This whole thread should be taken down. Suicidal thoughts amongst lilly reps, oh please, this does not belong on an insignificant CP site? The cake walk rep job is not the reason for suicidal ideation and anyone that feels this way has some other major issues. Please seek a psychiatrist immediately, you will need medical attention before you hurt yourself of others.
Thank goodness I got out almost 2 years ago. I couldn't take one more day of working there. Landed in a great spot out of the industry and life is awesome once again. Felt compelled to post something here because this topic isn't anything to laugh about. I was at my lowest point ever the last 7 months I worked there.
Depressing thoughts at Lilly come from not only working for an unethical, toxic company that has gone down the tubes over the last 5 years, but also working in an industry that is almost extinct. There is very little hope there or in the industry. Not a healthy combination.
Then add the fact that we were forced to lie about what we did all day, throw teammates under the bus to try to get ahead or save our own jobs and do juvenile, embarrassing "champ roles" (really?) that include playing games with our teams and sending them crap in the mail that they immediately throw in the trash. Add all that up and it is a pretty miserable life. Current and former mgrs were so cut throat you couldn't trust any of them either.
I blame people for not getting the he-- out of there. I stay in contact with a lot of other reps who have left and we just laugh our butts off about working at Lilly and how horrible it was. I don't know how I made it the 4 years I did. The first 6 months were good, but then you realize the type of people you work with. Back-stabbers and people who lie at the drop of a hat. My co-workers could justify ANYTHING. So could my unethical mgr. Most of my team was on antidepressants, anxiety meds, smoked weed, drank like fish. It was so sad. Got to a point that I had to get out.
Come on CP a few times a year to see what's happening, but this last year it has been really sad to see what kind of state the company and people are in. If you are miserable do yourself a favor and get your resume together and get out. It's a lot of work but you will be 10,000x happier in the end. Life's too short to stay in a toxic environment like that. You don't even realize how horrible that place is for yourself until you are out for about 6 months. That place ages you too. Physically and mentally.
It's not like my current job doesn't have challenges, it does. But nothing like what I dealt with at Lilly. I can't remember the last time I lied about what I did to anyone, including my boss. I am am averaging about 1/3 more each year than I made at Lilly and actually can't wait to go to work each day (still sales and work 50/50 out of my house/company).
Not telling people what to do, but my wife and kids noticed a huge change in me a couple of months after I left. I wasn't a pleasant person to be around especially that last year I was there. Don't mean to preach to you but just know that all the hard work getting out is so worth it.
