above poster,you are a true douchebag. Look, I hate Genoptix with a passion and can objectively say that the majority of GXDX Carlsbad management and close to all of sales management are not qualified to do their jobs. Therefore, I don't blame you for you immature, unprofessional, and arrogant comments; as it was likely an unqualified manager at Genoptix that mistakenly hired you in the first place.
...and you are right, " There is no reason to keep sales people cooped up in a conference room..", unless they are "good" sales people that can find a way to learn and use those learnings to better themselves. So, yes, you are right, no good reason for a true douchebag like you to be cooped up.