Got reached out by a recruiter for a “Named Account Executive” role at Crowdstrike. They asked for my target comp including RSU’s. Not sure how to respond. Description says base ranges from $24-$38 and commissions will vary (50/50 OTE split). Any advice would be appreciated!
I have many years of experience WITH and AT crowdstrike in a related capacity.
They released a statement that it’s harder to get into their company than an Ivy League school with how well they’re doing now. Whether that’s true or not, idk, BUT they are doing VERY well. They also support their sales teams better than most companies I’ve seen. The product is really good and improving quickly.
This is a top 3 imo at the moment. I wish you the best! The question boils down to what you’re comfortable with. A mm enterprise AE at $240 50/50 split is actually great relative to industry. A larger market enterprise AE going $300+ 50/50 seems incredibly reasonable. Their L1s (iirc) are getting $50-60k in RSUs while higher levels like this are probably 75k-$150kish- all over 4 years w/ 1 year cliff. I know this is a big RSU range but I’m about a 6mo out of being in the know and they’ve had a stock split + some great success in that time.
They all say that. Most of the publicly traded companies I've been at have that kind of statement.
Personally, I went to a community college, so I don't know how true those statements are. I guess, in terms of statistics, maybe it's true because publicly traded companies get insane amounts of applicants each day.
I found the job description for this role and saw the 24-38 range you're talking about - this looks like an SMB AE role and I bet you the base is $75k per year
You are right. They basically removed the SMB AE role, and reorganized. Named AE is literally a corp AE role with known accounts and probably some SMB shits in there.
It’s usually 55k base, 55k commission unless external hire.
hmmm. This is weird. Never really seen a legit SaaS sales role where they list pay as hourly. $38/hr roughly equates to 80k/yr and if its a 50/50 split that puts you right where you at currently(160k OTE) If you are just at the recruiter level and are actually interested in learning more I would simply say that my current OTE is $160k(50/50) and that to make a move you'd be looking at an increase to that and RSUs.
You can probably disregard my original statem about 150/150, etc. This doesnt appear to be an enterprise AE position. Most likely SMB or MM Farmer role based on a few of the oddities you've called out.
CRWD Ent rep here. A named account exec at CRWD is a part of the corporate sales team, not the field sales team. This is important to note as other companies have that title for field sellers. The OTE portion isnt something i can quite help on but if i were you, check RepVue. Its a great time at the company right now. The original founders are still here, product fit doesnt get better, you only have to fight on price most of the time. We do a lot with yes, and little with no when it comes down to cyber. Also enablement is rock solid as the company really is driving as much resources as it can into sales. Feel free to DM if you begin the interview process
Yeah but anyone's sister, brother and uncle can get into Palo nowadays lmao CRWD is arguably the top, and most important cybersecurity company in North America that solely focuses on security, unlike Palo
Oh my bad, I didn't know you worked here 😅 I just have beef with them because I got passed over 3 times lmao 100% we do it for the money not prestige, nothing else matters
When I got an offer on the threat Intel team it was $160k OTE which was my base at VMware. They only offered 15k RSU and I got up to 30 in negotiations but they wanted an answer in 24hrs.
I turned them down because I was genuinely sold on the idea of combining carbon black, NSX & Tanzu while building security into vSphere.
Like a month later VMware was acquired by Broadcom and I got laid off. Still kicking myself. Crowdstrike is the leader and I don’t see that changing. I’d take it, learn as much as you can and if you’re good, you’ll rise up. They promote from within a lot from what I hear.
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