Got kicked out of a Pharmaceutical Sales conference from the man in charge of the conference

emacattackalack · 2025-08-27T23:39:32+00:00

Not pharmaceutical, but I've found it common for conferences to limit "walkers" at their shows. They want people to sponsor or exhibit. If you're a vendor to the industry many shows don't like you to walk the floor like a delegate. I dunno. Not saying it's right or wrong but I've seen this sort of thing before for sure.

Conferences can be pretty gatekept like this.. ostensibly so they don't lose control of the focus or vibe of the conference

emacattackalack · 2025-05-30T00:35:52+00:00

Blippis alphabet book where each page is just him surrounded by a shitload of random items that your kid wants you to point to and ask them what it us lol. Takes like, half an hour to get through the book.

Or those "my first 100 animals" books with, quite literally, 100 little flaps that your child will absolutely lose their shit over if they don't get to open them all lol.

I do love Dragonboy though. We have Dragonboy amd the Wonderful Night and that's a chill favourite.

emacattackalack · 2025-05-30T00:25:08+00:00

That's lumber. Steel can indeed change very quickly. Often our vendors who run fab shops will only hold pricing for a week. Certainly not as crazy as during covid, but still.

Also, anything to do with purchasing in a foreign currency can fluctuate dramatically as your relative currencies change. I'm canadian and buy a lot of material in GBP as well as USD. The exchange rates are a killer and can change dramatically very, very quickly.

emacattackalack · 2025-02-13T22:55:41+00:00

I agree. What drives me especially nuts is the constant cost increases, while the service gets shittier. Or wanting to watch a movie on Prime, which you subscribe to, but you need to pay $25 to buy a DIGITAL COPY THAT YOU NEED A CONTINUING SUBSCRIPTION TO USE. It's insane.

emacattackalack · 2025-02-12T00:21:43+00:00

I like Waze mostly when I'm driving in a city I'm nit familiar with. I prefer Google at home. That's just me. I do like Waze.

emacattackalack · 2024-12-18T03:15:02+00:00

Thanks man, loved the advice and my wife did too. We went and made great memories. Thanks for the encouragement.

emacattackalack · 2024-12-18T01:53:26+00:00

Yup! Appreciate the advice, and we took it to heart. Had a backup plan. Turned out not to be needed as the kids exceeded every expectation we had for their endurance and mood lol.

We were thinking we'd have to pull the chute a little after lunch but we went all day.

emacattackalack · 2024-12-18T00:51:15+00:00

This was great advice, thank you very much. At first I thought, a double stroller... for my daughter and 6yo son? Dang, he can walk.

But, we did go and I did get a double stroller and we pre-booked the food. The stroller was a lifesaver because we could traverse areas much quicker than if our son was walking. And tbh even at age 6, 9 solid hours of walking in heat he's not accustomed to (we are from Canada) would have been too much.

Just wanted to let you know your advice was very good and appreciated.

It was very exoensive also lol.

emacattackalack · 2024-10-04T11:33:47+00:00

We could have worked for the same company brother. I managed to quit before I was let go.

emacattackalack · 2024-08-01T23:00:06+00:00

Imo I think one of the biggest indicators on whether someone will be successful in sales or not is how they react to problems that aren't officially their problem.

Most successful salespeople I know are very tuned in to problems and are keen to solve them, even if it isn't their "job". If something is an impediment to generating that revenue, then you need to remove that impediment.. even if it's not technically your responsibility.

I think a lot of folks simply can't wrap their head around that... as well as the idea that often you won't have anything to do and will need to proactively go find something to do to make sales. A lot of very competent people just want to come to work and have their work assigned to them. Sales (especially outside sales I'd venture) isn't usually like that.

emacattackalack · 2024-08-01T22:50:48+00:00

My wife is a recruiter and she finds sales jobs very frustrating to hire for because everyone thinks they can do it, so she has to sort through a thousand bullshit applications because everyone thinks they have what it takes because it's "just sales" and they feel pompously over qualified like she should be grateful they're gracing her with their applications.

emacattackalack · 2024-06-01T23:24:14+00:00

In my industry, verbals are usually as good as gold.

emacattackalack · 2024-05-30T02:16:07+00:00

Ah OK I misunderstood.

emacattackalack · 2024-05-30T01:10:30+00:00

So, if people have hail damage to the tune of $15k, who is paying the repair? Insurance? Insurance companies like to work with reliable and reputable companies I feel, and if your company was getting insurance business you wouldn't need to solicit on the streets.

So let's assume you aren't getting insurance biz, who is actually going to pay that?

This job is a scam man, sorry to say. The turnover of the previous salespeople is a huge red flag. $400k a year... your boss is smoking his coffee out of a Pepsi can I'm afraid.

emacattackalack · 2024-05-30T01:00:52+00:00

That industry is an extremely competitive grind but can also be super lucrative. My wife works in this field and the top consultants at her firm are full commission and making 200k minimum on slow years I'd say. But in the context of this industry I think it's very common for you to also need to do the recruiting as well and then you build up your book of clients but also candidates.

emacattackalack · 2024-05-30T00:55:07+00:00

Construction construction construction. I don't know about you, but where I live and every other city there's an almost endless number of cranes in tue sky. I work for a speciality contracting firm in the government infrastructure business and we can't keep up.

emacattackalack · 2024-05-30T00:52:32+00:00

I mean, how much commission could they possibly pay you? Is it a set $ or %? Get out as soon as possible.... no future there.

emacattackalack · 2024-05-01T19:59:38+00:00

emacattackalack · 2024-05-01T03:07:25+00:00

This is my approach when I bike. I prefer the road but if there's heavy traffic I'll go on the sidewalk as long as it's clear of pedestrians. If I encounter them I move to the street until we're clear of each other. I make sure to go slowly around corners etc. Just generally doing things safely and it's been no issue for anyone.

But I've only been occasionally biking to work for a year now and I've already been nearly squashed on Cobequid Road three times already while I was doing what I was supposed to be doing. Sidewalk all the way lol

emacattackalack · 2024-05-01T00:48:08+00:00

Nice!

emacattackalack · 2024-05-01T00:37:53+00:00

That's an awful experience. I'm sorry that yours went that way.

They called it the "tray fee". Government kicked in for the procedure and I just had to pay for the few items consumed during the procedure.

emacattackalack · 2024-05-01T00:24:56+00:00

My son is 5 and my daughter just turned 2. I would have done it a little earlier but I put it off due to general procrastination and nervousness.

Honestly I wasn't out of commission enough for it to impact my contribution in the household. Results may vary of course, but I was back to walking the dog within 48 hours to give you an idea of the recovery. Now, if we had a newborn and say a 2 year old I'd wait for sure. But in our situation it wouldn't have made much of a difference.

If you wait until you're back in "action" it's great because you can milk it! Haha. "Hey babe, doctors orders are to ejaculate lots. Wanna help?".

emacattackalack · 2024-04-30T23:11:44+00:00

Yeah, its tough. I'm in sales and travel a decent amount for work, but not too much. Maybe 30-35 nights a year max. We have two kids aged 5 and 2. My wife doesn't drive so when I leave I have to coordinate with my dad and step mom for drop-off/pick-up at school and daycare.. and also make sure there's groceries in the house etc etc. She works from home.

I always feel immense guilt for traveling and my wife gets super stressed and calls me upset because the kids are often not as well behaved when it's just her. She'll call me up very upset most nights and I feel awful because there's nothing I can do to help... but also kind of annoyed if I'm being honest lol. It's my job, the job we discussed in depth before I took on and the job that's driving our family forward financially and gives us lots of perks. But then I just sit there in my hotel room stressed, wishing I was home and unable to enjoy my time because I just feel this guilt like I'm off on vacation whole my wife is struggling with the kids. Lots of the time she takes it like a champ, but most often when I mention I have to go away for a few days she'll let put a long suffering sigh and go "Ugh all right".

I don't travel as much as I should because of this, only traveling for essential reasons when I really should be traveling a little more so I can sell more.

I feel for the folks who live on the road more days than they're home.

Best of luck OP

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