[that_guy_iain]

From my experience, sales is reasonably cut throat. These people aren't there to be friends, they are there solely to sell and make money. If you're not selling you're out the door. If you can't ramp up quick enough, you're out the door. Having a slump? Out the door.

Sure there are lots of friendly normal sales people. Especially, on b2b. But there is still a major culture in a lot of places where it's just people trying to sell and if someone is affecting their ability to sell they need to be gone.