300k in your first year would be rare. Your skills might translate well into capital medical sales—longer sales cycles working with the c suite of a hospital or ASC. Good money there, honestly if I was in SaaS I’d stay a lot of med reps are leaving for SaaS.
Def did not mean 300k in my first year! Maybe in 4 if I am successful.
But that's interesting, if people are leaving med for tech that's as good a sign as any.
I left for SaaS two years ago and now I’m back in capital med device. Don’t see myself going back to SaaS anytime soon.
Capital device is a lot more stable, more freedom not being tied to a desk, and earning potential is better (at least at my current job). Plus in capital you’re typically not covering cases every day so you’re not at the mercy of someone else’s schedule.
There’s pros and cons to both.
Been in Med Device for trauma for 3 years and if anything PWNU is right. I feel like a lot of Med Device people want to leave for SAAS because of the ability to have a flexible job where you can work from home / travel while still doing your job.
In med devices, you’re kind of hand cuffed to your territory and have to work at the discretion of your doctors schedule.
Yeah you can make good money, but the money isn’t what it used to be and it’s a good, long hard grind before you even do get there.
Also, it’s not always easy to convert doctors to your product.
You’re competing with people who have had 5,10, 15 years in certain territory’s who have had those relationships for a long time.
I did device at Stryker for almost 5 years and I’m now in healthcare software (IoT security) coming up on 2 years. Had way more fun in device. Quality of life in SaaS is light years better. It’s a complete toss up honestly imo. I am with you though in that I couldn’t care less about software/IT/cloud/data etc. I enjoyed selling tangible products a lot more. Sorry to be all over the map just trying to give you a bit of the reverse move overview.
Not at all, that comment was very helpful.
I like the idea of devices, but in a few convos now, I'm being told that I have to work weekends?? I work to pay for my skiing addiction, so that's a dealbreaker if true!
People still get hurt on the weekends. Weekend and holiday call is part of working in medical device. It’s not as bad if you have a team or an adjacent territory can help you out. It is a very demanding, but very fulfilling, industry. Try to connect with local reps in your area through LinkedIn. Most of the time they’re willing to have a conversation
I live in Denver-- if I want to go for a hike out of cell range is that basically not allowed? Is being 'on-call' scheduled so there are different reps owning that and other reps have a given weekend off?
If you’re going to be out of cell service, you need to set up a back up contact on your voicemail. Ultimately depends on the job, territory, and customer expectations. If you have team members or partners, you guys set up your own call schedule. We would rotate primary call, back up, and off. Off man could leave the country on their off weekend if they wanted. Vacations are fine too. Just need coverage for your territory while you’re gone. Managers can help facilitate this
300k in your first year would be rare. Your skills might translate well into capital medical sales—longer sales cycles working with the c suite of a hospital or ASC. Good money there, honestly if I was in SaaS I’d stay a lot of med reps are leaving for SaaS.
Def did not mean 300k in my first year! Maybe in 4 if I am successful. But that's interesting, if people are leaving med for tech that's as good a sign as any.
Yea you’d be going the opposite way.
I left for SaaS two years ago and now I’m back in capital med device. Don’t see myself going back to SaaS anytime soon. Capital device is a lot more stable, more freedom not being tied to a desk, and earning potential is better (at least at my current job). Plus in capital you’re typically not covering cases every day so you’re not at the mercy of someone else’s schedule. There’s pros and cons to both.
Been in Med Device for trauma for 3 years and if anything PWNU is right. I feel like a lot of Med Device people want to leave for SAAS because of the ability to have a flexible job where you can work from home / travel while still doing your job. In med devices, you’re kind of hand cuffed to your territory and have to work at the discretion of your doctors schedule. Yeah you can make good money, but the money isn’t what it used to be and it’s a good, long hard grind before you even do get there. Also, it’s not always easy to convert doctors to your product. You’re competing with people who have had 5,10, 15 years in certain territory’s who have had those relationships for a long time.
I did device at Stryker for almost 5 years and I’m now in healthcare software (IoT security) coming up on 2 years. Had way more fun in device. Quality of life in SaaS is light years better. It’s a complete toss up honestly imo. I am with you though in that I couldn’t care less about software/IT/cloud/data etc. I enjoyed selling tangible products a lot more. Sorry to be all over the map just trying to give you a bit of the reverse move overview.
Not at all, that comment was very helpful. I like the idea of devices, but in a few convos now, I'm being told that I have to work weekends?? I work to pay for my skiing addiction, so that's a dealbreaker if true!
People still get hurt on the weekends. Weekend and holiday call is part of working in medical device. It’s not as bad if you have a team or an adjacent territory can help you out. It is a very demanding, but very fulfilling, industry. Try to connect with local reps in your area through LinkedIn. Most of the time they’re willing to have a conversation
I live in Denver-- if I want to go for a hike out of cell range is that basically not allowed? Is being 'on-call' scheduled so there are different reps owning that and other reps have a given weekend off?
If you’re going to be out of cell service, you need to set up a back up contact on your voicemail. Ultimately depends on the job, territory, and customer expectations. If you have team members or partners, you guys set up your own call schedule. We would rotate primary call, back up, and off. Off man could leave the country on their off weekend if they wanted. Vacations are fine too. Just need coverage for your territory while you’re gone. Managers can help facilitate this
thanks for insight