Worst Medical Companies

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Steris - hands down in my opinion. SLT is a bunch of old, bitter, throw backs to 70s management methods. Field makes no decisions, just a bunch of robots, afraid to lose their jobs. Bigger issue is that if you work for them, forget about getting a real device job. Reps are viewed as less value then a big pharma rep. Stay away - many better options if you want to be considered for device sales - this company is a career killer.
 








Applied Medical has to be one of the most poorly run companies in med device.....incompetent mgmt run by engineers, horrific comp plan, clueless marketing team run by a bunch of under 30 kids, no new products, the list goes on and on. Just take a look at their board. They might have the most unhappy reps/former reps/customers in the industry.
 




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BG Medical. No salary. They have this model that calls on small ORs or small hospitals and sell directly to OR or VA OR using their government cards.

Pay is okay but most of these places have a stock room filled with the mesh. Now the mesh they sell is awesome. Price is not an issue.

The company threatens you when you leave. The District Manager that rode with me tried to pick up a married women in an office of mine. Then bad mouthed me and others in the district to doctors and staff when I left. I know because a friend applied and they called him and bad mouthed him about the previous rep which was me. Talked in detail. Not sure if I should talk to a lawyer or not. What works out in Indiana does not work on the East Coast. It depends on the state. No gas reimbursement - no expenses- no car allowance. Its a cash cow for them. No benefits - pure 1099.

Oh - they watch these posts trying to find who is talking about them.
 








Zoll Medical specifically LIFECOR (Lifevest division).

1.) C4 Suicide vest that scares the s*** out of patients "kind of works" when needed.
2.) Terrible culture
-Napolean leadership that can not stomach sales teams or patients
- incredibly inept management team that is vindictive and yes men only
3.) Forecast not built on delivered results or growth but mystical market share
4.) all or none commission structure- unrealistic forecast and no commission = 1yr shelf life if lucky

5.) no development, no where to go or parlay skills directly.
6.) Complete shit show that can not even attract "industry (either RX/Medical) newbies" from B2B.
 




Without a doubt, Applied Medical. Go look at their board. There's gotta be hundreds of posts within the past couple of yrs discussing the disaster going on over there. Mgmt is corrupt, commissions are unfair/unrealistic, no attempt to retain talent, micromanagement HELL, products constantly fail and are cheap, etc etc etc.
 




























the absolute worst ones are the ones that either:
A) Won't let me use the software/tools I want
B) Won't expense these software/tools

I've tried a few tools like Badger Map, Mapline & discontinued Streets & Trips. However, Map My Customers has been the one I've been on for the longest. Simple to use and cheap. Plus, my company allows me to expense it!!!
 




Surgical Principals Inc. Absolutely the worst. Owner that doesn't care about the patients his products are used on, doesn't care about his employees, and definitely doesn't care about his managers. From the top down, this company is full of rejects or those with no experience.

They will rip you off, not pay you, or hold back commissions for no reason. You don't know the worst until you have been at the worst. I've been at Applied, I thought it was bad. This place makes Applied look like a country club. SPI will drain your wallet or drive you to the unemployment line.
 




The number of medical companies that used to offer a decent and lucrative living has been cut by 40-50%.

Add to the fact all the interview games/runarounds that you have to go thru to get the job with the most likely shitty company makes one want to flee.

I guess that's why there are so many medical recruiters now.
 




That's why many tenured device reps are running in droves to Biotech/specialty pharma. More consistent compensation that is giving the typical device salary range (135-160K) a run for the money, and also with better and more professional management teams.

Many device reps are seeing the light and would rather hit a hospital and sell a top line drug vs chasing a doctor for a surgical case. Top money is still with a great device job but those jobs are becoming more niche and hard to get. Just my take on the medical industry. FWIW.
 








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