Any feedback or insight on the Orthovisc rep position? I have seen older posts but nothing recent. Basically looking to see if this is a viable position, future, division culture. Any compensation insight is also great. thanks
OV has basically kept Mitek profitable, so there is a ton of pressure to get sales. Its kind of a f'ed thing. The Mitek reps are still responsible to get you most of your leads and bring you in to do the pharma sale thing. J&J does not even own OV they just have a lic to be the US dist for it. Its a pharma job not device.
Why is it a pharma job? there is a number to hit, accountability to make that number. You are getting physician, and office, buy in on your product vs. the competition based on either clinical value or the value the rep brings. I don't see the difference between this and other device jobs. Granted, you are not in surgery, but there are a lot of device jobs that don't require that either. Any feedback?
Orthovisc reps are glorified pharma reps. Like anything else, you have good and bad. I'm a Mitek rep and I have two OV reps in my territory. One is excellent - great team player, professional, reliable, etc. The other is almost completely useless; she nearly cost me some of my implant business when she pissed off one of my key surgeons. Worst thing about being an OV rep in my opinion is you have one product in your bag.
Orthovisc is definitely a growth driver for Mitek. However, the previous poster is right... Downfall is that you only have one product in your bag and the product class is extremely competitive. The goals are aggressive (as they are in any medical sales job right now). It is a direct sales force with all the perks, company car, base pay, expense account, etc. In the right territory there is an opportunity to make good money with a good quality of life. Good luck!
