Sales Environment

[Anonymous]

I am considering a position at Hospira. I had spoken with someone about this position last year and they shared that the environment for the sales staff was not very good because of backorders and recalls. They are no longer with the company. Have things improved? Would this be a good time to come onboard? I appreciate serious comments. I was also quoted a salary that I thought was low. Is there much room for negotiation?

 

[Anonymous]

Salary is low, bonus is low. This is not a sales job--you just manage backorders and deal with angry customers since they can't get basic products. If you can find another job then DON'T come on board here. There really isn't anything great here. No one really addresses the root causes of the supply issues and many customers are angry. Not a great place to be at least for a few more years.

 

[Anonymous]

I am considering a position at Hospira. I had spoken with someone about this position last year and they shared that the environment for the sales staff was not very good because of backorders and recalls. They are no longer with the company. Have things improved? Would this be a good time to come onboard? I appreciate serious comments. I was also quoted a salary that I thought was low. Is there much room for negotiation?

Unless they are offering way more than what you are getting now as they are not much into negotiation, and your present job is horrible, stay far away from Hospira. Sales is very poorly managed, DMs have their own little kingdoms there seems to be no national policy as to what a dm can or cannot ask of their reports and then use there one off pet duties as criteria for performance appraisal. incentive bonus falls annually the list is longer than I want to spend time writing about. Just stay away unless you are unemployed.

 

[Anonymous]

What is the worst, and will take a good many years to recoup from is that the customer and the National Accts no longer trust or want to do business with Hospira. And the comment about unhappy customers is right on and rightfully so. The continuous and ongong recalls and backorders for the past 3-4 years continues. Lies from the company issued to the sales team to regurgitate back to the customer about when and how product will come back or be shipped gets real old real fast when they are cancelling surgeries or turning away patients who have come to them for cancer treatment and cannot get it. Abbott saw the writing on the wall and Chris B only made it worse by continuing to feed more bad judgement and greed for his own bank account.

 

[Anonymous]

What is the worst, and will take a good many years to recoup from is that the customer and the National Accts no longer trust or want to do business with Hospira. And the comment about unhappy customers is right on and rightfully so. The continuous and ongong recalls and backorders for the past 3-4 years continues. Lies from the company issued to the sales team to regurgitate back to the customer about when and how product will come back or be shipped gets real old real fast when they are cancelling surgeries or turning away patients who have come to them for cancer treatment and cannot get it. Abbott saw the writing on the wall and Chris B only made it worse by continuing to feed more bad judgement and greed for his own bank account.

The sales and marketing division is also a big contributor to the problems. Just look at the mega spin put into the recent Hospira video series featuring Mike Ball on the Hospira website. They maybe putting 1 million into much needed quality improvements but just wasted another million to ad agencies for the videos plus all the other spin being dished out. Hospira is great only in Hospira's mind. The marketing machine is in full spin mode and don't have the ethics to even cross their fingers behind their backs while doing it..

 

[Anonymous]

I am considering a position at Hospira. I had spoken with someone about this position last year and they shared that the environment for the sales staff was not very good because of backorders and recalls. They are no longer with the company. Have things improved? Would this be a good time to come onboard? I appreciate serious comments. I was also quoted a salary that I thought was low. Is there much room for negotiation
sure you are and michael jackson whipped tyson c'mon you gotta do better than this for a bogus post BTW keep answering yourself phewwww what a "mow-ron"

 

[Anonymous]

The sales and marketing division is also a big contributor to the problems. Just look at the mega spin put into the recent Hospira video series featuring Mike Ball on the Hospira website. They maybe putting 1 million into much needed quality improvements but just wasted another million to ad agencies for the videos plus all the other spin being dished out. Hospira is great only in Hospira's mind. The marketing machine is in full spin mode and don't have the ethics to even cross their fingers behind their backs while doing it..

wow I didn't know all this thanks for the phony info bye bye "loose-r"

 

[Anonymous]

What is the worst, and will take a good many years to recoup from is that the customer and the National Accts no longer trust or want to do business with Hospira. And the comment about unhappy customers is right on and rightfully so. The continuous and ongong recalls and backorders for the past 3-4 years continues. Lies from the company issued to the sales team to regurgitate back to the customer about when and how product will come back or be shipped gets real old real fast when they are cancelling surgeries or turning away patients who have come to them for cancer treatment and cannot get it. Abbott saw the writing on the wall and Chris B only made it worse by continuing to feed more bad judgement and greed for his own bank account.

wow I would have never imagined all this was taking place I still can't believe it but since its posted on CP it must be true (yeah)

 

[Anonymous]

yeah it is
I can answer my own too !