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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4247676"]There is a "local" branch that the branch manager works out of but the reps aren't required to work out of there, especially if you are not on the east coast where the branches are closer geographically. You may live 100's of miles from your branch.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you should already know your local branch because you have to take your 2nd assessment test there. The benefits are decent but probably not better than pharma. Medical will definitely cost more and vacation is ok. But just remember, after 2 years, you go to commission only so if you choose to take time off, you technically aren't selling anything. It is much different than pharma where you can disappear from your territory for 2 weeks and your script levels don't drop.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a real sales job that requires closes for actual orders on a daily basis. If they give you a "scratch" territory(basically all the trash offices the tenured reps don't want to bother with), you are going to be working your ass off to try and grow that territory enough to survive in 2 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Patterson is a turn and burn company. Very tough to get in at this stage and succeed unless you are lucky enough to come in when a tenured rep retires and they give you a piece of that territory. The first question you should ask is where is this territory being carved from.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4247676"]There is a "local" branch that the branch manager works out of but the reps aren't required to work out of there, especially if you are not on the east coast where the branches are closer geographically. You may live 100's of miles from your branch. But you should already know your local branch because you have to take your 2nd assessment test there. The benefits are decent but probably not better than pharma. Medical will definitely cost more and vacation is ok. But just remember, after 2 years, you go to commission only so if you choose to take time off, you technically aren't selling anything. It is much different than pharma where you can disappear from your territory for 2 weeks and your script levels don't drop. This is a real sales job that requires closes for actual orders on a daily basis. If they give you a "scratch" territory(basically all the trash offices the tenured reps don't want to bother with), you are going to be working your ass off to try and grow that territory enough to survive in 2 years. Patterson is a turn and burn company. Very tough to get in at this stage and succeed unless you are lucky enough to come in when a tenured rep retires and they give you a piece of that territory. The first question you should ask is where is this territory being carved from.[/QUOTE]
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