Impending doom

[Anonymous]

I feel bad for those not smart enough to have seen the writing on the wall or even in Cafepharma. The business is and has changed. It wont be long before more is spent DTC ads than on field sales reps. We are no better than the Text Book Sales man who have seen their business go away with the invention of the Ipad and e-books. Yes, there will be some field reps, but they will be working the larger health systems and doing contracting (see Future Fit). There will not be and is not a need for lunch delivering reps that get 30 seconds to puke out the standard line to a doctor or in most cases a non-interested nurse. For those of us that saw the end and made arrangements to pay off debt, put away as much as we can, and live well with-in our means, we will be ok. Those who havent, its not to late to start, there's nothing wrong with cutting back on your life style and paying cash, or not buying at all, mentality. It is a whole lot easier facing losing my job knowing I have no debt and if I had to I can find a job or 2 and make it on $60K a year and be happy. I see this as only a great opportunity to put my piorities in place and teach my childern what is important in life.

I think the rotten state of the US economy has kept a lot of folks in place, too. For all the whining we do, being a pharma rep is still a pretty sweet deal. Good pay, benefits, car, and a flexible work schedule can be hard to match elsewhere. The CC bonus structure through June is another incentive, as reps who feel they'll be severed will at least walk away with some cash.

 

[Anonymous]

I think the rotten state of the US economy has kept a lot of folks in place, too. For all the whining we do, being a pharma rep is still a pretty sweet deal. Good pay, benefits, car, and a flexible work schedule can be hard to match elsewhere. The CC bonus structure through June is another incentive, as reps who feel they'll be severed will at least walk away with some cash.

DoubleDown is a sham. Where are the quotas for 2q? I am not counting on making a dime on that 3 card monty trick. Although I appear to be well ahead for 1q, its a full 6 month deal and they will probably pay very little out after the dust settles. It is the ONLY carrot they have to try and get CC to continue working another 2 months. Pity the fool.

 

[Anonymous]

DoubleDown is a sham. Where are the quotas for 2q? I am not counting on making a dime on that 3 card monty trick. Although I appear to be well ahead for 1q, its a full 6 month deal and they will probably pay very little out after the dust settles. It is the ONLY carrot they have to try and get CC to continue working another 2 months. Pity the fool.

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[Anonymous]

DoubleDown is a sham. Where are the quotas for 2q? I am not counting on making a dime on that 3 card monty trick. Although I appear to be well ahead for 1q, its a full 6 month deal and they will probably pay very little out after the dust settles. It is the ONLY carrot they have to try and get CC to continue working another 2 months. Pity the fool.

You could well be right about the Double Down incentive. A lot of us received emails stating our Q1 TRX volume had been overstated, and would be adjusted down. When the "revised" numbers come out later this month, we'll know for sure. And it is patronizing to hear the CC leadership tell us how awesome we are, how the Cardio Care team has powered through every obstacle in the last few years, when we all know we're rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. CC sales leadership made product numbers commitments to Company leadership as part of THEIR 2013 incentive package, and they need the condemned to keep busting their humps until the blood-letting begins. It would also explain the paltry number of job postings. A large number of CC vacancies will hurt lipid product performance.