Surgery Center Division

[Anonymous]

What do you all think of the surgery center division?

[Anonymous]

I dont have specifics on the surgery center division but I know overall that medline is probably not the place you really want to land. I have a good friend who has been there a while and she hasnt really been happy.

No car
Her paychecks get dinged for warehouse fees?
If not at plan, you pay for own cell phone bill
Sales are driven by low cost, no real clinical sales involved
Hasnt cleared $70k yet
Pays for own gas and i dont know if she gets mileage

Not sure if all is true above but thsi is what she has talked to me about and why I am keeping my eyes open for other opps for her.

Good luck

[Anonymous]

I dont have specifics on the surgery center division but I know overall that medline is probably not the place you really want to land. I have a good friend who has been there a while and she hasnt really been happy.

No car
Her paychecks get dinged for warehouse fees?
If not at plan, you pay for own cell phone bill
Sales are driven by low cost, no real clinical sales involved
Hasnt cleared $70k yet
Pays for own gas and i dont know if she gets mileage

Not sure if all is true above but thsi is what she has talked to me about and why I am keeping my eyes open for other opps for her.

Good luck

What part of the country is she in? The hiring manager told me the same but it also depends on the city as well.

[Anonymous]

This is the way it is in all parts of the country.
What they are telling you is to keep you interested.

70 is the average.

[Anonymous]

This is the way it is in all parts of the country.
What they are telling you is to keep you interested.

70 is the average.

They are telling me differently. I think your source may be off.

[Anonymous]

They are telling me differently. I think your source may be off.

I am the source stupid. I think you are being told something else because the average is 70 (total comp) - and that is for reps that are on their third year. First two years are much lower.

I sit directly in the meetings in Chicago where these numbers are discussed. I know better than the clown that is downstairs in training or the person that answers your careerbuilder.com emails.

[Anonymous]

I am the source stupid. I think you are being told something else because the average is 70 (total comp) - and that is for reps that are on their third year. First two years are much lower.

I sit directly in the meetings in Chicago where these numbers are discussed. I know better than the clown that is downstairs in training or the person that answers your careerbuilder.com emails.

You're pathetic...why the hell are you still around Medline if it's so terrible? Shit or get off the pot. It says a lot about a man that can't hack it with the company they're with.

[Anonymous]

What's the skinny on this division? I have an interview soon.

[Anonymous]

Is this a new division? Why is no one commenting? I am interviewing and need some details please.

[Anonymous]

This call point was once handled by the hospital reps who didn't have time to call on these smaller accounts. The commission formula was the same for hospital and surgery center so it didn't make any sense to call on the surg center when you sell disposables and the lions share of the business is in hospitals. I know this division is posting very strong numbers because it was recently broken off and now has specific reps. It is a ton of driving with a very large number of accounts. Pretty easy sale because most surgery centers only have one call point that will make the final decision. Good time to get in, but the growth should start to slow down in a 2-3 years.

[Anonymous]

Medline is not a player in this market and manufacturer reps won't work with them because they try to be both a manufacturer and a distributor

[Anonymous]

Medline is not a player in this market and manufacturer reps won't work with them because they try to be both a manufacturer and a distributor

Do you have any idea what you're talking about...Medline is the largest player in this market. They have distribution contracts with the two largest surg center groups in USPI and SCA. They dominate this market place.

You sound like an idiot...stop posting shit when you dont have facts.

[Anonymous]

Do you have any idea what you're talking about...Medline is the largest player in this market. They have distribution contracts with the two largest surg center groups in USPI and SCA. They dominate this market place.

You sound like an idiot...stop posting shit when you dont have facts.

Medline is far from dominating the surgery center market. We're having our asses handed to us. We lost Ascension Health, we lost the HPG business and we just settled an $85 Million lawsuit against the federal government for price fixing and collusion. We don't have the warehouse capacity to break down product to low unit of measure to handle physician offices and now rumor has it that Cardinal and McKesson are about to split up USPI and SCA. The party is over! Get out while you still have a little dignity.

[Anonymous]

Medline is far from dominating the surgery center market. We're having our asses handed to us. We lost Ascension Health, we lost the HPG business and we just settled an $85 Million lawsuit against the federal government for price fixing and collusion. We don't have the warehouse capacity to break down product to low unit of measure to handle physician offices and now rumor has it that Cardinal and McKesson are about to split up USPI and SCA. The party is over! Get out while you still have a little dignity.

Again...do you think before you type this bullshit. Yes we lost Ascension Health and yes HPG signed global sourcing with Cardinal. However we retained the USPI (HPG) business through 2011. And we just officially inked the distribution deal with SCA. We just bought a physician sales based company and the smaller units of measure sku's will just keep growing with that. You don't know shit.

[Anonymous]

Medline.........the leader in surgery center sales...........hahahahaha. How do you figure? Medline is the joke of the industry. Who cares if you have the low margins of HPG etc.........keep working for nothing.

[Anonymous]

I dont have specifics on the surgery center division but I know overall that medline is probably not the place you really want to land. I have a good friend who has been there a while and she hasnt really been happy.

No car
Her paychecks get dinged for warehouse fees?
If not at plan, you pay for own cell phone bill
Sales are driven by low cost, no real clinical sales involved
Hasnt cleared $70k yet
Pays for own gas and i dont know if she gets mileage

Not sure if all is true above but thsi is what she has talked to me about and why I am keeping my eyes open for other opps for her.

Good luck

Shit does not change. It was my first job out of college. Earned next to nothing, got what they called a car allowance (salary that they didn't tax). The owner had just gotten out of prison for fraud and the place was run by a bunch of Chicago thugs. The NSM son was a rep and took a pee out the window of a bus into a car at a toll both. If you want to pay a company to work for them, go ahead. They would charge me money when a customer was late paying a bill. They said since I earned a commission, I shared in the risk. They would allow me to sell "below cost", (no commission ). Then charge me a fee when the customer paid late. Stay the hell away.