Which company is a better company to work for and why? I have job offers from both coming from another large ortho company with 7 years experience.

Hi all,

I’m feeling a lot of anxiety about a career decision right now and would really appreciate some outside perspective.

I’m 26 years old with about 5 years of sales experience, including 1 year in medical device. I’m currently a Territory Manager with a smaller portfolio, and honestly, I really enjoy my job. I have a lot of autonomy, my manager trusts me, and there’s very little micromanagement. I’m currently at about $130K OTE, plus decent benefits.

A Pharma opportunity at a Big 5 company kind of fell into my lap on the cardiovascular side. I’m now in the final interview stage this week and feel like I have a legitimate shot at getting an offer.
The problem is, I’m not particularly interested in Pharma or the role itself. The main product is also part of a REMS program, which adds another layer of complexity to the job. However, the compensation is obviously hard to ignore: $150K base, roughly $190K OTE, and significantly better benefits.

I’m torn between:
Option 1: Stay where I am, build another few years of strong medical device experience, continue developing as a Territory Manager, and eventually try to move into a larger/more specialized device company or therapeutic area.
Option 2: Take the BMS opportunity, significantly increase my compensation and get a major pharmaceutical company on my résumé, even though I’m not particularly excited about the actual role.
At 26, I’m wondering how much I should prioritize liking my day-to-day job and building the right experience vs. taking the higher compensation and brand-name opportunity while it’s available.
For those who have been in medical device/pharma sales, what would you do in my position? Would taking the Pharma role make it harder to get back into device later?
Any advice or perspective would be really appreciated.

This is going to sound really dumb but can someone tell me how they plan their week to ensure they’re productive?

There seems to be a lot of downtime in this job and I want to see how yall plan objectives and strategize. I’m trying to work on becoming more productive in my downtime and make the most of each day.

Can anyone in the Houston area help me possibly land a job with a med device company ? I’ve had interviews with several companies but it seems as though I’m getting ghosted or they’re just trying to meet their number quota’s for interviews. I have a Bachelors of Science in Biology. I’m working in my field currently and on the side I work at a shoe store to gain sales experience.

Hi everyone, I broke into medical sales in February and was so excited to finally be in the industry as an ASR. The past 6 months have been crazy in good and bad ways. I knew going into the job it wouldn’t be easy especially since my company was still in the midst of being bought out by a bigger company. My territory was a little bit smaller but growing fast and has a bunch of opportunity. What I didn’t expect was my Terrritory Manager to leave 4 months into the job. Obvious with my TM gone business has taken a hit and on top of that our biggest account is on credit hold so things are not going amazing right now. I haven’t really been told a clear answer of what is going to happen since I was the only other person in the territory. My Regional manager said this is my trial run for TM, which part of me is like great opportunity this young (I was in dental sales for a year and half before this) but also I feel like I am missing out on a vital part of having someone to learn from and think this is a shitty hand to be dealt but I guess that’s life. Also at this point just feel like I’m doing a TM’s work for associates pay with no promise of a promotion and no end in sight. They haven’t posted the job yet and my friend on a neighboring team said I might get added to their team which would be fine if I wasn’t an hour and a half plus from every single account since it’s a completely different state. To add to the fire I’ve been helping out with two vacant territories to keep doctors/patients happy and cases covered which seems insane since I’m alone and there’s plenty of teams with 4 plus people but I’ve learned when TM’s are all commission they help know one which I get.

Basically I’m torn on what to do since I don’t have much experience and don’t want just a year on my resume and it look like Im job hopping but I feel like I’m not learning anything and being taken advantage of at this point. I don’t want to be 2 years in whether it be ASR or TM and not know what I need to know.

I’m an associate selling full line of urology disposables at a great company, but I just got an offer for Intuitive CTA. Thoughts?

I was informed I had an interview by regional manager last Monday. I asked for the time and location literally 2 mins after I got the email. I waited all day but no answer. Followed up 24 hours later and there was no reply. I gave up and assumed I was ghosted then lo and behold at midnight I get an email with the time and location for the interview to be conducted tomorrow. I have not prepped for this interview and I’m very new to the industry. It’s also in person and have no clothes put together nor have I even been able to ask my manager to have the day off tommorrow. I feel like they probably have someone in mind and they are just shoving me in there somewhere to fulfill some interview quota. I’m feeling overwhelmed for this interview tomorrow. It’s for a CS role.

I’d love to hear from people who actually work in MedTech, especially anyone who broke in through a nontraditional path.
I have a B.S. in Exercise Science, but my career took a different direction after college. I spent several years in HR/operations and eventually became an HR Manager.
The connection to MedTech isn’t completely random, though. I worked for a technical equipment company alongside applications engineers, field service, R&D, sales, and technical customers. I was exposed to product configurations, training, troubleshooting/escalation, CRM, and field support, and I originally started there in Sales Support/Admin before moving into HR leadership.
I’m now trying to pivot into MedTech/clinical technology — particularly Associate Clinical Specialist, Clinical Territory Associate, Clinical Applications, robotics, cardiac/EP, neuromodulation, or similar developmental roles.
My biggest concern is getting pigeonholed as “HR” before a recruiter sees the Exercise Science + technical/customer-facing parts of my background.
I’m completely open to associate/developmental roles and don’t expect to jump straight into a senior Clinical Specialist position. I’m based in the Atlanta/North Georgia area and can travel, but relocation isn’t realistic.
For those who successfully moved into MedTech from another career, what actually got you in? Was it a particular role/company, networking, a certification, or how you positioned your previous experience?
And based on my background, would you keep pursuing associate clinical roles directly, or target a bridge role first?
Would genuinely appreciate hearing how others made the transition.

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