Sales #'s/focus bucket

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What is it with the sales #'s taking a huge dive in the past week? Cant these idiots get anything right? It is our freaking money!!! We have already been screwed by this stupid focus bucket! Why have a target that 90% cant attain? Worst damn company I have ever been associated with!!!
 






I have talked to 4 of my collegues in the last few days and 3 stated that the hardship of minimal commission is forcing them to seek higher paying employment. I know that I have exhausted my reserve and will soon be broke. I and others cant take another month of this garbage of incorrect or unfair #'s. I love my job and what I sell but cant make it on these wages any longer.




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What is it with the sales #'s taking a huge dive in the past week? Cant these idiots get anything right? It is our freaking money!!! We have already been screwed by this stupid focus bucket! Why have a target that 90% cant attain? Worst damn company I have ever been associated with!!!
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Word from inside is that there isno way to really fix and verify the numbers with the new system. They will do a mock audit and call it good soon. Supossedly they will work hard at making them correct for next year.




QUOTE=Anonymous;3868584]What is it with the sales #'s taking a huge dive in the past week? Cant these idiots get anything right? It is our freaking money!!! We have already been screwed by this stupid focus bucket! Why have a target that 90% cant attain? Worst damn company I have ever been associated with!!![/QUOTE]
 


















Yes we will be stuck with shitty, inaccurate #'s and our pay will suffer. I have already spent all of my reserve while I waited for them to fix things. Now I am looking elsewhere for employment. No one will be held accountable. Why should they be? The company is saving loads of cash by not having to pay out accurate commissions. None of this is surprising as this is status quo while Skip has been in charge of SD.





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Surgical is going to start losing really good people. I cant believe how they get away with paying their solid sales force so little. The writing is on the wall, they want people to leave, they have too many reps. They have a terrible payment plan this year and this focus bucket is a way to keep everyones commissions down. It seems like management would have done something by now to fix the problem...but nope lets just screw everyone over.

I know I'm looking to leave and consider myself to be a good rep. I hit my #'s (except Focus) including overall # but just am so frustrated.

Peace out COV...thanks for the experience.
 
























Quota's adjusted? Ha, Ha! Even if they cut most of our focus bucket #'s in half the target is still unattainable. You can't sell what is on backorder and where there is no market in your territory(hemmorhoid stapler). I have 2 doctors who staple hemorrhoids and only 55 cases were performed last year. How do you make a big quota # on 55 cases, hand pieces that are on backorder and sils ports in a territory where robots are being installed at a pace of once a month? The only way we could make any money this year is if there was no focus bucket.


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Anyone know if we are getting our quotas adjusted?
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It just keeps getting deeper around here. Has anyone seen Skips bs state of the union post sent out yesterday as a newsletter? He says the same bs as he did at the national meeting and offers no clarification except that things have been difficult but keep selling I am counting on you. How about, I am going to get off my ass and make something happen so you guys can actually make some money?


Anonymous said:
What is it with the sales #'s taking a huge dive in the past week? Cant these idiots get anything right? It is our freaking money!!! We have already been screwed by this stupid focus bucket! Why have a target that 90% cant attain? Worst damn company I have ever been associated with!!!
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Anonymous said:
It just keeps getting deeper around here. Has anyone seen Skips bs state of the union post sent out yesterday as a newsletter? He says the same bs as he did at the national meeting and offers no clarification except that things have been difficult but keep selling I am counting on you. How about, I am going to get off my ass and make something happen so you guys can actually make some money?
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Why not get off your ass and sell? Your not entitled to anything
 












How do you sell products that are all on backorder?? 3/4 of the glorious "focus bucket" has been on backorder for most of the year. All of the EGIA codes have been on backorder for the last couple of months. This whole experiment has been a disaster outside the fields control. Top all this off with another bs meeting in Orlando. We will probably have another 4 days of crappy consultants and senior leadership blowhards that bring no value to anyone. God, please bring me a conversion or evaluation when during this period so I dont have to go through this experience.


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It just keeps getting deeper around here. Has anyone seen Skips bs state of the union post sent out yesterday as a newsletter? He says the same bs as he did at the national meeting and offers no clarification except that things have been difficult but keep selling I am counting on you. How about, I am going to get off my ass and make something happen so you guys can actually make some money?
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Anonymous said:
How do you sell products that are all on backorder?? 3/4 of the glorious "focus bucket" has been on backorder for most of the year. All of the EGIA codes have been on backorder for the last couple of months. This whole experiment has been a disaster outside the fields control. Top all this off with another bs meeting in Orlando. We will probably have another 4 days of crappy consultants and senior leadership blowhards that bring no value to anyone. God, please bring me a conversion or evaluation when during this period so I dont have to go through this experience.
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Another worthless meeting in shitty orlando. These people have no clue what they are doing. Let's spend money on a worthess meeting in a shitty location but set us to fail with the focus quota and not pay us.

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forcing you to seek a higher paying job...are you kidding! You pathetic morons could not sell yourself to any company who would potentially pay more. Keep crying about how your getting screwed byt he company. Soon it will be the government screwing you because you will be filing for unemployment. Mark my words, its coming.
 






So what are you suggesting? That the company will get rid of its salesforce? Really! That would be suicide. Covidien is a sales company and makes no bones about it.


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forcing you to seek a higher paying job...are you kidding! You pathetic morons could not sell yourself to any company who would potentially pay more. Keep crying about how your getting screwed byt he company. Soon it will be the government screwing you because you will be filing for unemployment. Mark my words, its coming.
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Focus bucket is a joke. Less than 10% of the sales force is hitting that #. No RM's and no avps will hit this goal. The whole damn thing is a joke and needs to be thrown out. Shame on you Skip.



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So what are you suggesting? That the company will get rid of its salesforce? Really! That would be suicide. Covidien is a sales company and makes no bones about it.
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