Texas and Oklahoma: layoffs and demotions

Lets start a thread keeping track of all the layoffs and demotions. This way, we can reach out to those that have been cut.

I guarantee you that those who are cut will appreciate a phone call from their friends within the company. Even if you are just a casual acquaintance, it is still a nice gesture.

Just remember, silence can be very cruel. Have a heart, and pick up the phone.

If nothing else, remind them that they can now move on with a fistful of cash! And, they don't have to worry about layoff round 2 sometime this summer!

 

I know of one demotion that made me smile. Robert Gilbert was an MDM in Oklahoma. He was demoted to DSM.

What a fall from grace for Robert. TSR manager, MDM, and then free fall back to DSM. The basic grind starts all over again, Robert!

Not only that, Robert showed his level of class and character by displacing an existing DSM and forcing him to move! This manager has kids in school, and now they all get uprooted thanks to Robert Gilbert's classy move!

Why not just retire, Robert? You don't need to be managing people anyway!

 

Will he go back to being called Bobby Gilbert.

 

Rodney Hancock, DSM Dallas area. Is he still with the company? I have heard from one source that he left on his own? True? Not true?

 

Robert Gilbert MDM- North Texas will be a DSM
Sandy Peters to stay as MDM

Troy Fowler MDM (RTP) stays as MDM
Jeff Elder (MDM) moves to DSM in St. Louis
Kim Young - DSM - displaced

Ken King MDM S. Texas - staying
Terry Andries S.-Texas- moving to DSM

Arnold Galvan- S.Texas MDM- moving to TCR Manager
Richard Sandell- MDM staying

Ed Drea MDM- West Texas?UT/CO/NM/AZ - staying
Bobbie Carlson MDM- retiring

Mark Schwartz- MDM- West Texas/UT/CO/NM/AZ
Tom Tyma - MDM- moving to a DSM position in Arizona

 

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Who was cut in Dallas? How can I reach out if I don't know? Please post.

 

Another thread is reporting that Vanessa M. in the Dallas area is gone. She was around for about 10 years. I always thought she was a solid rep. Her customers liked her and she was stable while the rest of her pod was always turning over.

 

Did anyone get moved from their existing territory to another territory?

 

all the amarillo and lubbock reps on the PHL side kept their job and we have an opening on the Amarillo team to sell avandia, coreg and requip. A rep from Odessa will take an open position in Lubbock. Also, all the glaxo reps in Amarillo kept their job

 

Thank you for posting this. I was wondering what had happened to a few of these people.

 

The DSM in question is David Malone in OKC. Tough break for him.

 

Why do you have an opening in Amarillo? Did someone leave or was that position never filled? If we just had a layoff, why is it being filled now?

 

Former rep here. Who got let go in Oklahoma?

 

I hope Stevelyn Pickens gets cut in the June 2008 layoff. I think she treats her employees poorly and I hope she gets some payback soon!

 

Stevelyn Pickens has basically turned over her entire pod since the time of this post.

She is a Micro manager and major loser! Anyone who knew some of those Dallas reps realized they were good people.

 

Direct quote from her, which is her management style: "You can never micro manage enough."

 

Rodney was downsized last November 2007. He is now a DSM for Schering, and has the Dallas district.

 

From elsewhere in the country, but wondered what happend to Kim Young. Always thought she was good manager. Did she take another position with the company?

 

Anyone know if Rodney survived the Schering layoff?