The Company is expanding

[Anonymous]

This company is hiring more reps so how can they need the money and be bought out? Coloplast bought another turd of a company and product. Caldera is going no where since it is privately held thank you very much!

[Anonymous]

Well you one thing right. I agree that this company is going no where fast.

Are they still interview employees over the internet....?

[Anonymous]

I have a phone interview today. Any insight would be appreciated!!

[Anonymous]

I believe it is a good company with good product, just watches how they spend their money, what is wrong with that, not like others who will just blow money on dumb things!! Great way to do medical device and get paid what you are worth and if you want it to be a stepping stone to getting into medical device and the OR. They will not be bought out anytime soon and have a pipeline of some new things coming as well. I think it is worth the chance if you can sell to urology and ob/gyn, if not then look elsewhere, if you have some relationships with those doctors then you will do good and if you work and will hustle to get business, cause the more you get the more you make, this is what sales is, not the pharma model that is for sure. Good luck with the interview process.

[Anonymous]

Are they commission only with $250.00 per month car allowance?

[Anonymous]

Are they commission only with $250.00 per month car allowance?

You got that right... This company is expanding like shit on a concrete sidewalk on a hot summer day. It looks bad, smells bad, and is still shit when it has all "expanded".

[Anonymous]

Your funny, sounds like what a lazy rep would do, after 6 months you get $500 per month and you get $225 for phone, internet every month too. They pay for your gas and other money to get the business. You get $250 for car for first 6 months. This is a job about having or building relationships and you have to work hard, you work hard you will get some business if your lazy and think people owe you like the post before this one, then get into pharmaceuticals sales. That simple!!!

[Anonymous]

Uh, buddy, you would have to work at this company to get business so you better go into pharma and get laid off soon. This company pays for performance, you get the business you get paid, you don't get the business you don't get paid, its simple, its called sales, not group or POD selling you idiot, just stay on unemployment as they would not even hire you or want you to do anything, lol. Your a jerk and will have trouble in life, feel sorry for you!!!

[Anonymous]

Yeah, true sales, not a base, you go out and get business and you get paid, if you don't then the company is not out much for your not so good efforts. TRUE SALES with some perks and a spending account. yep gas included in that, car allowance first 6 months $250 then $500 after that, and $225 a month for phone, internet.

[Anonymous]

Sounds good to me. I have great relationships with Urology and Ob/GYN so I am going to try to get a job here!

[Anonymous]

What happened to the Austin TX sales rep?

[Anonymous]

Sounds good to me. I have great relationships with Urology and Ob/GYN so I am going to try to get a job here!

I know its a private company, but what were your sales last year? My bet, no one will reply honestly.

[Anonymous]

less than $5mil for slings/prolapse kits in CONUS. fact.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, but will hit double digits this year probably with the expansion. $10 million or more is my guess for this year.

[Anonymous]

Is Caldera a good place to start as a pharma rep looking for their first Med Device job?

[Anonymous]

less than $5mil for slings/prolapse kits in CONUS. fact.

Thanks for the reply...good luck...by the way, any truth behind the JNJ and Davol issues with mesh, ie. lawsuits? How have you guys faired.....

[Anonymous]

Yeah, good start to get into medical device after pharma, especially if you were downsized and can take the commission only, although they give you 225 for phone/internet and 250 car allowance first 6 months and then 500 after 6 months and they pay for your gas and give you can expense account credit card. It's a pretty good deal.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, but will hit double digits this year probably with the expansion. $10 million or more is my guess for this year.

Not a chance. 40 reps selling less than $150K doesn't add up DT.

[Anonymous]

What happened to the Austin TX sales rep?

He got promoted to a Regional Manager position and now needs a full time rep to cover his territory

[Anonymous]

They can't survive

[Anonymous]

They can't survive

unreal you folks bashing pharma- they make more then you, probably work harder then you do and arent struggling to sell some mickey mouse mesh- bottom line is calderas competition is the big boys- jnj boston sci- really folks think about it- do jnj and boston reps have salaries? yes they do- roughly 60G to start plus all the commish that gets them to 175 to 200 easy- yes i said easy! caldera- no salary plus 250 for car??? really???

Look- if you want to dance with the big boys you need to pay and this company will never get to that level because they cant and they are afraid too! it is the truth!

This job is for real- for smart people and caldera tries to take a short cut- look at it this way...

jnj training- 2 weeks at home study- 2 weeks in house- 4 weeks observing surgery before you even put foot in your territory

boston training- 2 weeks at home study- 2 weeks in house- 4 weeks observing surgery etc etc.

now who is taking caldera serious? lets see-
phone screen/ internet based interview / job offer / 1 week in LA- and go for it superstar!

its that simple- this is way beneath even a primary care sales job.
dont be fooled folks.

[Anonymous]

First of all....do you notice how small Caldera is? Tiny....Do you also notice they are "constantly hiring" for like every territory across the US? It's because they can't hire anyone worth a shit because anyone worth a shit doesn't come to a place like this.

This last post is right on the money. It is the only honest and accurate....the real deal no bullshit post on here. Caldera is selling a very cheap, low end mesh and getting bottom of the barrel desperate and untrained reps to 'push' it. They are selling on price (which I'm not complaining about that...it's fine if that's your M.O.) The problem with Caldera is its a cash poor, low end company and trust me...ALL the Uros and Gyns know it when they see the low end Caldera reps coming in and talking 'cheaper sling' etc... but don't know their ass from a hole in the ground in the OR.

That's the first major point. The 2nd and perhaps most compelling is what the previous poster mentionned.....which is 100% true.

"pharma- they make more then you, probably work harder then you do and arent struggling to sell some mickey mouse mesh- bottom line is calderas competition is the big boys- jnj boston sci- really folks think about it- do jnj and boston reps have salaries? yes they do- roughly 60G to start plus all the commish that gets them to 175 to 200 easy- yes i said easy! caldera- no salary plus 250 for car??? really???

Look- if you want to dance with the big boys you need to pay and this company will never get to that level because they cant and they are afraid too! it is the truth!"

That is the most acccurate statement here. You will NEVER make even HALF of what the J&J, AMS and Boston Sci reps make......not to mention bashing pharma reps (which I do often) but the pharma reps make a TON more money than anyone at a place like Caldera. Working for Caldera is a huge waste of time for EVERYONE except people with nowhere to go and are starving. IF you have talent, then talent hires you (hence the good companies) If you have NO talent....then you go to a place like pharma....but at least you make money....if you have NO talent, a horrible background (criminal, dui, major gaps, serial hopper, etc..) then you go to a company like Caldera. They pick you up when you are unpickupable. It's the last resort. Unemployment is a better option.

[Anonymous]

Are you jealous, Caldera uses the same mesh as the big boys, we changed ours to be better with heat treated edges, so less frailing and curling lilke the big boys. Desara holds its shape and integrity under pressure better than AMS and Gynecare. It is a good product, it is a commission only job, but if you got sales skills and relationships you will do very well here, no managers breathing down your neck and riding with you all the time, lol. Also we have a pelvic floor kit mesh for pelvic organ prolapse that is good as well and we have other stuff in the pipeline. They are focused on the OB/GYN and Urology market, they have 2 good products and more later this year. Reusable trocars which hospitals and doctors love the less waste unlike the big dogs disposable pieces of crap trocars that they throw away after their use, so shove it buddy, post the truth or don't post anything!!!

[Anonymous]

Are you jealous, Caldera uses the same mesh as the big boys, we changed ours to be better with heat treated edges, so less frailing and curling lilke the big boys. Desara holds its shape and integrity under pressure better than AMS and Gynecare. It is a good product, it is a commission only job, but if you got sales skills and relationships you will do very well here, no managers breathing down your neck and riding with you all the time, lol. Also we have a pelvic floor kit mesh for pelvic organ prolapse that is good as well and we have other stuff in the pipeline. They are focused on the OB/GYN and Urology market, they have 2 good products and more later this year. Reusable trocars which hospitals and doctors love the less waste unlike the big dogs disposable pieces of crap trocars that they throw away after their use, so shove it buddy, post the truth or don't post anything!!!

Reusable Trocars? Do you mean reusable introducers? Heated treated edges?.....frailing? Re-read the above quote it is so sad on so many levels.

[Anonymous]

Dude you must be the caldera cheerleader or maybe your last name is caldera. I don't have the time to discredit your comments on pipeline and big boy comparisons. Bottom line is enjoy your 70 grand a year and your 250 grand house you junior college graduate. War you buddy!

[Anonymous]

Nope not the cheerleader just telling the truth. Because you can't discredit the comments you know they are true. The mesh is same, we just have some better things with ours since we made changes in 2007 after we sold the T-sling, the big boys haven't made changes in 10 years or so and they know if they do the data goes out the door, but when they are made with the same mesh etc., how does that make anyone elses better if you use the same mesh you discredit yourself you freaking idiot! Okay I will take my $70k and all the write offs, no manager breathing down my neck, no ridiculous goals, etc. I have a $300k house and will be able to stay in it, so what else you got you little disgruntled corporate guru!!!???? That's what I thought, nothing, if your were wasting your time why didn't you say more since you said something anyway, your an idiot!!!!!

[Anonymous]

LOL , yep hey poster I paid more in taxes than you grossed.

[Anonymous]

Dude, you must be gay, you don't make shit working for a company with a small base and very low commission structure, go back to your job and hope I don't get your business when your at home with your thumb up your ass!

[Anonymous]

I meant I am going to take your business on price and the fact that your not even working, lol. What an idiot you are, better be out there keeping your doctors on board!!!

[Anonymous]

A lot of cuts today, looks like Caldera is not expanding they are deflating, the new VP of sales is really screwing this company up even more, unreal, no wonder there is so much turnover here. Premium product with no contracts with HPG, etc. How the hell do you sell your product for more than what they are currently paying for a product, I mean really? Are you serious? This company is a joke!!!!

[Anonymous]

Yes, this company is the like the Titanic, think they are unsinkable, but it will hit an iceberg, I think Caldera just did, lol.

[Anonymous]

There's nothing "Titanic" about Caldera except it's debt! They're trying to fudge the numbers to cut expenses and charge more for the same crappy product to get a really stupid company interested in courting them for a buyout....good luck!

[Anonymous]

Are you jealous, Caldera uses the same mesh as the big boys, we changed ours to be better with heat treated edges, so less frailing and curling lilke the big boys. Desara holds its shape and integrity under pressure better than AMS and Gynecare. It is a good product, it is a commission only job, but if you got sales skills and relationships you will do very well here, no managers breathing down your neck and riding with you all the time, lol. Also we have a pelvic floor kit mesh for pelvic organ prolapse that is good as well and we have other stuff in the pipeline. They are focused on the OB/GYN and Urology market, they have 2 good products and more later this year. Reusable trocars which hospitals and doctors love the less waste unlike the big dogs disposable pieces of crap trocars that they throw away after their use, so shove it buddy, post the truth or don't post anything!!!

How's it working out NOW dudely.