Sales Development Representative
Homebase · Houston, TX
- Base
- Not disclosed
- OTE
- $70K–$75K
- Quota attainment
- Not disclosed
- Posted
- 2mo ago
Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.
Ask: “What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?”
Still open · checked 2h agoon Homebase's careers page
What Homebase sells
Helps small shops hire and manage their teams
Running a small business means finding good people and keeping a team on track, and many owners still do it the old way. Homebase is an app built to help small business owners modernize how they hire and manage their teams. With Homebase, that work gets easier to handle.
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Proceed with cautionA few things here deserve a hard look before you spend time on it.
- Pay
- OTE is listed. Ask what the base is.
- Transparency
- Says nothing about quota, attainment, deal size, territory or sales cycle.
- Pipeline
- Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
- Time on market
- Open 70 days. Ask why it's been hard to fill.
- Company hiring
- This is their only open sales role.
Red flags
- Heavy call quotas. It sets a daily dial or activity number. Expect to be managed on activity, not outcomes.
Green flags
- Publishes OTE. It tells you the on-target earnings up front. Most postings don't.
Based only on what the posting says. Flags are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.
Questions to ask on the first call
Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.
- 1.
Is the daily activity number a hard requirement, or a guide? What happens if you miss it?
Tells you if you'll be judged on deals or on dials.
- 2.
What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?
OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.
- 3.
What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?
Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.
- 4.
Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?
A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.
- 5.
Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?
Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.
- 6.
Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?
New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.
When the offer comes
Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.
- 1.
Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?
What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.
- 2.
Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?
The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.
- 3.
I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?
Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.
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The role
You prospect small business owners via high-volume calls, email, and LinkedIn, qualify them, and book discovery calls for AEs to close. The role is outbound-heavy with daily activity metrics.
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Selling motion
Who you're selling to
- Buyer:
- Small business ownersIn their words: “Prospect and qualify small business owners ready to modernize how they hire and manage teams”
- Company size:
- SMB
Pipeline expectations
Compensation
What is not disclosed
This posting doesn't tell you:
- Base salary
- Quota size
- Quota attainment
- Average deal size
- Territory
- Sales cycle length
The questions above cover the big ones.