re: Medical Rep Overview

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If I'm entering a new hospital or surgery center for the first time, I request to meet with the OR director outside of the actual OR so I can have them specifically tell me what I can and cannot do.

Haven't had any problems in 9 years.

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Been in the industry for a couple of decades and it's getting much tougher to get into a hospital. Back in the day I could walk in off the street, go right into the lockerroom and change into scrubs and walk right into the OR, CVOR or Cath Lab. Now with Vendormate, RepTrax, etc. you have to check in at a kiosk as you enter the hospital, state the reason for your visit/who you are seeing and in what dept and print off a badge and stick it to your scrubs. If caught up on the floors you can and will be banished from the hospital after an infraction or two.

Even so, it is a very lucrative career (with the right company & product line) and I love it. A lot of good $ to be made still but not as good as it used to be. I'm the Regional Manager and my reps make between $200k+ at plan- I know because I'm privvy to their comp plans. It;s been a very rewarding career for me with tons of perks (Rolexes, company cars, generous expense account, awards trips to awesome locations).

Medical devices is not even close to pharma, it's not even in the same fricking ballpark. My company would rarely if ever interview a pharma rep as the perception is they have bad work habits, not sure how warranted it is. It is true that we can not even give out so much as a notepad or pen as we are a particpant of AdvaMed, let alone take docs on fishing and golf trips like we used to be able to do. Doing so would result in immediate termination. The beauty is everyone is ostensibly playing on a level playing field.