
Why Your Device Rep Hire Failed (It Wasn't Their Fault)
Your pharma hiring playbook doesn't work for device sales. Here's why device reps need different skills, experience, and market knowledge.
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Your pharma hiring playbook doesn't work for device sales. Here's why device reps need different skills, experience, and market knowledge.

Rep burnout costs $150K-300K when they leave. Learn how stretching reps backfires and why flexible capacity is the smarter solution.

Device launch windows are 90 days. Full-time hiring takes 4+ months. See how competitors capture early adopters while you're still recruiting.

Empty device territories bleed money daily. Full-time hiring takes 6+ months. Learn why speed matters and how to fill territories in 2-4 weeks instead.

IRS classification, Texas Workforce Commission, FDA and anti-kickback. How to get contractor structure right and avoid $30K–$100K in penalties.

Why all-full-time teams can't keep up with the Texas market. Core plus hourly rep structure, San Antonio example, and when to add flexible capacity.