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Subject: Re: The Last Place You Look posting starts Author: Boyd Percy [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 21:44:24 12/21/14 Sun In reply to: Wes 's message, "The Last Place You Look posting starts" on 20:22:50 12/14/14 Sun In chapter 4 John says he only hires EMTs to work at his medical supply company. That makes sense since they sell equipment intended for use by EMTs. I wonder if that is standard procedure in the medical supply business. I remember a young woman I worked with 40 years ago who took a job as a pharmaceutical representative. I know she wasn't a pharmacist or even a pharmacy technician, if they even had them in those days. I've heard stories medical equipment salesmen who join surgeons in the operating rooms to demonstrate how new equipment works. Of course, this is hearsay but it makes me wonder. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: The Last Place You Look posting starts Author: mike [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 22:01:57 12/21/14 Sun >In chapter 4 John says he only hires EMTs to work at >his medical supply company. That makes sense since >they sell equipment intended for use by EMTs. I wonder >if that is standard procedure in the medical supply >business. I remember a young woman I worked with 40 >years ago who took a job as a pharmaceutical >representative. I know she wasn't a pharmacist or even >a pharmacy technician, if they even had them in those >days. I've heard stories medical equipment salesmen >who join surgeons in the operating rooms to >demonstrate how new equipment works. Of course, this >is hearsay but it makes me wonder. I spent a long time in the hospital with my wife and I saw quite a few pharm salespeople. I saw one guy with the sales bags on rollers. I found out that he just sold x-ray supplies. Most of the sales people were pretty young women in high heels and short dresses. I doubt that many of them could even spell pharmaceutical. It must be demeaning to know that your best qualification for your job is your cleavage.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: The Last Place You Look posting starts Author: Dmitri [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:23:03 12/22/14 Mon A job I worked about 25+ years ago now, the husband of one of my co-workers was trained as a salesman. I don't remember what company or product he represented before, but about the time I started working for this company (office products), my co-worker's husband changed jobs and became a salesman for a pharmaceutical company. He was the first trained "salesman" in that company. All the salespeople there already had chemistry or pharmaceutical backgrounds. In less than a year he was breaking sales records left and right. A salesman can sell anything they believe in (and lots they don't). I'm not a salesman. > >I spent a long time in the hospital with my wife and I >saw quite a few pharm salespeople. I saw one guy with >the sales bags on rollers. I found out that he just >sold x-ray supplies. Most of the sales people were >pretty young women in high heels and short dresses. I >doubt that many of them could even spell >pharmaceutical. It must be demeaning to know that your >best qualification for your job is your cleavage.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: The Last Place You Look posting starts Author: Jon [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 01:36:15 12/23/14 Tue Snippola > Most of the sales people were >pretty young women in high heels and short dresses. I >doubt that many of them could even spell >pharmaceutical. It must be demeaning to know that your >best qualification for your job is your cleavage. I worked for a major "healthcare" company for many years. At the corporate headquarters campus was one building that held the sales training for the pharmaceutical division. Fellow workers referred to the groups of trainees were simply referred to as "Biff & Buffy". You can draw your own conclusions, but many were blonde and very pretty. The company called their sales force "detailers". Sex does sell....even for drugs or drug products!

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: The Last Place You Look posting starts Author: mike [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:35:55 12/25/14 Thu >Snippola >pharmaceutical division. > >Fellow workers referred to the groups of trainees were >simply referred to as "Biff & Buffy". You can draw >your own conclusions, but many were blonde and very >pretty. > >The company called their sales force "detailers". > >Sex does sell....even for drugs or drug products! The car and beer people have known that for yarns now.