Deceived Acell Rep
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Deceived Acell Rep
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I just saw two Acell positions posted for Georgia from Healthco Search a.k.a. Peter Dowd & Bob Hutchinson.
Anyone looking into these positions or any others posted around the country PLEASE BEWARE!!!!!! The comp plan posted is a complete lie. Below is the description of the position that was posted from www.medreps.com along with some facts to follow regarding Acell
description posted: Jan 10th, 2013
Surgical OR Sales
Savannah, Georgia | Sales | Medical Devices | $180K - $240K
Compensation:
$180,000 - $240,000
Comp Type: Salary + Commission
Salary: $60,000 - $70,000
Bonus ---
Commission
$120,000 - $170,000
Auto package: None
Travel: 10 - 20%
Benefits: Full Medical Dental Etc $1200/ mo expiences
Description:
Looking for 5+ Years Surgical OR device sales exp.
Main focus General Surgeons, GYN, Urol, Plastics, Wound.
Selling cutting edge Biologic
Base salary to start then move to 100% comm
Target territory to sell 2 mill generating 280K W2's
Full benefits etc.
The facts about Acell!!!
80%++ of the salesforce is making less than 90K/year AND have to pay for their own car, cell phone, etc. You would think that if the comp plan is 180K-240, a rough year puts you at $140-$150... not $75k wit zero car allowance.
MORE FACTS ABOUT ACELL!!!
#1 Product is good, not great. Works well in many case types, but unproven in many situations. More studies are needed.
#2 Acell managers direct you to present information regarding non FDA approved procedures. One thing in common with the top 20% of sales force is that they promote off label procedures.
#3 The guy running the salesforce is in over his head. He has experience as a distributor in Texas. Distributorship models are not used in "real" medical device companies and Texas is verrrrrry different than the rest of the country when it comes Med Device Sales.
#4 Reimbursment is a joke. No outpatient or office based procedures are reimbursed. The DRGs for inpatient surgery dont qualify the majority of the time. They will tell you that they now have Q codes for office based procedures, but they don't get reimbursed.
#5 Absolutely the worst sales tools: Many of the powerpoint picture presentations do not show patients completely heeled.
#6 We have no clinical data, sorry one wound care study of 31 patients. Surgeons are reluctant to experiment on humans, so no data to support claims means Surgeons are stearing clear.
#7 Six reps in the country made $150+ in 2012. Over 80 reps reps made less than $85K. NO car allowance, NO cell phone reimbursement, NO stock options. Overall salesforce compensation is embarrasing.
If you are looking into this position. I beg you to reach out to some current & former Acell reps via Linkedin to get a true feel about the company and dig deep during your interview.
Good luck, I hope you don't make the same mistake that I did by joining Acell. Hopefully I will be gone in the next three months.
(For Bob and Peter.....please stop posting this bullsh_t to try and make a few grand. Over the past year and a half you should have learned by now that this information regarding this position isn't true. Take a look at yourself and think of the families you are hurting by your deceiving postings)
Yours Truly,
Deceived Acell Rep
Anyone looking into these positions or any others posted around the country PLEASE BEWARE!!!!!! The comp plan posted is a complete lie. Below is the description of the position that was posted from www.medreps.com along with some facts to follow regarding Acell
description posted: Jan 10th, 2013
Surgical OR Sales
Savannah, Georgia | Sales | Medical Devices | $180K - $240K
Compensation:
$180,000 - $240,000
Comp Type: Salary + Commission
Salary: $60,000 - $70,000
Bonus ---
Commission
$120,000 - $170,000
Auto package: None
Travel: 10 - 20%
Benefits: Full Medical Dental Etc $1200/ mo expiences
Description:
Looking for 5+ Years Surgical OR device sales exp.
Main focus General Surgeons, GYN, Urol, Plastics, Wound.
Selling cutting edge Biologic
Base salary to start then move to 100% comm
Target territory to sell 2 mill generating 280K W2's
Full benefits etc.
The facts about Acell!!!
80%++ of the salesforce is making less than 90K/year AND have to pay for their own car, cell phone, etc. You would think that if the comp plan is 180K-240, a rough year puts you at $140-$150... not $75k wit zero car allowance.
MORE FACTS ABOUT ACELL!!!
#1 Product is good, not great. Works well in many case types, but unproven in many situations. More studies are needed.
#2 Acell managers direct you to present information regarding non FDA approved procedures. One thing in common with the top 20% of sales force is that they promote off label procedures.
#3 The guy running the salesforce is in over his head. He has experience as a distributor in Texas. Distributorship models are not used in "real" medical device companies and Texas is verrrrrry different than the rest of the country when it comes Med Device Sales.
#4 Reimbursment is a joke. No outpatient or office based procedures are reimbursed. The DRGs for inpatient surgery dont qualify the majority of the time. They will tell you that they now have Q codes for office based procedures, but they don't get reimbursed.
#5 Absolutely the worst sales tools: Many of the powerpoint picture presentations do not show patients completely heeled.
#6 We have no clinical data, sorry one wound care study of 31 patients. Surgeons are reluctant to experiment on humans, so no data to support claims means Surgeons are stearing clear.
#7 Six reps in the country made $150+ in 2012. Over 80 reps reps made less than $85K. NO car allowance, NO cell phone reimbursement, NO stock options. Overall salesforce compensation is embarrasing.
If you are looking into this position. I beg you to reach out to some current & former Acell reps via Linkedin to get a true feel about the company and dig deep during your interview.
Good luck, I hope you don't make the same mistake that I did by joining Acell. Hopefully I will be gone in the next three months.
(For Bob and Peter.....please stop posting this bullsh_t to try and make a few grand. Over the past year and a half you should have learned by now that this information regarding this position isn't true. Take a look at yourself and think of the families you are hurting by your deceiving postings)
Yours Truly,
Deceived Acell Rep