Talking to a sales guy is at best inefficient, most likely a waste of time, and at worst, torture. Lies, broken promises, tacky tactics. They will defend the "

Talking to a sales guy is at best inefficient, most likely a waste of time, and at worst, torture. Lies, broken promises, tacky tactics. They will defend the "value-add" of their profession but it's a complete and utter joke. I used to work sales at Oracle selling StorageTek libraries. Google, Apple, Salesforce etc would just draft up POs themselves and send them straight for processing without ever talking to the sales guy about anything. Thankfully I now work in support at a consumer heating oil delivery company and I feel like I'm infinitely more helpful and engaged in my work.