Thoughts on Justin Lampropoulos

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Can anyone provide any update on culture at this company? What are sales targets like? Management? Fellow reps?
Where do the products sit in relation to the competitors? if anyone can provide any real information, it would be appreciated.
 






anonymous said:
Can anyone provide any update on culture at this company? What are sales targets like? Management? Fellow reps?
Where do the products sit in relation to the competitors? if anyone can provide any real information, it would be appreciated.
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What is this division like? With not meeting the primary endpoints in the trial, how difficult is this job going to be? Thank you for professional responses.
 






























Merit's biggest problem is Fred (ceo). He convinces the board to buy products/ companies and then does not know how to grow them. They are thrown in a rep's bag whether it makes sense or not. Justin is a whole other issue, but I dont blame him for trying to wear his father's suit. Again, that falls on the CEO and board.
 






I really do like many of the people at Merit (sales and marketing) and I always feel a bit bad for them having to deal with the rampant nepotism that exists there. On the GI side of the business it is laughable to see the VP of Sales, Barton, graduate from college, work in marketing for a few years, and then be named VP. Never having sold anything in his career and never having managed salespeople. Justin's story is nearly as underwhelming...
 






anonymous said:
Merit's biggest problem is Fred (ceo). He convinces the board to buy products/ companies and then does not know how to grow them. They are thrown in a rep's bag whether it makes sense or not. Justin is a whole other issue, but I dont blame him for trying to wear his father's suit. Again, that falls on the CEO and board.
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Fred has his flaws as we all do BUT, I've really enjoyed working with him and he's built a good business with a very good team. These opinions are pretty sad and obviously written by some pretty sad people.

I feel bad for you.
 






anonymous said:
Merit's biggest problem is Fred (ceo). He convinces the board to buy products/ companies and then does not know how to grow them. They are thrown in a rep's bag whether it makes sense or not. Justin is a whole other issue, but I dont blame him for trying to wear his father's suit. Again, that falls on the CEO and board.
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Bottom line. No, Justin isn’t qualified to be the next CEO of Merit on paper, but he will be and soon. Merit was built by Fred and he deserves to call the shots. It’s his company and legacy. Do people actually think Fred (or anyone) would spend 30 years building a company and not leave it to his son? All of these haters should be thankful they have a job and quit complaining. Pathetic.
 






Wasn’t Todd a National Sales Manager before becoming a Senior Vice President? Not sure how he made that leap. Weird.

Whatever Justin’s role is, I am sure he’ll do just fine. The organization has largely been built by him over the last 10 plus years anyways and successfully so. I am really anything but worried.
 






anonymous said:
Bottom line. No, Justin isn’t qualified to be the next CEO of Merit on paper, but he will be and soon. Merit was built by Fred and he deserves to call the shots. It’s his company and legacy. Do people actually think Fred (or anyone) would spend 30 years building a company and not leave it to his son? All of these haters should be thankful they have a job and quit complaining. Pathetic.
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Complete blasphemy. Fred's son is more than qualified to be CEO. On what basis do I state this, you may ask?

I've worked around him for years. I would challenge any person on here to lay claim to actually working alongside him rather than being a casual or disgruntled observer.
 






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Complete blasphemy. Fred's son is more than qualified to be CEO. On what basis do I state this, you may ask?

I've worked around him for years. I would challenge any person on here to lay claim to actually working alongside him rather than being a casual or disgruntled observer.
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I’ve worked for probably a dozen execs over my career and have to agree. Justin does a fine job. Some of the guys that are a layer or two down may need a little tweaking.
 






anonymous said:
Wasn’t Todd a National Sales Manager before becoming a Senior Vice President? Not sure how he made that leap. Weird.

Whatever Justin’s role is, I am sure he’ll do just fine. The organization has largely been built by him over the last 10 plus years anyways and successfully so. I am really anything but worried.
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anonymous said:
Wasn’t Todd a National Sales Manager before becoming a Senior Vice President? Not sure how he made that leap. Weird.

Whatever Justin’s role is, I am sure he’ll do just fine. The organization has largely been built by him over the last 10 plus years anyways and successfully so. I am really anything but worried.
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The organization has not been largely built by Justin over the last 10 years, he was working in Europe for Merit through 2015 when Fred brought him back to the US. He has only been working with the US sales organization for 4-5 years
 






US sales force is a disgruntled mess. Bonuses never paid because of unrealistic sales quotas and the company keeps buying new products adding to the problem. Not sure who’s fault this is but it’s a mess.
 






anonymous said:
Let’s get a few things straight.

As someone pointed out earlier, most of us sales reps just don’t know Justin or Todd beyond annual or regional meetings so anyone claiming otherwise of full of it. Justin is an excellent guy. It’s just that simple. Doing what others should have done a decade ago. From my little perch he’s built the right team and divisions. It’s paying off obviously. Todd is an all round excellent sales VP. I have had several conversations with him. He’s a breath of fresh air compared to the former sales VP Don =Disaster= Dunn. His work is obviously paying off. This has to be the dumbest internet conversation I’ve ever read and obviously has a troll or two. My guess is it is a disgruntled ex sales rep. That’s a shockingly outlandish guess. I realize that.
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