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I am interviewing for Pittsburgh North. Pittsburgh and several other cities with current job openings have multiple territories open, in each city. Can someone please give me an idea how many reps will sell Apligraf once these new openings are filled across the country?

Thank you!
 












As in Joe Namath? He started drinking again, unfortunately

Seriously, I'm the OP....can anyone help me? I'm interviewing for an open position in Pittsburgh and trying to get an idea of how many Apligraf reps there are altogether. I was laid off from an immunology company in March. I hated to admit it but I knew we were tripping over each other-380 reps total and I figured they would lay off eventually- I just didn't find another job soon enough and was cut. Now I'm desparately trying to re-enter the work force. I know I can't really afford to be choosy but I would feel better if I had at least some idea how many reps there are so I don't end up getting squeezed all over again.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer!
 






Anonymous said:
I am interviewing for Pittsburgh North. Pittsburgh and several other cities with current job openings have multiple territories open, in each city. Can someone please give me an idea how many reps will sell Apligraf once these new openings are filled across the country?

Thank you!
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I can tell you this: I HATE MY JOB AT OI
 












Anonymous said:
As in Joe Namath? He started drinking again, unfortunately

Seriously, I'm the OP....can anyone help me? I'm interviewing for an open position in Pittsburgh and trying to get an idea of how many Apligraf reps there are altogether. I was laid off from an immunology company in March. I hated to admit it but I knew we were tripping over each other-380 reps total and I figured they would lay off eventually- I just didn't find another job soon enough and was cut. Now I'm desparately trying to re-enter the work force. I know I can't really afford to be choosy but I would feel better if I had at least some idea how many reps there are so I don't end up getting squeezed all over again.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer!
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Perhaps you could post your name as well. Wait, that's not needed.
 






Anonymous said:
As in Joe Namath? He started drinking again, unfortunately

Seriously, I'm the OP....can anyone help me? I'm interviewing for an open position in Pittsburgh and trying to get an idea of how many Apligraf reps there are altogether. I was laid off from an immunology company in March. I hated to admit it but I knew we were tripping over each other-380 reps total and I figured they would lay off eventually- I just didn't find another job soon enough and was cut. Now I'm desparately trying to re-enter the work force. I know I can't really afford to be choosy but I would feel better if I had at least some idea how many reps there are so I don't end up getting squeezed all over again.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer!
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If you're concerned with how many reps there are, you should probably take yourself out of the interview process.
 


















Anonymous said:
You don't have a job and you're worried about how many reps are in the field. You would be better off waiting on a better opportunity anyway. This is a glorified pharma job that has a 1-2 year timeline.
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It's been out for 10 yrs.... why do you say 1 - 2 more years? Competition or life span of an OI rep?
 
























Anonymous said:
Re-read post number 7 in it's entirety. He/she explains that they aren't being choosy and why they are interested in knowing.

Stop glossing over everything and pay attention. This is why you aren't effective selling anything.
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We have moved beyond post #7. The question now is why is the lifespan of an OI rep 1 -2 years. Quotas that are too high? Management that makes life unbearable? I think that it is you who is not paying attention.
 


















It's the compensation program, the lack of timely pay for commission and expenses and the management. I don't know if they changed any of of them. The goals were attainable and obviously they gradually increased. The biggest issue I had was that, OI only paid monthly commission on performance greater than 90% (which is fine). However, for example; if your goal in August was 95 units and you only sold 85 units you would recieve no commission (89% to goal). Yet, you generated approx. $127,000 revenue for the company for the month of August. Trust me, you generate the revenue, Apligraf just does not sell itself. There were many quarters, where you hit a quarter goal (q2) because of maybe one good month (May) and 2 average months (April, June) and your total compensation for the 3 months is actually less than if you hit every month at 100%. It just did not make any sense since you are generating substantial money for the company and not being properly compensate. There were no rhyme or reason for the goals either and they never shared thier reasoning. Very few stay at OI for longer than 1 year. It was a fun company and great experience but, basically worker bee mentality.
 
























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