Glad I have a job during the holidays!

With so many displaced ex-Pfizer reps unemployed I am so grateful to be getting a very nice paycheck every two weeks.

To those of us remaining on the Pfizer ship, Happy Holidays and Cheers!

 

Couldn't agree more. New to Pfizer and not a youngster.

 

Pfizer is still a great place to work.

 

Separated, early 60's, long tenure, nice severance...done!

 

Now that's funny!

 

Great for you. What if you are in no man's land?
Around 50. Too young to retire, too old to start at the bottom of another career.

 

U better pray & and save EVERY Penny! The Grim reaper will def be back in 2 years if not sooner, just sayin . . . . Viagra LOE 17' & Lyrica after that

 

Good for you and all those that have a job.

It's funny that the company must hide their crappy corporate culture and manager jerks behind the threat of layoffs every other year right before Christmas to make employees happy to work there.

It's better to work for a dickhead than to not have work at all. No where to go but up...according to dickhead the manager whose suffering from limp sales.

 

1. Have a plan B ... have a great resume, network for opportunities, add to your skills, consider more education or certifications. Know exactly what you want to do before your severance runs out if you can't retire.

2. Pump as much money as you can into retirement savings...modify your lifestyle and spending priorities and invest for future gains.

3. Work for Pfizer as long as you can, maximize your pension, get as close as you can to 62 for Social Security. Get raises and promotions (specialty positions if you can). This increases earnings, savings, Soc. Sec. payments, pension and even your severance should it ever come your way.

4. Have a fairly aggressive portfolio for growth, keep your money invested even during market slumps. Time is your best asset. Don't take withdrawals or loans from 401k unless absolutely urgent!

5. Avoid fear. Think, plan and prepare confidently. If you're here, you're smart. Use it.

 

Screw you asshole

 

Amen! Free at last from the Pfizer tyranny and so many jerks and a-holes.

 

Haven't you heard.....Pfizer has a "no jerk" policy.

 

Enjoy it now because your day is coming.

 

Good to hear someone is grateful. I have a job in a related industry after going through a layoff with another big pharma company. At 50+ years old, I really wanted to retire where I was. I had applied with Pfizer a couple of months ago before I was hired in my current position. I had a phone screen on a Monday and face to face interview on Wednesday and was told we would know Friday. At 4:30 on Friday I emailed the hiring mgr who said he would let everyone know the following Thursday or Friday. Next week rolls around and on Wednesday, I get an email from Pfizer asking me to complete online application and consent for background check. I'm thinking this is great!!! Then Friday at 5:15 I still haven't heard so I email hiring mgr again. He responds that he has moved someone else forward, but they told me to do the online thing so I could be considered for something else. Now I ask you, is this any way to treat people? And its not just Pfizer, other companies have done the same thing. As bad as it is out here, you would think they could at least send an email letting us know something. I don't think that's too much to ask. But to string me along for two weeks was cruel. Especially right here before the holidays. This generation of "managers" have no tact, no finesse, no manners and this crap will come back on them.

 

I agree with you how poorly all managers are at this but it's clearly an HR/legal procedures why this is happening.

Managers can't give feedback, they can't tell what they liked or didn't like or what you lacked that someone else has. Managers are limited in what they say and how they can communicate. It's ridiculous but losing so many frivolous lawsuits has led to this.

Now, I've been through a few pharma interviews and they are all consistently the craziest interviews. They are disjointed, questions are awkward, good cop, bad cop, don't call us, we'll call you and if we don't call you it means you didn't get it kinds of interviews these days.

If anyone knows the key to these crazy things, say something.

 

Hey agreed. It's not so much what they say as to whether or not you're hired, but give an answer one way or another. What the heck? It's simple and it's just considerate to call or email and say, "We've decided to move in another direction." But to say you will give everyone an answer by such date, and then not to give a reply, is just crappy. There is no lawsuit liability in being professional and polite.

 

I've been in pharma for 33 years. Had mostly great managers and Pfizer has treated me very fairly for a long time. Only leaving because I want to enjoy my 60's in sports cars rather than company cars, among many other things I haven't made time for.

 

Sorry you got canned and can't find a job. I guess you will be a Wal-Mart greeter.

 

Hope Santa shit in your stocking!
Working for WalMart is better than Pfizer.

 

There's no one left in Pfizer that has the brains to do this. Bunch of clueless shitheads who will cry to mommy and daddy when they get canned or wait til they die. Surprise, mom and dad will live to 90 and spend every dime instead of leaving it to these worthless twits.