Looking for some advice please- Recently I had my field ride with manager which went fine except for the fact that they asked me to drive past another reps house to see if she or he were home? Since I was with my manager I did it at their request BUT I did not feel good about it. I was in a really difficult position but I really thought I couldn't say no. Thank god the rep wasn't home or else I don't know what would have happened next. To tell the truth it felt really unethical especially with me in the car. The manager at my last company had me do the same thing. Can they really do that, drive past our houses? Just curious because I find the whole thing really bizarre and harassing.
just drive by some random house on the same street, and drive by quick. Honestly I would have told my manager no- if the are asking you do do this they can get their own rental car and do it on there on- keep in mind, they are most likely doing it to you and everyone else. It's shady, unethical and disrespectful to say the last
You have a sneaky, POS manager. You should look for another job if there are other red flags. This request demonstrates that they are a POS and never to be trusted. Then again, your company is nothing special. I hope you know that. In fact, you company has nothing but over priced products. My strong suggestion is find a better company to work for and good luck.
I agree. Having been a manager in an Orthopedic company (who JNJ subsequently bought...), I would never impose another rep to get involved in an HR matter with a rep that is suspect. Your manager should be doing that on his/her time, not the time that they allocate to your professional development. In reality, I do not think I would want that manager in charge of my professional development. I would give the other rep a head up about what was asked. With a manager like that, you need to look out for one another. Additionally, if the rep is making their number with a full pipe, what would the manager care anyways if they were home? I'd work on getting this asshat fired.
Call HR or your ombudsman and get some insurance on this asshole. If your manager is willing to involve you in something like this, there is no telling what he/she would do behind your back.
Thanks for the insight. Obviously our manager is too busy driving around and checking in on us. I will use the 'tell a co-worker' method first and let's see what happens...
And I hope you don't actually work for Ethicon and only posted this here, from another company. Because you can assume your asshat manager reads this, because they obviously have so much time to check up on all of you, without actually working.
Who cares if the Manager is reading this it's unethical and shady he should consider himself warmed. We are not children, do your job on your own time.
That is rotten, but the practice of driving by reps' homes has been going on for over 25 years at Ethicon. I left Ethicon years ago, but there were stories of DMs driving by their employee's homes in the 1990's and putting their hand on the car's hood to see if the engine had been used recently. If cold, they would knock on the door. In the days before IPads with tracking devices, I simply moved my car a few blocks away from home if I took a day in the home office (while legitimately doing company business). These stories show how little trust the company has in its employees. I agree that HR needs to know. You should not know if another employee is in trouble and involving you is disrespectful. Your manager is unsophisticated and you are right to feel uncomfortable. Good luck. There are great companies out there.
Why don't you dirty fucks just clean out your garages so that you can actually park your car indoors? Problem solved...
