So many openings - why?
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I have been speaking to several recruiters in the industry and the majority of Medical Sales companies are offering 30k higher in base salary. Convatec should be ashamed. Most of us are not even making living wages working here.
What do they expect for a laughable 60k as starting base? They get what they pay for. Shame on Convatec indeed.
Many of the top business schools- too many to name, incorporate ConvaTec’s management practices into their curriculum as an example of how to retain and motivate employees. Employees don’t leave ConvaTec. They retire from ConvaTec. It’s probably easier to become a navy seal, get a job with Google, than to secure a highly coveted sales position with this universally admired company.
To be honest, considering the talent level of the sales reps that have been recently hired, 60K is more than fair, and probably more than they have ever been paid
ROL - this is hilarious! I will assume that the poster is joking. The only people who stay long enough to retire cannot get hired elsewhere or are too old to work hard enough to land a new job. They keep their head down, don't make waves, just play the game. The company is so desperate now that they are rehiring reps that were fired years ago.
Too funny! Keep the hilarious posts coming. Yeah I think this a joke. ConvaTec has over a 30% yearly turnover rate for sales people. There are regions with even a higher yearly turnover rate. One region has just one rep left from the original team that was there about a year ago. Customers have to be growing very tired of of this revolving door. This has been going on for a number of years. There are zero signs that management is doing ANYTHING to deal with this. Very sad. There is little pride among the reps that realize what is really going on. Instead of discussing the reasons for losses, management has these poor inexperienced and clueless reps talking about bogus success stories that lead to nothing on company wide calls. These poor reps are pawns. Shame on ConvaTec management.
Did everyone enter their 776 calls for the week? Don’t worry about actually selling anything. Convatec only cares about how many call you enter. Unrealistic expectations.
The micromanaging is to be expected with an inexperienced sales force. But the upside are the innovative products that we are fortunate to promote. For example, my presentation when selling the Avelle negative pressure device, focuses on how well the batteries work in their tv remote control devices at home. If they ask about the Avelle pump itself, I let them know that it doesn’t work with their patients, but it’s perfectly suited to drain their fish tanks at home.
Listen sweetie, you only have to worry about three openings. Take care of those, and everything else will work out fine
Entering my 300 fake calls this week so leadership can get off on it. I realize that I no longer even have time to follow up on the calls and evaluations that I do get. I am too busy making 109 calls a day. Quality over quantity is what leads to wins. This is not a Pharma company. The Convatec leadership team do not know what they are doing. Entering 1 call in MS Dynamics takes 15-20 mins. Stop being cheap and invest in Sales Force.
1. Your company sucks.
Learn this son: Companies hire mostly young people, right? So, the people that stay with your god awful company are likely ones that got hired when they were young and dumb and didn't understand the corporate sales mess that they were entering was a terrible job. they likely bought the kool aid. So, they stay and get old and still drink the kool aid to the bitter end, thinking that they have a great job at convacteac or whatever your terrible company is called. some, understand that they are idiots, but they burdened themselves with a big mortgage, a crazy spouse, silly kids, whatever, so they stay on for the paycheck. regardless, their job sucks and their lives are probably worse.
good luck.
save your money and don't get married or have children, and at least you have a chance for a decent life.
This is so funny. You just made me laugh out loud. Pretty much 100% true.
Too funny and spot on with avelle. Shame on ConvaTec for promoting this product. I thought as sales reps we were supposed to do what is in the best interest of our customers and their patients. The only people that benefit from selling avelle are the reps and company. I no longer talk about this product with my customers.
thanks!
I try.
my goal is to help younger people gain confidence in themselves and not pursue the corporate world.
Joe and Ross are deplorable, the worst I have ever seen. Joe actually created a contest last quarter to see how many fake daily calls we could enter. Ross has not once visited a regional group, sits behind his computer all day in Atlanta, barking orders for everyone to input their daily calls. Everyone has quit over this micromanaging daily call input crap.Get ready, it will be 8 daily calls you will need to fake next month!! 
Well at least the surgical team has state of the art, class leading products to sell….