Contract Rep Questions

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When did the contract reps start in the field?
How much is the salary?
Do you feel you are treated differently?
Does every POD have a contract rep?
Is your manager asking you to get a certain number of signatures a day? (which is stupid by the way)
 






We started may 7
~55k
We are treated differently. As we overlap with two diff territories which may mean overlap with two diff DMs as well. Some of my Forest counterparts have been sending me their calendar appointments but not all. With eight reps overlap it feels impossible to try and schedule lunches and sample appointments.
I think their is a contract rep in every pod although the rep Amy be shared like I said above.
No signatures per day requirement. If we had one it would be impossible as the sample bins for the majority of offices are overflowing with Forest products.
 






If Carl Icon gets his way, this company will be sold and the contract will be dissolved. Make and take your money now, sock some away for that 'rainy day' which will arrive before you know it. Seek new employment now before you find yourself out of a job due to sale of company....
 






We started may 7
~55k
We are treated differently. As we overlap with two diff territories which may mean overlap with two diff DMs as well. Some of my Forest counterparts have been sending me their calendar appointments but not all. With eight reps overlap it feels impossible to try and schedule lunches and sample appointments.
I think their is a contract rep in every pod although the rep Amy be shared like I said above.
No signatures per day requirement. If we had one it would be impossible as the sample bins for the majority of offices are overflowing with Forest products.


ALL co promotes with FRX have a signature per day requirement, this is non negotiable and if you do not be a good monkey and get your fake sigs, you are fired. The signature quota per co promote partner is mandatory as this is how the contract works. Any company that co promotes with FRX has to guarantee forest a certain amount of sig's per territory per day or they do not get paid on the milestone and the contract is null. This is common knowledge, and has never been a secret, it is actually used a management tool, DAILY!
 












ALL co promotes with FRX have a signature per day requirement, this is non negotiable and if you do not be a good monkey and get your fake sigs, you are fired. The signature quota per co promote partner is mandatory as this is how the contract works. Any company that co promotes with FRX has to guarantee forest a certain amount of sig's per territory per day or they do not get paid on the milestone and the contract is null. This is common knowledge, and has never been a secret, it is actually used a management tool, DAILY!


Finally a logical post, and many of the contract reps make more than the forest rep who they are "parter'in" with....the forest joke continues....motel 6 of pharma for a reason. And yes, signatures are a requirement metric for bonus.
 






Finally a logical post, and many of the contract reps make more than the forest rep who they are "parter'in" with....the forest joke continues....motel 6 of pharma for a reason. And yes, signatures are a requirement metric for bonus.

False. No sig requirement yet. That will probably come Q2. We are definitely monkeys though and are supposed to make 12 calls a day on scattered 'a' targets throughout huge geographies. This company is a complete dump and the only people who are happy here are people without prior pharma. Sometimes I want to shake my forest counterparts and tell them to calm down bc they are so scarred by this company's fucked up culture.
 






False. No sig requirement yet. That will probably come Q2. We are definitely monkeys though and are supposed to make 12 calls a day on scattered 'a' targets throughout huge geographies. This company is a complete dump and the only people who are happy here are people without prior pharma. Sometimes I want to shake my forest counterparts and tell them to calm down bc they are so scarred by this company's fucked up culture.

Amen!

The company is cheap. The geographies we have are huge. The amount of reps calling on the same targets is crazy. The amount of samples that are in the closets is a waste.

To answer a question above the contract reps have their own presidents club awards and trip next year.
 






how long is the contract for?/ and will they pay more than 55k if i have more experience in pharma??

what is the call average requreied per day? And are they checking the times of the sigs>>
 






how long is the contract for?/ and will they pay more than 55k if i have more experience in pharma??

what is the call average requreied per day? And are they checking the times of the sigs>>

A year with possibility of moving to Forest spot in 6 months (if Icahn wins, all bets off) if one opens in your territory. Nope, 55k. After couple months ten per day and all signatures are time stamped but that report is rarely used against anyone unless you're under scrutiny or admit to not working full days.
 






I got a bae of 57 but had to fight for it. Yes the contract reps fall under the same 70%-80% sample to signature rule. Contract reps overlay two different districts which is challenging to work around at least a dozen other schedules...its a mess, but its a job (not a career) take it only if you are desperate.
 






I got 57,500. 7 yrs exp. huge geography. Many pods. We were not allowed any contact with Forest reps at first. Waste of time when they could have told you about the many bad addresses or dead, moved or retired dr's. On the call plan. Ran into one rep and asked him to look at my list. He called his mgr and asked if he could help. His mgr said no. That bubbled up to his regional who told me regional who then had my manager "talk to me" on why I was reaching out to the Forest people when I was told not to! Come on. Who would ask their manager if they can look at my calla plan to see if addresses are good or bad!
 






Who cares. I have not heard of, or seen my contract rep yet. No disrespect intended. Would love to know who this person is. I do know of another territory where they have already caught the contract rep just making up calls.
 






Who cares. I have not heard of, or seen my contract rep yet. No disrespect intended. Would love to know who this person is. I do know of another territory where they have already caught the contract rep just making up calls.

Contract reps always have targets on their backs. It is the easies person to accuss of screwing up the territory either by saying the wrong thing or going in the offices on the same day as the full time rep. Tough and completely thankless job and paid accordingly. only take the job if yuou need the job really bad other wise it is an exercise in controlling you anger!
 






Contract reps always have targets on their backs. It is the easies person to accuss of screwing up the territory either by saying the wrong thing or going in the offices on the same day as the full time rep. Tough and completely thankless job and paid accordingly. only take the job if yuou need the job really bad other wise it is an exercise in controlling you anger!

Point is this contract rep is already faking the job before anyone knows if they have made a difference. Seriously, that territory welcomed the contract rep.
 






I'm on this contract and have ran into the Forest reps in the field. I know one doesn't like me (I don't think it's personal at all) because I can't make my routing work with his. I have eight other reps in two geographies that encompasses hundreds of mile of driving so I can't possibly route with him or any of the others.

It would have been very beneficial to have had a meeting with the Forest reps when we first hit the field. Could have learned more about the drs and maybe gotten a better idea about the territory. As it is now, I get emails with lunch dates for the offices from only three out of eight of the reps. But we are supposed to adhere to the Forest lunch rules!

I'm former big pharma and needed a job so took this one. Just like the regular Forest reps I need to feed my family and pay the mortgage. I think that the contract will become a necessity when the launch of new drugs happens in the fall. It's just too bad that there wasn't better coordination from the start with the reg reps and management.
 






Who cares. I have not heard of, or seen my contract rep yet. No disrespect intended. Would love to know who this person is. I do know of another territory where they have already caught the contract rep just making up calls.


Not your concern or business as to what calls on whom are entered by someone else, none of your business or concern. stay in your own lane and keep your mouth shut. it is people like you that give this job such a bad rep and connotation. why do you care what calls are entered into someone elses computer or whether or not they are valid or fake. Its none of your FUCKING BUSINESS. I want to find out who you are, what district you come from you knark fuck.
 






A year with possibility of moving to Forest spot in 6 months (if Icahn wins, all bets off) if one opens in your territory. Nope, 55k. After couple months ten per day and all signatures are time stamped but that report is rarely used against anyone unless you're under scrutiny or admit to not working full days.


Wow, talk about being punched in the balls twice, you are a contract rep and moreover you are on a Forest contract with the ambition of being "rolled" in after the contract for samples and sig's per day run out...holy shit if you are looking forward and motivated to get rolled directly into of all places Forest than you are one sorry dickbag. Forest is the motel 6 of this industry, and you are aware that most of the CSO's make more than the robot forest clown....this is shit on shit...get out
 












Come on, look at the great products. Savella, Dalireps, Viibryd and don't forget Hospital sales killing it. Oh ya, Namenda, oh right generic soon. Company can get by on Bystolic, especially if we keep selling it for chf