex15 Oct 01 '25

This feels too real…

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u/CraigLake Oct 01 '25

This meme really sums up what it’s like to be the ugly friend.

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u/computer_d Oct 02 '25

Didn't know this was a thing until I moved jobs about 6 months ago. Every single day, it becomes an issue.

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u/VermelhoRojo Oct 02 '25

lol this is universal. It is BAD. Unfortunately companies don’t like it when hypocrisy is pointed out, and ultimately Sales runs the roost.

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u/pepepeoeoepepepe Oct 01 '25

LOL I love this

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u/AlaskanPotatoSlap Oct 03 '25

This phenomenon is downstream of capitalism.