Expectations of career day event

Quote






Anonymous said:
I'm in the interview process with ISI and the next step is a career day event. Did anyone go through this process when they were interviewing? What might I expect?
Click to expand...

My experience was great. Marshall Coyle (internal recruiter) set me up for my career day. I got the chance to meet with both the Clinical Sales Director and Area VP that day. It was awesome. I met with Andy Sale 2 weeks later and had a job offer the following week. I've been here with ISI for the past 2 years and absolutely love it.
 


















I'm just a CSR who enjoys working for Intuitive. Weird huh? That may seem very foreign to the few idiots who constantly get on this board and whine. I love being in the OR each day supporting all types of robotic cases, training surgeons and having great da Vinci accounts with good numbers. I also like not hauling around an 80 pound bag full of devices and having to be there for every single case, or a 100 pounds worth of instrument trays and pans. I also love not having to be on call 24/7 and having my cases on the schedule in advance. I also love making 200k+ easily year after year. I also love being a darling medical device company to Wall Street who trusts that we'll continue to grow 20% year after year. I love it that our stock is well over $500 per share. I also like building new surgical specialty programs and helping accounts grow their business. I don't mind traveling with surgeons for training and advanced courses. I freaking love working here and plan on retiring here. I don't work in Sunnyvale. I'm just your average CSR who enjoys hitting plan every quarter and doing my job. Sorry if you don't believe me, but seriously what is there to complain about these days????
 






Anonymous said:
I'm just a CSR who enjoys working for Intuitive. Weird huh? That may seem very foreign to the few idiots who constantly get on this board and whine. I love being in the OR each day supporting all types of robotic cases, training surgeons and having great da Vinci accounts with good numbers. I also like not hauling around an 80 pound bag full of devices and having to be there for every single case, or a 100 pounds worth of instrument trays and pans. I also love not having to be on call 24/7 and having my cases on the schedule in advance. I also love making 200k+ easily year after year. I also love being a darling medical device company to Wall Street who trusts that we'll continue to grow 20% year after year. I love it that our stock is well over $500 per share. I also like building new surgical specialty programs and helping accounts grow their business. I don't mind traveling with surgeons for training and advanced courses. I freaking love working here and plan on retiring here. I don't work in Sunnyvale. I'm just your average CSR who enjoys hitting plan every quarter and doing my job. Sorry if you don't believe me, but seriously what is there to complain about these days????
Click to expand...

What is there to complain about? How about endless conference calls, shit loads of admin work, having the ASM/KAD come in and fuck up your accounts by pissing everyone off, constantly having to sell to GYNs that don't want to or need to use the device, unrealistic growth expectations that lead to people lying about their numbers, stupid high turnover, etc, etc, etc. Can we just start with those issues?
 






Anonymous said:
What is there to complain about? How about endless conference calls, shit loads of admin work, having the ASM/KAD come in and fuck up your accounts by pissing everyone off, constantly having to sell to GYNs that don't want to or need to use the device, unrealistic growth expectations that lead to people lying about their numbers, stupid high turnover, etc, etc, etc. Can we just start with those issues?
Click to expand...

Quit your job! That would be a good start! Believe me, there are hundreds of applicants who would love to take your job.
 






Anonymous said:
Quit your job! That would be a good start! Believe me, there are hundreds of applicants who would love to take your job.
Click to expand...

You are so full of shit it's unbelievable. The "hundreds" of applicants that I see interviewing for jobs with ISI are scrubs from 3rd rate med device companies and pharma reps. ISI isn't getting top talent anymore because the word is out on how shitty the job is.
 






Anonymous said:
You are so full of shit it's unbelievable. The "hundreds" of applicants that I see interviewing for jobs with ISI are scrubs from 3rd rate med device companies and pharma reps. ISI isn't getting top talent anymore because the word is out on how shitty the job is.
Click to expand...

I would rather work and deal with third rate medical device and pharma reps then someone like you! And really!? You think we are not getting top talents because you say so? Please, wake up from your stupidity! Just quit your job and move on. Do all of us a favor.
 






Anonymous said:
I would rather work and deal with third rate medical device and pharma reps then someone like you! And really!? You think we are not getting top talents because you say so? Please, wake up from your stupidity! Just quit your job and move on. Do all of us a favor.
Click to expand...

If you truly believe that there aren't serious issues with ISI's culture you must be one of the following: you're brand new and still drinking the kool aid, you aren't in sales (probably Marshall), or you're lying. Even the longest tenured guys there know it's a messed up place to work, but they do it because they believe it's financially worth it.
 






Anonymous said:
If you truly believe that there aren't serious issues with ISI's culture you must be one of the following: you're brand new and still drinking the kool aid, you aren't in sales (probably Marshall), or you're lying. Even the longest tenured guys there know it's a messed up place to work, but they do it because they believe it's financially worth it.
Click to expand...

Working in corporate is no walk in the park.
 






Anonymous said:
Working in corporate is no walk in the park.
Click to expand...

I went through a career day also set up by Marshall Coyle, he is a good man. You'll meet with every decision maker and the likely next step will be a field visit which I highly recommend. They dont bring you in for one unless they feel you are worth it.
Have your ducks in a row and drink plenty of coffee, it is rapid fire but well worth it.
 


















Anonymous said:
should i wear a suit? or is it a pretty casual atmosphere?
Click to expand...

Hmm, let's see. You'll be selling a $2mm piece of equip. You'll be asking surgeons to put their reputations in your hands as you train them. You'll be convincing hospital Marketing Depts that they cannot survive without a strong market development plan. You'll be meeting with IS Managers, Directors, and VP who all have small fortunes tied up in ISRG options... And these same managers are trying to find a way to grow their business by 30% in under 90 days...

Yeah, it's a pretty chill environment. Go in with the scrubs on.
 






Anything else you want to tell us about your sales strategy? Thanks for the info. Now I can go effectively tell everyone why they should not trust you with their reputations (you are paid to tell them lies, and the robot will not make them better/safer surgeons), why it is not cost effective to put any money into a market development plan (money better spent teaching doctors how to suture laparoscopically), and present other (more cost effective) options to help them more effectively grow their volume. care to share exactly where you are and which accounts you are targeting to save me some time. thanks again!
 






Anonymous said:
Anything else you want to tell us about your sales strategy? Thanks for the info. Now I can go effectively tell everyone why they should not trust you with their reputations (you are paid to tell them lies, and the robot will not make them better/safer surgeons), why it is not cost effective to put any money into a market development plan (money better spent teaching doctors how to suture laparoscopically), and present other (more cost effective) options to help them more effectively grow their volume. care to share exactly where you are and which accounts you are targeting to save me some time. thanks again!
Click to expand...

Just a couple of questions for you.

How long has lap. surgery been around? Why did its marketshare hit a wall years ago and why is it declining?
 






Anonymous said:
Just a couple of questions for you.

How long has lap. surgery been around? Why did its marketshare hit a wall years ago and why is it declining?
Click to expand...

le't be honest here. robotic surgery is for surgeons who cannot do lap surgery. if they had the skill to do lap surgery, they would. if they get into a jam, the patient is screwed. good luck. and don't hurt anybody.
 












Anonymous said:
so using your logic - 80% of surgeons can't do lap surgery?
Click to expand...

Hey kool aid drinker! Next you're going to tell us that laparoscopic surgery is a failed technology...any other ISI quotes you want to put out there? Some people do make money with the robot but the vast majority don't. It's Highes value is in prostate and hearts where it saves people from having a huge open surgery. Come check back with us when you've been with ISI longer than 2 quarters. Do that shit for 17 quarters and then talk....until then, zip it up.
 






Top Bottom
Back
Quote