Simple question: How long will reps have a job? Environment: very few doctors permit reps in office, hospitals ban reps, pharma rep image at rock bottom, managed care price constraints and restrictive formularies, tiered prescribing options for physicians, social media advertisin, shrinking R&D innovation, cost benefit analyses required for all new drugs by 3rd party payers, and now around the corner Medicare price bidding! The days of the field rep no longer makes business sense. Glad to be a HQ worker who will retire from pharma. Where will you be in 2 years - - - Olive Garden, Jimmy Johns, Aplebee, etc. ? Continue to make fun of HQ, loser rep.