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About to interview with Pain Management division. Is this a strong division for BSX? a strong product in the category? What is management, pay, product/pipe line looking like? Thanks
 



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About to interview with Pain Management division. Is this a strong division for BSX? a strong product in the category? What is management, pay, product/pipe line looking like? Thanks
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I've been looking at pain since coming to CRM 5 years ago. The one negative that keeps coming up is the patient population. Managing the "ups and downs" of these folks can be frustrating for some reps. This is one of those aspects of the job that probably doesn't really start to emerge until you've been doing it for a few years.

Again - this is all based on a conversations with about a dozen friends in pain and from what have gleaned off the boards here (which must always be taken with a grain of salt).

Good luck - I think that pain management will grow, so from that standpoint is probably not a bad place to be...
 






Connecticut. Apparently they are expanding due to demand in the area. I would be getting hired as Account Manager with a promotion to Territory Manager in the first 12-24 months (possibly sooner). I would be making a move from pharma. Is the bonus potential really as good as they make it sound? Do you enjoy working for Boston Sci? Thanks for your advice.
 



You won't be getting promoted sooner than 12-24. You are moving from pharma with no device experience. This market is like drinking from a fire hose. Big leep. I don't care how good you are. Plus whatever you do will be going towards commission of rep already there and they will not want to see you get promoted soon either. You will be tasked to see patients, do programmings, cover cases, etc... and not have key account management until you can show you can handle the job. Takes a good 6mos - 12mos to know your head from your ass in this job.
 



I do have device experience, although very different from this arena. I understand medical fee schedule fee schedule etc. But I agree that it will take some time and hard work to get a grasp of this new world. Thanks for your feedback on what to expect. Do you think this could be a good careermove if it all works out?
 



You are not being interviewed due to demand in the state. You are being interviewed because the successful sales rep from CT (Karen) left the company to join Medtronic. The only reason Boston Scientific has any business in CT is because MDT has horrible sales reps in the state. BSC has the weakest product line in the industry and hasn't introduced a new product in 6 years. Additionally there is no product pipeline to speak of and the company is actively shopping the division. The cherry on top of this hot mess a Canadian CEO who has an unhealthy fetish for cowboys and disdain for sales reps. Welcome to a veritable Hell zone of horrors. Good luck!
 



Oh, you are so wrong. They just launched new products. That is if you consider wider spaced octrodes and splitting extensions that both MDT and STJ have had for 10 years now. And the relaunch of the paddle was to ensure that the contacts did not fall off while in the patient.
 



BSX Neuromodulation sucks! Their products are 6 years old....Their quality is horrible...
Their Reps have a reputation of slime and sleaziness....NOBODY likes their Reps......
They are a marketing company with zero clinical expertise.....They have a reputation as a slight of hand mob that relies on other companies to do the clinical work while they print fancy brochures with nebulous claims like 'Smooth Wave technology'....At best you could classify them as Blue Jays..Nasty, not well thought of Birds...At worst they are a disgrace to our therapy....
 



Where does the "Clinical Specialist I" position fit into the equation for this line of business? Based on the job description, it sounds like an office based sales job for BSX neuromodulation products. Just wondering because I got a call about an opening in my area.
 



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