I have been working for a company for over 7 years.

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September 30,2023 at 1:47PM UTC

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I have been working for a company for over 7 years. I'm a valued worker and am excellent at what I do. I am an accounts manager and I spend a lot of time working with customers and ensuring the accounts of sales projects are correct and in scope of their contracts. However, our workplace is toxic. The salesMEN are very demanding and demeaning of their coworkers. They are non-communicative, demanding, and rude. The boss seems to be more interested in money from sales than the moral of the overall workers. I have had confrontations with a couple of these salesmen as I try to provide support to them. My boss just told me he wants me to work from home because they feel I'm am difficult to work with. I am concerned about not being able to fully complete my job tasks now as I am isolated from my co-workers. Even though me boss has provided me with computers, dual monitors, phone and a printer at my home, it feels like I'm being pushed out.

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AnonymousSeptember 30,2023 at 2:16PM UTC
This is no doubt a difficult situation, but it has an upside.
Consider yourself lucky to be able to work remotely and use the flexibility to begin looking for a new job.
AnonymousSeptember 30,2023 at 2:18PM UTC
This is SOP in a high-powered sales organization. People there are all concerned about their commission check and not much else. They will even screw over the customers if they can get them to sign a big deal. It is not for the faint of heart.
When I was in a sales organization (sales support, not direct sales), we had a reorganization, and my title was adjusted to a level lower than it had been. The VP for our sales region gave me my title and salary adjustment, and I asked him if I would be losing my car allowance due to the title change. I was not so concerned about the title, as I was wanting to know if I got a raise or a cut in my pay (the car allowance was twice what the raise was). He looked at me like I had three heads because the sales guy's paychecks fluctuate by thousands of dollars each month, and I was worried about a couple of hundred dollars.
My advice is if you don't like the cutthroat and backstabbing environment in a sales organization, you need to be looking for a different role, as this is what brings in the money for the company. The same attitude existed when I was selling cars as when I was in corporate sales.
AnonymousSeptember 30,2023 at 2:48PM UTC
You've been ostracized and for a specific reason. If you push to come bacj your boss will most likely let you go. He is supporting his sales team by "protecting them" from you.
The great thing is there are no writeups so the boss has not handled the issue correctly.
So it's true you are being pushed out. Perhaps you can speak with a labor attorney about discrimination and harassment claims against the company.
AnonymousOctober 1,2023 at 3:06AM UTC
I agree. Unfortunately you are not a fit for this organization any longer. Your boss and the sales team feel you're personally too much work but because your boss values your work (at least for now) he allows you a distant contribution. But I would watch your step. You are not irreplaceable. So in this horrible job market, stay put while you look for a better fit. Be grateful for your ability to earn a living while you look.Is it fair? Probably not. Is it reality? Yes
AnonymousOctober 1,2023 at 5:01PM UTC
Quick question....and why have you stayed for 7 years in this place? Clearly as a support person you are going to have to support the business and the people that work there and if they are toxic or hard to work with they will not treat you kindly, and frankly from how you describe this place they don't give a hoot about morale. Supporting a revenue generating sales team is often a boys network and clearly this is what you are dealing with. So the best thing you can do is to work from home and use the home time to look for a kinder gentler employer. Staying there is not good for you.