It is also wrong, there are still reps at Hill-Rom that make over 300K a year. I suspect those days are over though. I mean come on, lets face it, medical sales is like any other type of sales, you are generally worth what you know and can leverage. You just don't need to know much to sell beds or really any of the products that Hill-Rom sells. Quite whining that the good old days where you could make stupid amounts of money for selling basically a commodity are over and learn some skills. There are sub specialty sales markets in medical sales that still pay big dough but you better know your stuff or you will fail. I know people in Cardiology, Radiology and even Spine, that make tons of money but they typically know as much as the doctor they are presenting to. BTW, target salary for a bed rep at HR is around 170K, not bad in today's economy and market. The margins on most commodity products do not support huge wages, that is just the reality.
