Salient Surgical Technologies

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It might be a nuisance lawsuit but even then it makes only a little sense from that perspective given that Bovie isn't exactly seen these days as a paragon of thought leadership and execution. The technology is fine but both Salient and Bovie seem to be companies that can't get out of their own way. Salient still wants to be US Surgical (even though it’s been borne out that being US Surgical almost killed US Surgical) and Bovie is doing “me-too” products under the premise that vessel sealing and saline surgery are new and ground-breaking technologies, not to mention the J-Plasma that has been right around the corner for the last five years.
 






LMAO! So, now Roby is fired? What happened? Did he dare say no to Joe? Did he have a momentary lapse of the "yes men" mentality?

Anybody paying attention to the Northeast? Lost 2 more! Yes, Stark was a terrific addition. About as good as JD was.

And what about the upcoming meeting in..................Portsmouth? Ohhhhh, Can't wait!

See you all there!
 


















While I can appreciated job frustration and negativity towards one's employer, (no company on this board is free from it) some of us do indeed need a job and to support our families.

So, if someone who works for Salient wouldn't mind putting their own negative experiences aside for a moment and answer a few questions for me, I'd appreciate it.

Salient is currently advertising on medreps.com. The package lists a 40K salary with total compensation ranging from 140-160K plus car allowances and benefits. Here are my questions:

1. How much of the 100-120K commission + bonus can a 1st year rep with the company expect to earn? What did you earn your first year?

2. Of that 100-120K, what percentage of it is commission and what percentage bonus? How often are commissions paid? Monthly? Quarterly?

3. What is the car allowance?

4. Lastly, the job posting states that all new employees have to pass an intense product training and a test. How long is this training period? Are you paid for it? How difficult was the test?

Thanks,

job hunter
 






Anonymous said:
While I can appreciated job frustration and negativity towards one's employer, (no company on this board is free from it) some of us do indeed need a job and to support our families.

So, if someone who works for Salient wouldn't mind putting their own negative experiences aside for a moment and answer a few questions for me, I'd appreciate it.

Salient is currently advertising on medreps.com. The package lists a 40K salary with total compensation ranging from 140-160K plus car allowances and benefits. Here are my questions:

1. How much of the 100-120K commission + bonus can a 1st year rep with the company expect to earn? What did you earn your first year?

2. Of that 100-120K, what percentage of it is commission and what percentage bonus? How often are commissions paid? Monthly? Quarterly?

3. What is the car allowance?

4. Lastly, the job posting states that all new employees have to pass an intense product training and a test. How long is this training period? Are you paid for it? How difficult was the test?

Thanks,

job hunter
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1. You can earn all of it or more. This question is 100% dependent on territory.
2. Commissions are paid monthly, your end of quarter month will be larger than months 1 and 2 however. ex: M1 6000, M2 6000, M3 (end of q) 12000 that's assuming you're about at plan.
3. $0.50 per mile
4. You are paid, training is two weeks. The test isn't difficult & training is very worthwhile.

Good luck.
 






Unfortunately, most of these posts or forums have all moved toward a hate venue. My advice is that you talk to three or four reps that actively work for the company.

The world is full of different people, do'ers don't waste time on these sites. disgruntles ex employees so - they should be concentrating on their current opportunity or job ___ anyhow - they will soon be spending more time maliciously attacking their current employer instead of looking in the mirror>
 






thank you

regarding territories.

Does the company have reasonable expectations that say (hypothetically) Anchorage, Alaska isn't going to produce near the sales volume as New York City?

Also, how lenient is the company on reps missing plan? If you miss for three months are you out?

What about continued training after you are employed?
 






This past year, the growth number was $200,000 for all territories (regardless of location). As you might imagine, this caused some unrest. But the truth is that the bigger metro areas can be considerably more time consuming and difficult to get placements for this product. The smaller community hospitals can be gold mines.

Lenient on missing plan? I suppose that depends on the circumstances. I haven't seen anything unreasonable (yet). There is some formal training after new hire (labs, sales meetings, online modules, etc).
 












I am interviewing for a spot in the SW and am trying to find some information on the effectiveness of the product line. What are the outcomes of the 2 studies which were just completed at The Cleveland Clinic and Montefiore Medical Center??
 






if you're still thinking about taking a job with SS - you better be wearing your crash helmet. the reason why nobody responded (it may be because the main poster to this thread is that pussy in the SW) is because the product is not working. the docs in the 2 studies which you mentioned are paid for by SS ($300,000) and they still have a 40% transfusion rate. no wonder why no one responded! my advice would be to stay far far away from this train wreck of a company - almost every rep is trying to escape!!
 






Blood Management is a marketing tool that looks great for hospitals on paper however bringing in the tools and companies to create a "blood management program" cost a ton of money and is very hard to justify. Its the new buzzword like MIS surgery was 10 years ago. See Haemonetics, like this dump they sell overpriced products and try and create solutions for hospitals for a perceived problem.
 






SS is searching for a Director R&D AGAIN...I recall they were searching for someone to fill this position a couple of months ago. Can anyone shed some light on what's going on?
 






Director of R&D is a no-win there. The bulk of management is ex-USSC and all they know is line extensions, e.g. slight variations to existing product, and they have no idea how to support real R&D. Line extensions won't provide the aggressive growth rates that have likely been given from C-level management. It also remains to be seen how much money can be sunk into R&D there given that it is a late-stage (late-late-stage?) VC-backed company with one technology.
 






Very true statement. The last R&D guy spent several years developing nothing. I am sure he worked very hard, but where can you go with one product. There growth has come from out of the country this year. As far as the R&D job, I would not make a change for it. They promised the last guy 500,000 options and I would guess he left with nothing. Not that they are worth anything anyway. It is still hard to predict what will happen with this company. Any thoughts?
 






I am a CRNA at a large Level I Trauma Center. Over the past 30 months, the Ortho Trauma Surgeon has been using the Aquamantys system on his Acetabulum, Pelvis and Femur fractures. Would someone please tell me about the benefits of using this system. From my point of view - the patients are losing just as much blood with the Aquamantys as they were without it. Also, it adds about 30-45 minutes on to the case, and it costs over $500. I asked the surgeon what his feelings were and he said that he is in the process of reviewing his data but he is leaning toward discontinuing it's use. Plus, the residents have burned their hands multiple times on the electric stick.
 






Anonymous said:
I am a CRNA at a large Level I Trauma Center. Over the past 30 months, the Ortho Trauma Surgeon has been using the Aquamantys system on his Acetabulum, Pelvis and Femur fractures. Would someone please tell me about the benefits of using this system. From my point of view - the patients are losing just as much blood with the Aquamantys as they were without it. Also, it adds about 30-45 minutes on to the case, and it costs over $500. I asked the surgeon what his feelings were and he said that he is in the process of reviewing his data but he is leaning toward discontinuing it's use. Plus, the residents have burned their hands multiple times on the electric stick.
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I MEANT 3 MONTHS!!!
 












First of all it is impossible for this device to add 30-45 minutes to a case, it decreases time because it is eliminating other hemostatic techniques. Also, there is not enough saline in a bag to use for 45 minutes. Perhaps that 30-45 minutes is when you doze off during the case. Second, if the residents are burning themselves (with "the electric stick") perhaps they should use it on the patient and not each other, I'm just throwing that one out there. How do you burn yourself multiple times??? And third, your post is so dumb I'm guessing you are not a CRNA but a Plama Blade rep.
 






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