Info on company

anonymous

Guest
Just got off the phone with a recruiter about an open position. I take these message boards with a grain of salt but am asking for info anyways. Can anyone give me some pros a d cons, challenges etc. Recrujiter said base of 70-75k and 1st year 115k. Gas, expenses. She was not sure on car allowance.
Thanks for any honest feed back.
 






$115k at Acell seems about right being Acell is a 'C' player in the market at best, doesn't pay that well and serves as a stepping stone for those who have aspirations to make more money.
 






Good questions. No car allowance, but you will have a chance to make up for it in commissions. Acell is pretty simple to understand. Almost 8 years on the market and never really matured to the point of graduating out of start-up phase. They were essentially started and operated with the goal of selling the company. Someone will tell you the whole story when you are around long enough.The technology is exciting and you will see phenomenal outcomes for your patients. The power of the material is actually downplayed for a number of reasons. Another time and another place. C player from the post above is certainly true when it comes to the management, marketing and education arm of the company. I'm not sure I would even give them a C. Remove all the sales managers, marketing and education mgrs from the company and the sales reps that understand the technology will still continue to produce. Good idea to find the reps that have been around over 5 years, not many of them, but they will tell you the truth. Speaking of, some managers are really cool to work with, some are nightmares. Not very different from any other company. The corporate structure is very immature in my opinion. I feel like they made some serious mistakes by filling key positions from outside of the company(wrong approach for the wrong company). Again, that is typical in any corporate entity. But hiring children without startup experience to make strategy-management decisions is not wise. 115k should be within easy reach if that's what they are giving you for plan. Just understand that there are so many technologies on the market right now playing in the regenerative space and I think many surgeons are getting worn out by it. If you are in a overly saturated market, it may be a little longer to reach your number, but its not impossible. I would not steer you away from the company, but I would tell you to go in with 20/20 vision.
 






Very helpful. Do you think they are still coming out with new tech or at least trying too. 115k seems a little low for surgical sales, is standard for wound care? Thanks for the input. I'm interviewing now and just wanted inside scoop.
 






Good questions. No car allowance, but you will have a chance to make up for it in commissions. Acell is pretty simple to understand. Almost 8 years on the market and never really matured to the point of graduating out of start-up phase. They were essentially started and operated with the goal of selling the company. Someone will tell you the whole story when you are around long enough.The technology is exciting and you will see phenomenal outcomes for your patients. The power of the material is actually downplayed for a number of reasons. Another time and another place. C player from the post above is certainly true when it comes to the management, marketing and education arm of the company. I'm not sure I would even give them a C. Remove all the sales managers, marketing and education mgrs from the company and the sales reps that understand the technology will still continue to produce. Good idea to find the reps that have been around over 5 years, not many of them, but they will tell you the truth. Speaking of, some managers are really cool to work with, some are nightmares. Not very different from any other company. The corporate structure is very immature in my opinion. I feel like they made some serious mistakes by filling key positions from outside of the company(wrong approach for the wrong company). Again, that is typical in any corporate entity. But hiring children without startup experience to make strategy-management decisions is not wise. 115k should be within easy reach if that's what they are giving you for plan. Just understand that there are so many technologies on the market right now playing in the regenerative space and I think many surgeons are getting worn out by it. If you are in a overly saturated market, it may be a little longer to reach your number, but its not impossible. I would not steer you away from the company, but I would tell you to go in with 20/20 vision.

this may be the first insightful post i've seen on this page.