Impres FAQ

Pros

Interactive environment, room for growth

Cons

Lack of health benefits, paid vacation

Pros

Excellent company culture, good level of job flexibility & support from management.

Cons

Lack of health benefits / insurance.

Pros

Please note: how this company was when I started is entirely different from how it was operating when I left. Pros: Foot in the door to the pharma industry ; Represent well known companies; managers don’t check in often with you so must be self sufficient; represent both rx and otc products

Cons

Flat rate for travel no matter where you work- doesn’t fully cover fuel and parking, you’re paid the same for gas/ parking as people in other provinces and this rate remained the same despite gas price increases over the years. They don’t account at all for wear and tear on your own vehicle - and you drive close to 2000 km a month. They have you represent multiple contracts and have you go to specific pharmacies for one contract at a time; increase work load, but decrease your pay. They give you a monthly bonus based off of your performance, but don’t track KPI’s (which it’s supposed to be measured off of) and can’t show you anything concrete if you want to see rankings and performance feedback. Annual bonus were so disorganized that they paid it out five months after originally promised ( used to supplement a missing paycheck in December at year end). You don’t work for most of December so you go without a pay check. No medical or dental coverage either. Technology is outdated and constantly malfunctioning mid work day setting you behind and wasting your gas. Pay is incredibly below industry standards, working out to be minimum wage at best ( sometimes you’re paid $12 for a half hour visit to a pharmacy). Monthly target objectives often delivered 2-3 weeks into the month, so you really don’t know how many stores to visit each day. If you book vacation time off, they just increase your target objectives the month prior and after so you’re twice as busy those months instead. Management turns over very quickly - 11 team managers in 4.5 years. They changed our contracts multiple times each year … to benefit themselves by bringing on additional partners for us to represent but for the same pay. What is the point of signing a contract then?

Advice to Management

I had 11 managers in 4 years of employment. Zero feedback given last few - neither positive or constructive, no kpi tracking in a sale job- no competitiveness as a result , so many technical issues and a full year to update our territories and they still weren’t correct , care way too much about pleasing partners than looking out for employees. Care for your employees. Have employees best interests in mind too. Stop taking on contracts and overloading one team, instead hire more people and stick to 3 partners per team as listed in our contract Instead of 5. Pay is minimum wage or less once you account for travel, and vehicle wear and tear.

Pros

Please note: how this company was when I started is entirely different from how it was operating when I left. Pros: Foot in the door to the pharma industry ; Represent well known companies; managers don’t check in often with you so must be self sufficient; represent both rx and otc products

Cons

Flat rate for travel no matter where you work- doesn’t fully cover fuel and parking, you’re paid the same for gas/ parking as people in other provinces and this rate remained the same despite gas price increases over the years. They don’t account at all for wear and tear on your own vehicle - and you drive close to 2000 km a month. They have you represent multiple contracts and have you go to specific pharmacies for one contract at a time; increase work load, but decrease your pay. They give you a monthly bonus based off of your performance, but don’t track KPI’s (which it’s supposed to be measured off of) and can’t show you anything concrete if you want to see rankings and performance feedback. Annual bonus were so disorganized that they paid it out five months after originally promised ( used to supplement a missing paycheck in December at year end). You don’t work for most of December so you go without a pay check. No medical or dental coverage either. Technology is outdated and constantly malfunctioning mid work day setting you behind and wasting your gas. Pay is incredibly below industry standards, working out to be minimum wage at best ( sometimes you’re paid $12 for a half hour visit to a pharmacy). Monthly target objectives often delivered 2-3 weeks into the month, so you really don’t know how many stores to visit each day. If you book vacation time off, they just increase your target objectives the month prior and after so you’re twice as busy those months instead. Management turns over very quickly - 11 team managers in 4.5 years. They changed our contracts multiple times each year … to benefit themselves by bringing on additional partners for us to represent but for the same pay. What is the point of signing a contract then?

Advice to Management

I had 11 managers in 4 years of employment. Zero feedback given last few - neither positive or constructive, no kpi tracking in a sale job- no competitiveness as a result , so many technical issues and a full year to update our territories and they still weren’t correct , care way too much about pleasing partners than looking out for employees. Care for your employees. Have employees best interests in mind too. Stop taking on contracts and overloading one team, instead hire more people and stick to 3 partners per team as listed in our contract Instead of 5. Pay is minimum wage or less once you account for travel, and vehicle wear and tear.

Pros

Nice management, leaves you alone for the most part

Cons

No company car, benefits, job security

Advice to Management

Give benefits