TLDR: A Cloudflare AE who just started, still on ramp after 3 months, was terminated and recorded the call asking “I’m being let go for no reason?”
A Cloudflare Account Executive was let go recently during the Cloudflare layoffs that occurred this week. The AE was asked to join a call with two individuals she had never met before and provided notice of her termination.
The AE was 3 months into her role starting in October of 2023, asked to build pipeline and close deals. As a sales rep myself we know that it is extremely difficult to walk into a new company with a patch of accounts that are provided to us, that are usually terrible, and close things at rapid speed. Further the AE’s LinkedIn states she is a mid-market AE, which those deals can take up to a couple of months from top of the funnel to close.
During the recorded session the AE repeatedly asks “why was I let go?” in which the unknown persons speaking, most likely HR, refused to provide answers on the call.
Listen to the call yourselves and remember this next time you pledge loyalty to any company.
