Chicago POA

Okay for any of you lucky enough to miss this epic meeting this is what happened.

1. Balzar came out and said everything is fine now. Correct footprint , culture is changing , we respect you, we want you to have trust in us again.
2. The venue was horrible . I can still taste the salmon.
3. They decided to do awards which was cheesey. They took the leftover salmon from lunch and rolled it into one of the most pathetic awards night in the history of pharma. Whoever made this decision needs to be fired.
4. They asked everyone to draw their current feelings about Sanofi and words to describe what we felt. Lots of words like despair, distrust , hurt, pathetic, permanent constipation, volcano, desperate, lost, were some of the common themes. The pictures were hilarious! Pictures of war, boats blowing up, volcano erupting , pictures of planes (Air Sanofi) dropping bombs on reps just to name a few.
5. Once again worthless workshops that were thrown together.
6. Leadership on stage again pointing at sales to move the needle despite every possible management mistake blocking sales way.
7. It was loud and clear Kaplan did tremendous damage here in his 16 months of carnage. It was his footprint change that steered us into the current iceberg.
8. Balzar has no credibility. Too many times he's given the shitry job of announcing pending layoffs and then telling sales that everything is fine now.
9. Management has no direction on how they can fix broken culture . Management has damaged it and until they embrace it nothing will change.
10. Quota is beyond reach on purpose to insure less payout
11. Why this meeting even happened was stupid . Sales would gladly take the money spend for this POA shitshow in bonus anytime.
12. They showed all these drugs in pipeline but the scary thing is Sanofi needs to launch them. Sanofi can't launch. Too many bad launches to list here.
13. Message wasn loud and clear that sanofi will be in layoff mode again this December unless Diabetes and CV makes the numbers .
14. The bleak look on people's faces at this meeting said volumes.
15. Pray for us

 

I enjoyed the read. Thanks for sharing. Loved line 4. Made me chuckle. Sad part, they still don’t care and nothing will change. It’s who they are.

 

It begs the question, irrespective of tenure and vesting- why stay? Is it worth the mental anguish? Prostitutes and porn workers do the same thing, they stay because they think nothing better is out there, that's all they're worth and they've been abused so badly they don't make a move.

I was laid off, I make a bit less now but life is INFINITELY better now just from the perspective that brain dead idiots that are my "superiors" aren't lording over me.

Leave the sh'thole.

 

Meeting was a waste - my colon is still in knots from the cuisine that invades my body there. One rep drew a picture of car going over a cliff as to how he felt about the current state of affairs. Even Balzar himself said on stage he was shocked to see some of the pictures. This shows the disconnect between management and sales.

 

All the great reps are lonnnng gone! Diabetes will never have any success between the manager's and reps. The damage has been done.

 

I am a serio man. Thanks for the update. Looks like i didnt miss too much. I feel bad for you guys. Hang in there.

 

HANG IN THERE? Are you kidding me? This is the worst advise I've ever heard. Take control people and get the hell out of that company. You have to read the writing on the wall and it isn't good boys & girls. Stop complaining and do something about your current situation. What ever you do, don't "hang in there".

 

Oh I’m hanging for next serio but if one has less than five years-get out

 

401K match...great health benefits...nice SUV and gas...lots of vacation, floaters, personal days, Xmas week off...decent manager...YES, the company is mess, if you don't like it, please leave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Exactly right. I would have have stuck it for another year if Sanofi would let me. For all those people telling reps to leave that is easy to say when they have less then 9 years in. However, for those who are 15 or 20 plus years in the bullshit does not outweigh the benefits of 5 to 7 weeks of vacation, a spectacular 401K match, the automobile and gas, and lastly the chance for a great severance with a chance to double dip. Stick it out and make it work. Who knows payer formulary might work out to your benefit and you rake in bonus and win an award trip.

 

Finally a post I agree with, so sick of all these spoiled whinny Pharma reps bitching and crying about everything. Fucking LEAVE!!!!!!!

 

Looks like some management lackeys are on here saying to leave company if you don't like it at Sanofi. Fix the culture fucknuts. Any management person at the Chicago meeting needs to be fired for putting on such a debacle of a meeting.

 

Even the applause at this meeting was forced and apathetic. Management looked just as apathetic on stage as audience. Stockholm Syndrome is fullbon mode at Sanofi. Lord gives us strength.

 

Still not enough for my sanity and dignity. If I gave you all the benefits you listed, would you stick around if I water boarded you everyday? You need health care benefits to work here because you’ll need access to mental health benefits.
The part you’re leaving out is there plenty of other companies they provide the same perks, or better, with half the bull crap.

 

100% spot on! Worked at s-a years ago and recently mentioned to spouse that by far it was the worst company ever to work for. Please do yourself a huge favor and find another position. They’re available! Until you leave you won’t realize how badly you’re hurting your health by staying.

 

All the benefits that you mentioned come with most pharma companies (minus the extra vaca). Sanofi is the most mis-managed worthless excuse for a pharma company, and on top of that, they pay shit.

If you leave, you should expect a 15% raise in salary minimum, 20% raise in bonus potential, and the piece of mind that you won't get canned in 10 months. It's amazing that people just hold on because they are comfortable. Expand your scope and grow and get out of the hell hole of Sanofi. I'm so glad I did

 

Lol, I’m cool with my one year contract and severance of 52 weeks. I feel bad for the reps that had 2 years of this hell hole then got cut. If you are in 10 or more years you are a fool to leave all of pharma is laying off. Duh

 

Everyone who leaves gets a 10k-20k a year raise in base. 10k sign on bonus and a bigger quarterly bonus. Throw in a better culture and being treated like an adult is huge. Not to mention having your own room at meetings. There's life out there folks after Sanofi. Getting out of Sanofi is like leaving a quarantined Area for the management rejects . The sales leadership at Sanofi is comical . Literally some of the dumbest executives to work in pharma. Honestly I can't see how any of them graduates from college . Above all Sanofi blames sales teams for everything they fuckup.

 

Staying with Sanofi is equivalent to drug addict who keeps taking opioids. It’s a hard habit to quit but you know deep down that it’s killing you. Quit being in denial. Get some intervention. Sanofi management will take 20 years off your life. It’s a part of their strategy so you won’t collect long term pension payments.
Don’t be a victim. Get out while you can.

 

Why do all you x-Sanofi stiffs keep posting on this site? Are you secretly still here? Do you miss us? I find it interesting you keep up with your former employer. Basically, I think you are all boring and full of poop...