Maquet Getinge Ventilator Covid Greed

Discussion in 'Maquet Medical Systems' started by anonymous, Apr 23, 2020 at 4:19 PM.

  1. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    While raking in ventilator orders and posting record profits Getinge has capped ventilator salespersons earnings at 150% to plan for the first time in it's history and will pay a paltry 1% on orders deemed Covid-19 orders. The majority of the sales force will make significantly less than the previous non-covid year and require reps to wait months until ventilators are physically delivered to even get paid. The company excuses itself by claiming its covering losses in other divisions but earnings reports state otherwise. Getinge is quite clearly doubling up on it's greed and profiting from this crisis on the late nights, long hours, time away from family, and high stress levels of it's salespeople. Most of the salespersons here are extremely clinically competent and driven to do the right thing for patients and hospitals but sadly the company has proven it does not care about them or their families. The US sales force has made them number one in the market despite numerous corporate roadblocks but they insist on prostituting the US until the last trick is turned.
     
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  2. anonymous

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    The Getinge sales reps were able to sell ventilators during the Covid pandemic? Wow.

    Amazing sales reps. That absolutely had to have been the most challenging sale ever. I mean talk about having to convince administration about why this is such a necessary purchase and why they need to allocate budget this year towards ventilator purchases. Those conversations had to have been really tough. Yawn.

    Go get another job. If you’re so amazing, LEAVE.
     
  3. anonymous

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    It sounds like you and management at Getinge would get along quite well together. I am sure your way of thinking is what lead to them to believe that management could sell out their top talent and rob them of their commissions. No one called Getinge and ordered ventilators-they called the rep who busted their ass to put themselves in that position. If a Getinge rep wasn't there they ordered from the competition. Maybe you should apply for a management job there and be a puppet with Sweden's hand up your ass, you sound like a good fit.
     
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  4. anonymous

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    Things need to work both ways. If mgmt is going to cap commissions, then they need to ensure that when orders dry up because hospitals have enough brand new vents in their ICUs that sales reps are made whole and not penalized.
     
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  5. anonymous

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    The reason for the cap is to cover losses in other areas and to keep the business healthy and viable. If the company goes down, so do you. But if management pockets stacks of cash at the end of this whole thing then there is a problem.
     
  6. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Covering what losses?
     
  7. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Are we ahead of P-B in vents sold 2020?
     
  8. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    The weasels in Getinge leadership are even worse than first thought. Besides “capping” the sales force (great motivation), these snakes actually Came back an TOOK and additional 30% income away because the growth experienced in 2020 was “too great to be organic” So first they screw the reps with a CAP, then they take revenue away by a “Covid vs non Covid” designation And to top off the year the money grubbing weasels in a “record revenue setting year“ take a ADDITIONAL 30%. There will be a ton of opening in the critical care division in 2021. You’re a fool if you trust theses crooked weasels
     
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  10. anonymous

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    Unpaid Commissions Law

    Are you employed as a salesperson who is compensated, in full or in part, by commissions, and whose employer has retroactively changed your commission structure in order to stiff you out of your hard earned money. If so, your employer may be in violation of state and federal wage laws, breach of contract and possibly, fraud. A New Jersey employer cannot reduce an employee's compensation by changing the method of calculating earned sales commissions without any prior notice to the employee. If you are employed as a salesperson, and your employer retroactively changed how you are to be paid your sales commission, you may have legal recourse to recover the money that is owed to you.

    The New Jersey Wage Payment law requires that employers pay the full amount of wages due to their employees on regular paydays. Wages are defined by the law as the direct monetary compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, which includes sales commissions. Supplementary incentives and discretionary bonuses are not considered wages. Prior to changing the method of how to calculate an employee's sales commissions, an employer must first advise the employee of the change. Failure to do so, will give rise to liability under the New Jersey Wage Payment Law in addition to a potential claim of breach of contract.

    Employers are also prohibited from taking retaliatory action against employees for complaining about unpaid sales commission that are due and owing from the employer. Under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act ("CEPA"), employers cannot take adverse employment action against an employee for complaining or threatening to disclose to a public body that they are owed an unpaid sales commission, if the employee has reasonable belief that the sales commission was earned and is outstanding. If an employer takes retaliatory action, such as a demotion or termination, in response to such a complaint, disclosure or threatened disclosure, the employer may be liable for the damages their unlawful actions has caused to the employee, as well as attorney fees and costs of suit.
     
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  11. anonymous

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    Let the games begin!!!!!!

    NEW JERSEY EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS BLOG
    DECEMBER 21, 2020

    Are Companies Improperly Using Force Majeure Provisions to Cheat Sales Reps Out of COVID-19 Commissions?

    by Smith Eibeler LLC

    Employers are increasingly attempting to avoid having to pay sales employees their rightfully earned and owed sales commissions during the COVID pandemic. In many cases, a company has no legal basis to avoid paying sales representatives their earned commissions by unilaterally retroactively changing the terms and conditions of how sales commissions are earned because COVID related conditions result in an unexpected increase in sales. In these situations, a sales representative understanding of their legal rights is critical if he or she has any hope in recovering their earned commissions.

    Employees who are paid through commissions rightfully rely on being timely paid their earned compensation. Commission structures also benefit employers by motivating employees to perform at or above company expectations, thereby increasing profitability for the employer and allowing the employer to identify and reward its most productive employees. The type of commission structure an employer uses can range from simple to complicated, and most of them are memorialized in employment agreements signed by both employer and employee. Once an employee and employer agree to the terms of how commissions are earned and when they are to be paid, an employer cannot unilaterally and retroactively change the terms without breaching the contract or potentially violating wage payment law. If an employer wishes to change the terms and conditions of a commission agreement, like any contract, they must give proper notice to the employee of the proposed change and obtain the employees clear consent to the new agreement. Often, employers who wish to alter commission structures do so to save money, which for the employee, means lower commissions and reduced income.

    Sometimes, an employer is prevented from paying agreed-upon commissions due to unpredictable hardships outside of the employer’s control, like acts of terrorism or natural disasters that make performance of the contract impossible or impracticable. For an employer to protect itself from these unforeseen events, they may contain a force majeure clause in a sales agreement which potentially could release the paying party from its obligations when payment becomes impossible or impracticable.

    In the age of COVID-19, some employers are attempting to rely on force majeure clauses to avoid paying earned commissions to their independent sales representatives or sales employees. Some companies are experiencing much greater sales than expected for COVID related items like hospital ventilators or PPE due to skyrocketing demand. Rather than honoring their sales agreements and paying out their commissions to their salesforce, some companies are unilaterally changing commission structures to reduce the amounts payable. Companies and sales representatives alike are now wondering if companies can get away with relying upon these force majeure clauses to avoid paying their sales employees their otherwise owed commissions. In most cases, the answer is no.

    The law does not allow a company to use a force majeure provision in a sales agreement to avoid paying otherwise earned sales commissions unless the company can show that payment of earned commissions has become impossible or impractical as a direct result of the COVID. Having to pay a sales commission an unusually high commission because of significant sales volume due to COVID is not enough. Just because a sales representative earns a significant sales commission because of a COVID induced sales spike does not mean the company’s payment of the commission can be avoided under a contractual force majeure provision. In most cases involving increased sales due to COVID, the company has benefited, and the sales representative should as well for securing the increased sales from their sales accounts. In these situations, the company does not have a plausible argument that paying the commission would be impractical or impossible.

    What the legal remedies available to sales representatives when they are denied their rightfully owed sales commissions? Luckily for New Jersey sales representatives, our state laws include several different causes of action that protect sales representatives against companies who fail to make timely payment of earned commissions. The ability to avail oneself to these laws will depend on certain factors, including his or her job classification, e.g., whether he or she is an employee or independent contractor. For employees, there may be protections under the New Jersey Wage Payment law if the commission is considered a “wage” under the state wage theft statute. For independent contractors, there may be protections under the New Jersey Sales Representative Act. Both these laws provide sales representatives with the legal means to recover their earned commission, as well as additional penalties (an additional amount that is double of the commission owed under New Jersey Wage Payment Law and an additional amount triple of the commission owed under the New Jersey Sales Representative Act). There may also be other causes of action should the sales representative not be eligible under either these laws such as breach of contract, promissory estoppel, unjust enrichment and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing.

    There will undoubtedly be an increase in lawsuits involving sales representatives who believe they are not being paid their earned commissions due to COVID. Sales commission laws are complicated and their applicability to sales representatives is very fact specific and require a thorough legal analysis from an experienced sales representative lawyer. Especially with the new challenges COVID-19 has introduced to interpreting commission structures and force majeure clauses in sales contracts, it is important for anyone who thinks they are the victim of wage theft or due unpaid commissions consults with an experienced attorney who can assist them in recovering their hard-earned sales commissions.
     
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  12. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Sign me up...I'm AllIn!! Let the Games begin...
     
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  13. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    I'm in too!
     
  14. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Bad decision E.H. ! C.B. will NOT be happy :(

    "Both these laws provide sales representatives with the legal means to recover their earned commission, as well as additional penalties (an additional amount that is double of the commission owed under New Jersey Wage Payment Law and an additional amount triple of the commission owed under the New Jersey Sales Representative Act)."
     
  15. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    I see you guys are now getting it up the ass in your division too. Let me officially welcome you to the Getinge Family.

    Very truly yours,
    Uncle Charlie

    GETINGE
    Passion for Life-Crushing
     
  16. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    I’m in too. I’d love to see them pay up. Initially I only wanted what I was owed but I’m going for every penny I squeeze from them. Psssst EH. Remember those “Core Values”? I think accountability was one of them....wasn’t it?
     
  17. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    I’m going after GETINGE AB, GETINGE USA, and Senior Management personally for every ounce (every penny) supported by employment law!
     
  18. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    No one's gonna care till you guys let us know how much a typical rep makes, what they are gonna make this year and what could they have made without the covid pay. Sell us the story!
     
  19. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    What's the normal commission?


     
  20. anonymous

    anonymous Guest