According to SaaStr's Jason Lemkin, a pattern is emerging: top-performing sales reps are leaving lucrative roles despite six-figure compensation, revealing what many founders overlook. When your best revenue generator walks away with $600,000 a year on the table, the real question isn't why they left—it's what you weren't offering beyond money. Whether it's autonomy, belief in the product, or simply knowing when to move on, this is a diagnostic for misalignment that no commission structure can fix.

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