I am required to send the dbm an email if i am out of the field for any reason. First call at 10:30 today after email a day before (because of a child). This is the first time in 18 months. Now I am required to take half day vacation or full caregiver day. What do you say to that? I believe this is abnormal.
i had a DBM tell me to always use caregiver day because those don't roll over or get paid out. Plus, you were caring for ill family member, not on vacation. I hope this helps.
wow your dm sounds like a nazi and you sound thick for indulging that kind of micromanagement. who fucking cares if you start at 10:30. now raise your hand to be excused for the bathroom you fucking infant.
Pfizer owns you from 9-5, or 7:30-6,or.....whatever your manager demands to make him/ her look like a badass to his RM, to his boss, on up the chain. It’s the Pfizer way to maintain its dog eat dog culture and swagger of managers. In reality, their all wimpy little turds who are given power over superior people. It’s ridculous, demeaning, and stupid. I start when I please and quit when I please. I believe and live by my rule of conduct which is I will work whatever hours it takes to accomplish my goals. If it takes 12 hrs. a day to accomplish the goal, so be it. If it takes 3 hours, so be it, I’m not going to waste my time with busy work to make my manager happy. As long as the numbers are there, I’ve done my job. Note: Most managers don’t work many actual hours; babysitting reps isn’t work.
You start work 2 hours later than most reps are expected to without giving you’re manager a courtesy text or call that’s you’re running late due to your kid and are complaining that your manager is kindly requesting you email him and take a child caregiver day? Exactly why end are micromananaged. Slackers and liars like you who think you’re entitled to things and blame your kid. The caregiver days are exactly for instances like this. Don’t ruin it for everyone, princess.
Careful, you’ll be labeled sexist, misogynist, or the mother of all evil, racist. Probably another “single mom” whining how tough it is. If not, can’t your husband take one of his caregiver days? IF he even has them. Employers hire and pay you to work, not make excuses not to.
Please, give this woman a break. Her biggest fault is that she posted about this to begin with. Take it from someone who has been in this business for 31 years. LIFE HAPPENS. Children get sick, parents die, houses get flooded or damaged in storms. AND until you have been a single mother with no support, don't knock her. Your daughter could be in the same situation someday. With the invention of email and cell phone, companies own all of us 24/7. A few hours off to care for a sick child or parent will not matter.
Yeah, give her a break, she’s entitled to it. Everybody gets a break, then it’s another, and it never ends. How many employers even have such a thing as caregiver time? What’s all the bitching, meaning and crying all about. Little Miss Muffet didn’t get her way, boo hoo hoo for her. Damn right, life happens. Deal with it like most grown- ups. Don’t just stamp your feet and think you’ll get your own way. In short, grow up.
Pharma...the biggest collection of petty backstabbers of any industry I've ever heard about. This post just makes you roll your eyes. The OP was asking a question and you turn it in to name calling. I bet you're great at parties.
I know. Isn’t it awful how people treat each other? Why can’t we all just be friends and help one another? It can be a wonderful world if we all just learn to trust and love one another. Peace and Love my sisters and brothers. I love you all.
Any DM that would make a rep log time-off like this is ridiculous. People work hard for people that that aren’t complete asses and idiots. The rep could have just not told the DM, which is what most pharma reps would do. What a douche bag!!!
The managers who mentored me made it very simple: “Do what you have to do, I don’t need to know. “ It was a simple honor system. So, kids, parents, doctor, dentist appts., or the occasional nooner with the wife or SA that aren’t continually recurring need not have a paper trail. When I became a manager, I added : Abuse the system and you will send me an hourly itinerary every day. Don’t make me look like a fool for treating you like a responsible adult. If I had to be your constant baby sitter you were gone. I tried to walk thru walls for my managers and 99% of my reps do the same.
