can anyone that may hold this position or have held it in the past shed any insite on this position? moving up with this company obtainable or are you just the other reps work-horse?
I was wondering the same question. Since you posted this a few months back, I'm curious if you took the position and what you think. Or if anyone else can provide some feedback
It simply depends on the rep you are working for. Some reps are fair and others can be dicks. Either way, you will likely be an Associate for 2 years or less before becoming a rep (standard with most divisions). Stryker will expect you to grow and take competitive business. You will usually have about a year to put up significant numbers or you'll be sent packing.
ONLY take an ASR position if you're comfortable with the rep you'd be working under. I worked with a complete asshole who couldn't sell shit and schemed to get rid of me behind my back because he felt threatened that I would outshine him. Stryker's associate model is BS - your future as a sales rep is solely up to the person you're working for...NOT management.
Sounds like a bitter former ASR chiming in. If you have talent, Stryker will find a place for you. I have yet to see an ASR leave without first getting a job offer for their own territory. Just know that the territory will most likely be a start-up territory.
I'm 36 and looking at an associate position in Indiana. I have 1.5 years with ADP. 2 years training, 38 with a 6 year old, how is is my expected QOL?
I agree with the above posters. I was an ASR for about 2 yrs and it was only b/c I worked my ass off and did everything the rep asked of me during that time. It's definitely true that as an ASR 95% of the time you're working for the rep and not the mgr. The rep who is established will tattle to mgmt whether you're cut out for this gig or not so my advice to you is keep your opinions to yourself, do your job, and you'll get a territory eventually. But even once that happens you're still most likely going to be partnered with someone working for a 10-20% cut out of his pie and it's going to be at LEAST 3 yrs before you start making any serious coin.
The rep you work for is the main part of the equation, but you will not get hired for that territory unless you have strong relationships with the surgeons in that territory. You better hope you went to college with one of the surgeons in your territory, brother, cousin, in laws. That is the name of the game baby! It is not about what you know, it is all about who you know in Stryker. You better be prepared to work your ass off too.
Which part of Indiana? What kind of money did they offer you. They have trouble keeping people up North.
