AZ is/was great to people, until the day it’s not. Someone gets a new role and changes things for no other reason than to not continue what their predecessor was doing. Someone starts sleeping with their boss, lands in a role they aren’t qualified for, and decides they need their own supplicants on their team instead of those that were already there doing a good job. ZS needs a cash infusion so they devise another sales/territory structure and sell it to those looking for opportunities to show how smart they are. There are countless examples of how AZ is great for you until the day it’s not.
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AZ was always Good to Me.
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AZ is/was great to people, until the day it’s not. Someone gets a new role and changes things for no other reason than to not continue what their predecessor was doing. Someone starts sleeping with their boss, lands in a role they aren’t qualified for, and decides they need their own supplicants on their team instead of those that were already there doing a good job. ZS needs a cash infusion so they devise another sales/territory structure and sell it to those looking for opportunities to show how smart they are. There are countless examples of how AZ is great for you until the day it’s not.
Byte Me...That computer Lingo...in case your a moron...which you are!
Back in our day, pharma reps were respected by doctors and their staffs. We did NOT provide luncheons and actually SOLD! We weren’t caterers or delivery boys, It was hard to get a pharma rep job and many of us spent our entire career with one company! AZ rewarded us with great paychecks and benefits including retirement payments, etc. So I am proud to say AZ was/is great to me
Great post and I also have great memories of our product launches and friendships with peers and doctors! AZ#1
OK, that was funny.
Love me my Werther's, especially the ones that have the soft butterscotch core.
I sold in pharma from 1979-2013. Started with Marion Labs. I great company. They got bought out, then Parke-Davis hired me...that was also very good, as Lipitor was Parke-Davis product and launched in 1997.
I sold great, with little help from Pfizer, co-promote. Then they bought us and I went to work for AZ, also very good and with great people and products.
Many of the lunches I did really helped me...and the many of docs were really friendly. About 30% were a waste. But, i sold a lot, and with selling Lipitor, I was the 3rd territory to hit a 50% market share. But AZ really was nice and had great people.
The pharma rep job has changed dramatically since we were reps. We were in the sweet spot by introducing major new drugs, physician offices were open to us, great managers, great salaries/bonuses, retirement plans, and true loyalty to and from AZ. Today, reps constantly move from one company to another and complain about everything. They only can see a handful of docs and spend the rest of their time pretending to be working. Here's to the good old days of pharma! Enjoying the winter in Florida!
The price of drugs really went up after Medicare-D came in 2006. When we launched Crestor in 2003, the 10mg cost per month was about $70/month. Not bad. But after awhile they jacked it to the moon. PLus, the other pharm companies did the same. Plus, if your cash paying person and on Eliquis..a blood thinner is over $1,000/month....get real. This why the docs don't want to see us...we screwed the Golden Egg!
Definitely. It’s not the fact that there are multiples of you bringing nothing of tangible value to their treatment paradigms while interrupting their and their staff’s time.
I was hired by Stuart in 1982. It was a great company to work and we actually received respect from management. Imagine that ! The company went to hell when Zeneca merged with Astra. Company cultures were 180 degrees from each other and the company grew WAY too big, reps got treated like dirt and there was no trust between home office and the field.
The job sucked for years Glad I left but many reps (and a lot of DSMs) were wonderful people.
Stuart and Zeneca years were great. Astra influence sucked and pulled the company down.
An old AstraMerck person here. That culture was all BS after the merger with Astra USA. God, those idiots had surprise field rides by managers. You weren't where you were supposed to be and the mgr. decided to attend that appt, you could be fired. A great culture
Not my experience at all. We had a fun/highly productive district team and manager. AZ was great for me and my family!An old AstraMerck person here. That culture was all BS after the merger with Astra USA. God, those idiots had surprise field rides by managers. You weren't where you were supposed to be and the mgr. decided to attend that appt, you could be fired. A great culture