Crank up the Activity Trackers, meetings, etc

Since we can no longer buy better companies and suck the life out of them, changes are coming. Just left HQ and they are getting ready to crank up the activity trackers:

calls
calls on A/B targets
calls per day
calls before 9am
calls after 4pm
EZ Speak events conducted
resources utilized
progress toward IDP
measurables progressing on GPM
web series utilized
rep generated letters delivers

I am warning you. Forget sales. Crank up your activity or you will be on IFW by the end of July!

 

It has always been that way!

 

You work til 7 on Friday? You must have created this activity push because you have no life!

 

This is true. We already had a teleconference on this shit.

 

seriously? i have heard nothing of this….think you might be reading too much into things

 

I agree, the ELT would have announced something by now!

 

measure me by my sales. my division is not activity based. Pfuck iRep!

 

This is not the kind of thing that would be announced by the ELT. When have you ever heard them announce anything to do with the day to day activities of the reps. This direction will come from SD/RM/DM in that order. Reps will hear about it at some point. This should come as no surprise from anyone who has been here for a while. It's called justifying your job. I'm not saying it's right.... but unfortunately it is what it is. Just heard Celebrex generic versions ok'd by FDA Friday-coincidence????????

 

Oh my- certain vaccine rep works very little yet has expenses galore! Definitely should be tracked........ Just saying....... Fraud at its finest!

 

Maybe you are guilty.

 

And you went to college for these drills?!

Time to move on!

 

Forgot Samples ordered/delivered
Promotional literature ordered

And besides, what else do we have to do?

 

Mind your own business . Before you throw stones, how much have you stolen from the company?.
Company car for everything, lie on personal use?
Lunches for the family.
Bogus parking, postage, office supplies?

Keep your big mouth shut and grow up.

 

You silly, moronic bitch!

 

Quit!

This business is doing more and more worthless shit and demoralizing college educated adults by deploying them as trained chimps. How many men really want to tell their kids to grow up and be like them in this job? Please.

 

It really just boils down to this. every person in HQ is trying their hardest to justify their own existence. These expectations take people tracking them, which takes expensive computers & systems, which takes multiple people put reports together, which takes multiple people to understand what the data means, which takes multiple meetings where nothing is decided on, which takes multiple emails from our managers asking for feedback, which then takes multiple people to understand what we are saying, which then takes no one to do nothing about it and discount what customers are actually saying.
If we didn't do common activities like drones, what would we actually do?

 

Do an experiment.

Send resume out to companies NON pharma.

How many call backs did you receive?

Not worried now?

You should be. Why anchor yourselves with shit.

Take a step down for 1-2 years and then grow.

No ones fault you have over spent, over budgeted, etc your salaries, bonuses etc.

Oh let me guess.. Everyone responding to this followed Jim Kramer's advice and is a multi million?

BS...

 

Exactly!

THEN if you think there are going to be further "jobs" in pharma...think again!

Time to figure out Plan B!

 

Plan B is simple but hard to do.

1. Get out of all debt including mortgage and auto.
2. Educate yourself in a skill - nursing, accounting, computer science, etc. or do number 3.
3. Start a business - but it has to be successful.
4. Be ready to start over somewhere else at half the pay.
5. Kiss ass, hit your numbers and hope it works until your exit strategy is well in place.

That's all folks!!

I've been working on number 1 for a few years.

 

But do plan!

#4? Not necessarily the case.

Holding on for the pay is a disaster waiting to happen!

There IS more to life than the salary.

Be creative and find what is best for you.

Great hunting to all!