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On a day to day basis the best Reps serve lunch and then go home. I know. Multiple VIP, Presidents Awards and Corner Stone - we're paid too much.
On a day to day basis the best Reps serve lunch and then go home. I know. Multiple VIP, Presidents Awards and Corner Stone - we're paid too much.
You are a loser. What comes around goes around fella!
Get to work!!
Well that is about what Reps expect from management representation. Sales Reps are F'n off and management yells loser...all the while - the reps have no where to go. They're paid way too much for just lunch dates. Before or after - there simply no offices for Reps to call on - RNs, Office Managers etc are the same as MDs - they don't have time for Sales Reps in the office.
The question is - if everyone in management is aware of it - why are Reps paid so much for working so little?
Let there be no doubt - management is very aware the majority of Sales Reps don't work a full week.
They're covering for the truth - who wants to get fired - stupid.
On an average week I spend close to 30 hours in my car driving to accounts in my (large) territory. Then a couple hours in an account, try to get in 4-6 calls a day.....am I a slacker?
I knew a guy in the west that traveled so much he spent an average of 5 days a month at home.
There's no doubt that access has changed over the years. But you are severely exaggerating to say we can't get in anywhere without a lunch. Each territory is different. There's lots of offices where it's appt only and others I can just walk in. If you're only going to your lunch and drive time isn't the issue, then you are the slacker.
Most business is like this...you have to have a set appointment to see a decision maker and you are limited by their schedules and rules....
In a previous sales career I often would carry clients to dinner because the day office hours were not condusive, in another industry I could only see purchasing agent mostly by appointment, which sometimes meant carrying them out to a restuarant for lunch or bringing in some dounuts and coffee in the early mornings (often before 7:00.) - sound familiar. The rest of my day was spent "cold calling" which is much like I do in pharma and I'd knock off around 3:00.....that was respectful to the clients time....but with pharma I make almost 3x more than I did back then....that's why it's a better gig.
Get up, go do your job as best as you can and try to make it fun when you can....it'll improve your outlook, if not, then this may not be the job for you.
Any Onc territory where Reps make appointments on a daily basis is an exception. That guy might be a slacker for all I know, but it's clear most of Onc territories must be catered. Onc Reps (at least us - in our area) don't have but 3 or 4 places that'll make appointments. And I can't say those that do are high priority calls. It just doesn't work that way. And drive time is always an issue for geographically remote areas.
I wish I had places I could go when I have a visitor drop in - fortunately my manager worked in Oncology and knows the ropes - so he doesn't bust my butt over it.
Any Onc territory where Reps make appointments on a daily basis is an exception. That guy might be a slacker for all I know, but it's clear most of Onc territories must be catered. Onc Reps (at least us - in our area) don't have but 3 or 4 places that'll make appointments. And I can't say those that do are high priority calls. It just doesn't work that way. And drive time is always an issue for geographically remote areas.
I wish I had places I could go when I have a visitor drop in - fortunately my manager worked in Oncology and knows the ropes - so he doesn't bust my butt over it.
On a day to day basis the best Reps serve lunch and then go home. I know. Multiple VIP, Presidents Awards and Corner Stone - we're paid too much.