The commissions are there if your taking over a good territory. Then again, sales is sales. If your good you can sell anything. The main problem with selling it is getting the surgeons to KEEP using it. Let's say you have a small town on the way to one of your bigger cities. You hit that towns surgeons every time you travel to the other city. You keep doing that until you land one. You go in the case and they like it. You now have to go into every case for a while to make sure the use it. Then, after six months you still need to hit a case a week or so to keep them using it. Pain in the rear. I only do business in cities with more than 5 hospitals for this reason. Don't get me wrong the cities are not any different. Once you get someone using it you have to babysit them. If you miss 4 or 5 cases, they will stop using it. Thats the problem, once you build your territory up where you making good money your too busy chasing cases and babysitting that you don't have time to try for new business. When your whole job is just going to cases you get burned out. That's why most people leave. They build up a territory and make good money but then all they do is stand up in an OR all day waiting for the surgeon to close so they can get him to place some film. I'm doing fine, I don't mind it so far, but I've only been here for two years. Maybe I will think differently in a few more years. What territory are you looking at?
The commissions are there if your taking over a good territory. Then again, sales is sales. If your good you can sell anything. The main problem with selling it is getting the surgeons to KEEP using it. Let's say you have a small town on the way to one of your bigger cities. You hit that towns surgeons every time you travel to the other city. You keep doing that until you land one. You go in the case and they like it. You now have to go into every case for a while to make sure the use it. Then, after six months you still need to hit a case a week or so to keep them using it. Pain in the rear. I only do business in cities with more than 5 hospitals for this reason. Don't get me wrong the cities are not any different. Once you get someone using it you have to babysit them. If you miss 4 or 5 cases, they will stop using it. Thats the problem, once you build your territory up where you making good money your too busy chasing cases and babysitting that you don't have time to try for new business. When your whole job is just going to cases you get burned out. That's why most people leave. They build up a territory and make good money but then all they do is stand up in an OR all day waiting for the surgeon to close so they can get him to place some film. I'm doing fine, I don't mind it so far, but I've only been here for two years. Maybe I will think differently in a few more years. What territory are you looking at?
Can someone please give me some feedback regarding Seprafilm. How well is it received, comissions etc....
(Please DO NOT respond if you are negative, miserable, and hate your life)
THANK YOU
Please, please don't think this is negative. I'm trying to be honest.
I work in BSS. The guy or woman that posted the second thing had a point. I burn sooo much time with these guys to use it, and when they do, it's fabulous! He's right though, you have to keep on them. That's all I do now. Go to cases and make sure they use it. Seprafilm is a good product, but these guys know it is not nessacary. They only use it b/c they like me and I'm there.
Getting the docs to "continue" to use it is a royal bitch. I have a somewhat decent territory, but i've been around for a few years and it's getting tough. I have a good income (it's has averaged a little under 100k, b/c 2 out of three years I didn't hit "ALL" of my numbers, plus my team has not made it's number any year) but, it's not what I expected or was told I would get.
I don't know. It's up too you.
What territory are you applying to? I didnt know we were hiring still for BSS line.
What territory are you applying to? I didnt know we were hiring still for BSS line.
I am not the OP - I am curious about this "Biosurgical.." sales position, as well; saw a job posting for South Florida, "Miami," I believe.
I' trying to find out who's hiring for the New Orleans opening. I lost my O.R. sales job when my company didn't understand why I only increased sales 15% (not 20%) after the Hurricane with 78% of my beds closed.
Any ideas who to contact on this new posting for New Orleans ? - I've got lost of sales exp., grad degrees, etc.
did Chris Fagen get fired?
Does that jackass still work for you? I did a "ride along" with him a few years ago. He would pick me up at 10 and drop me off at 2 every day. In between, his day consisted of hitting a case, going to lunch, scheduling a tee time, and making two sales calls. He's one of the reasons I left...
Also, he had tons CD's in his car of Marine Corps. fight songs. Who the hell listens to that, let alone buys the CD's ???? When I first saw them, I was afraid he was going to listen to them before going into sales calls! Hello Dwight Schrutte. OohRah!
...What a douche bag
What is a DB?worked w/ Fagan. he is a DB.
