Medical Sales Rep

I am curious to know how all the medical reps or prospective medical reps are getting by in this economy?
Is your hospital purchasing affected? Any downsizing?
Any good news?
Take it to the comments.

Many of you visit this site looking for ways to get into medical sales. You may not have a mentor, friend, or family member who can guide you. That is the entire reason I wrote an e-book here.
Inside you will find a concise guide on how to break into the business and make six figures [...]

I have made a post about company cars before where I recommended what to drive if you don’t get a company car. I find myself curious what everyone is driving? I have seen the lots of Impala’s recently, as well as the Dodge Charger and Buick Rendezvous.
Feel free to drop a comment off and let [...]

I thought this blog could become infinitely more productive if I simply asked what you would like me to focus on (asking the customer, duh!)
So, what would you like to hear about and what are some things you would like to see from this website? A better job board? Forums?
Also, how did you find us? [...]

For anyone interested, I have revamped the look of this site to a previous theme. I generally like it because it helps to organize the content better and the color scheme is neutral. It will have plenty of room to grow as well. We all have lots of work to do at becoming better medical [...]

We all make mistakes. It is a fact of life. Recovering from a mistake can be a long road in Medical Device sales. Doctors, Nurses, Administrators, everyone hears about it when you do something wrong. No one hears about it when you do something right (a follow up post on this subject is coming).
What can [...]

Other projects have kept me from posting. I have been quite busy and this blog is last on my list of priorities.
I will be playing around with some different themes and also introducing some new tools to help this blog.
I will also be responding to comments I have received since I have been away.

I have already written about things I do on a Saturday here.
I want to explain some of the things I just did to make my upcoming week better.

Checked and updated my calendar

This is your guide for the week. It could all change with one phone call tomorrow morning, but it is better to be prepared [...]

I have come across a lot of reps in my day. Many are provided company vehicles, others are given allowances to buy their own, and still others who own their vehicle with no allowance.
For those of you with an allowance, I am going to make a couple suggestions.

Do not get an expensive car (ex: Escalade, [...]

It is important to recognize the signs of a deteriorating employment situation.  What I will talk about today is when to jump from a sinking ship (in this case the company is sinking, not the rep).
Here is the scenario:
A company recruits you on how you can make a mint by working for them. They tout [...]