Crosslink Sucks

So corporate puts a plan together to help reps through the slow times and Crosslink just elects to start letting reps go? I’m still here for now but this place sucks.

 

Crosslink sucks? You suck! Crosslink is awesome. We pay and take care of everyone like they are an owner. We are respectable, professional, and care about all of your families. That’s why we let you go... so you can do better!

 

You will never regret the day you leave that dirty place.

 

Two words - Brad Minges

 

I’m looking to leave. Lowest commission percentage in our field, but oh wait, we can make up for that low pay with shitty sidelines!

 

Oddly enough the problem is much bigger than the low commissions and bad side products. You've become aware of the slow boil. Welcome to the party.

 

Welcome your mom to the party!! Let’s go!!! It’s leg day, which means let’s do our triceps.

 

Crosslink has always taken care of me. Can't say a bad thing about them. Stop licking salty ballsack.

 

They are the best competitor to have because they hire dip shits who never gain respect in the OR or the clinic and end up fired.

 

They grasp at straws - just look at their moves in Raleigh

 

this ^^^. Or they hold a sales bag that mother Stryker doesn’t approve of.

 

See Donald Long Circa 2015

 

I’ve been in med device for ~30 years in the south/southeast region and rub shoulders with CrossLink people almost daily. I don’t know if they “suck” or not, but this is by far the most dysfunctional bunch you will ever come across. It has to be the worst culture you will ever witness in an organization. They certainly have a large number of people in leadership positions, but suffer from a severe lack of leadership. That starts all the way at the top. It’s almost as if these “leaders” are reading a different leadership how-to book each week & trying ideas out in the office. The C-Suite is void of actual leaders & that fact has become more obvious in their footprint, and if rumors can be believed, also at Stryker corporate. One of their reps said it was “leadership via color by numbers” & the only mentoring he ever received was re-hashed motivational sports quotes. It has become the running joke from Atlanta all the way to South Georgia.

On the surface, you would think a distributor that houses multiple Stryker divisions could collaborate and work together, but these guys don’t even know what their colleagues and co-workers are doing. Furthermore, they don’t work together and most don’t even like one another. An admin of a mid-sized system told me that one CrossLink rep slashed the prices of another’s to enhance a deal & he was impressed at the teamwork… until 2 weeks later he found out that the rep that had gotten slashed didn’t even know it had happened. How is that for leadership, teamwork and culture?? That story will forever open my presentations when I talk to my crew about culture & leadership. And you can bet that Admin is trying to exploit this across CrossLink, improve his deals, and makes his numbers look better.

Possibly the biggest indictment of this bunch is through talking to other Stryker divisions in the area not under the CrossLink umbrella. If you don’t believe any of the words you’ve read here, go ask some of those guys & gals. I have yet to find any Stryker manager or rep that has an ounce of respect for CrossLink or how they do business and handle themselves. In the days of collaboration, you see the Stryker direct folks doing everything they can to distance themselves from Crosslink when working inside their accounts. The more fun & entertaining stories are from people that have left CrossLink in the past few years. If you ever find yourself talking to one, be sure and ask. In today’s world of business, just cannot see this Old Boys Club surviving through the next decade. If you are out there and looking to break into the business, be sure you do your homework if you talk to this crew.

 

Bad getting worse... people can't get out of CrossLink fast enough. Shocking to hear how much the reps hate working there.

 

I hear they have great Christmas parties though ........

 

You sound educated, but I promise you it is actually worse.

 

Shouldn't be on a Stryker Thread & should be moved. I cannot imagine Stryker wanting to be associated with the drama of a distributor.

 

Is this why we’re losing F&A and shoulder?

 

Probably not the only divisions Stryker claws back. Reps would much rather be Stryker employees - better pay, leadership, and resources.

 

What a joke this guy is hahahaha!!!! Gimme a fucking break. Stryker is one of thousands of companies in this industry. No better in any way. Unless you like shrinking territories and inflating quotas. Moron.

Try getting a job with a real company selling innovative products. If you can break away from the brain washing.