Suit or Scrubs

As these challenging debates rage on - Medline continues to eat away at what was once a good company. Kimberly Clark HC is the joke of a very large and profitable company.

To be a KC rep you need to be content earning a whopping 65K a year and to have the keys to a Grand Prix. Good job with the discussions fellas = your company, market share, reputation, products, and reps are seen by your customer base as being just as pathetic as your public internet discussions.

Now... What color - Misty Green or Ceil?

 

Here is a straight answer from my experience (over 7 years of device sales) for what its worth. Scrubs are great to wear if you know you will be in cases all day...especially bouncing around to different facilities. It doesnt make sense to wear a suit only to find it on the floor of a nasty, crowded locker room of a OR.

I honestly dont wear suit and tie unless I am going into meeting, presentation, dinner etc....I think just dressing smartly works fine. On a average day, a dress shirt and slacks are fine in my area (midwest) or even a suit with no tie.

As long as you go to work everyday and surgeons, staff and adminstrators know you, you can wear anything without much attention being drawn to you, they view you as part of the team. If you are beginning your career, I beleive that wearing a suit and tie is justified daily. I guess to make a long reply longer....be smart about it and earn your right to relax a little.

If I am going to a new facility passing out busines cards I wouldnt think of wearing scrubs. I have went from suits to scrubs and now making an effort to dress more professionally when not working in OR all day....I have been to lunches where my counter parts show up in scrubs and I know they JUST left their house and surgeons ask, "Where have you been I havent seen you in a while"....not good.

Just be smart and do what you think is appropriate.

Good Luck

 

WOW. $65K huh? IS that what you think asshole! We don't work for Cook. Just for the record... My base is SIGNIFICANTLY higher. Do I make $200k+ HELL NO! But for the most part I have a better quality of life and if you figure dollar for dollar vs hours put in...I might make more money. And by the way...at plan I make about $130,000 AND THAT'S only at plan...possibly can make more. So go back to your own board you sorry sack of shit! MEDLINE? Oh please! What a joke!

 

Wanna be doctors

 

Find something else to worry about. You sound like a real wash woman all concerned about what.others wear. Get a life homo.

 

Perhaps you can help with the case.

 

Homo..wash woman!

 

Can't we all just get along!

 

There are so many challenges with KCHC, so lets talk about scrubs as comic relief.
As a suit wearer for many years, I initialy felt uncomfortable (psychologically) wearing scrubs in the hospital. After a week or so, I got used to them. They are comfortable, especially when the temps hit 95 degrees. No belts, no ties and no dress shoes. The best part is that at the end of the day, I leave the scrubs in the washing machine, not in my closet. If you think you look dorky in scrubs, you probably do. If you think docs and nurses are making fun of you behind your back, they probably are. Until the hospitals ban sales reps from wearing them, which they will because EVERY sales rep seems to have a pair, I'll keep wearing mine.
And for the guys who are wearing them for the first time, make sure to hold the ties when you use the urinal. Thats a mistake you only make once.

 

I don't don't make enough money to afford a suit!