What's the cost of a bad sales hire — fully loaded?
$240K–$480K per bad AE, fully loaded — and that's the median outcome, not the worst case. A bad hire identified in Month 1 typically isn't terminated until Month 5–6 ([Bridge Group 2025 SDR/AE benchmarks: 5.3 month average ramp, ~6.4 month …
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