Primary Care Layoffs Coming Very Soon

Trust me when I tell you there is a big surprise coming. More layoffs. Will be announced next month. Better have something lined up because they are going to move fast. Good luck to everyone.

 

Boy are you brain dead I have been telling you it was coming since last Friday!

 

I believe you, but don't think even the managers know details about this yet. Friends at HQ, please keep us posted on the rumors. Think it will go down quickly.

 

The timing might not be that bad if we get paid til the end of the year and the severance check comes in 2017 so that we don't get killed on taxes.

 

I think they are paying the respiratory reps till end of year, so it would make sense for them to do same for PC.

 

Don't worry. Oncology's endless expansions will find a place for them. No Child Left Behind

 

Will oncology take the PC reps? I thought they were so bent on either oncology experienced or extensive specialty experience.

 

Already sealed at HQ level.

Two reps per territory. Done by November.

Long range plan is dependent on approval of any future products. If that fall through PC will be 100% contract by January 1, 2017.

Don't ask me who stays, 3rd party company deals with that aspect for legal reasons.

Good luck and sorry for the news but you deserve to know.

 

As a retiree and stockholder all I can say is this makes good business sense. Key phrase is "dependent on approval of any future products". The lifeblood of this industry is new product approvals and launches. Guess the glory days are gone. Sorry, just the reality.

 

Thank you for the news and it sounds accurate. However, I question the 100% contract by January 2017 because will won't know about future approvals until we are into 2017.

 

Yep
Need some KARMA out west

 

We will not even consider PC reps in the oncology sector. We demand successful people!

 

Oh, enjoy the severance check.

 

And who are you? Not a hiring manager!

 

Then please explain why PC reps are being placed in Merck Oncology.

 

There have only been a very select few as there have been only a very very few with the educational level to succeed in this highly scientific academic venue. Sorry to say most of you are too stupid to succeed or bring anything to the table.

 

People who will be downsized will be the older workers, 55+ and those ranked in the lower buckets. Better to be ready and not be surprised by this, than by being blind sided. Good luck to all.

 

55 + is too old in today's atmosphere to be a pharmaceutical rep. Those days are gone. People have to face up to the facts.

 

Wonder if they will ask for hand raisers?

 

Might be true, but one post said PC going 2 up. If that's true, a person could potentially be gone even if they are young and in a higher "bucket."