Do the Right Thing and Keep Employees Safe


Well, I got coughed on today in an office. Thanks, Kowa. It is completely irresponsible for Kowa to to force reps into the field. And we are being forced. The “expectation” is that every rep is in the field every day knocking on doors. What a joke. Why do the execs at Lilly, Johnson and Johnson, Merck and Allergan (oh, the irony) realize that drug reps should not be in offices...but little Kowa does not? Wake up, Kowa! Do the right thing.
 



OMG that is scary for sure and I agree we have no business in these offices. 3 weeks ago I was called by an office for some samples. When I got there, the provider had left in an emergency and fortunately the other provider just happened to stop in, so they signed for samples. When I went back in that office today, the provider that had left suddenly told me they had COVID-19 and that was why they left so suddenly! OMG, can you imagine? If they had been there, I would have been exposed to COVID-19. Just proves that with each and every contact we are putting our lives at risk. Please Kowa management, pull us out to work virtually, unless we want to take the risk ourselves and go out. The virus is everywhere now and unseen when someone is asymptomatic. One or many of us could die.
 



OMG that is scary for sure and I agree we have no business in these offices. 3 weeks ago I was called by an office for some samples. When I got there, the provider had left in an emergency and fortunately the other provider just happened to stop in, so they signed for samples. When I went back in that office today, the provider that had left suddenly told me they had COVID-19 and that was why they left so suddenly! OMG, can you imagine? If they had been there, I would have been exposed to COVID-19. Just proves that with each and every contact we are putting our lives at risk. Please Kowa management, pull us out to work virtually, unless we want to take the risk ourselves and go out. The virus is everywhere now and unseen when someone is asymptomatic. One or many of us could die.

OMG Brittni, that is like, so scary. Virtual hug. You are so brave.

God help you if you ever work in a hospital system.
 



OMG that is scary for sure and I agree we have no business in these offices. 3 weeks ago I was called by an office for some samples. When I got there, the provider had left in an emergency and fortunately the other provider just happened to stop in, so they signed for samples. When I went back in that office today, the provider that had left suddenly told me they had COVID-19 and that was why they left so suddenly! OMG, can you imagine? If they had been there, I would have been exposed to COVID-19. Just proves that with each and every contact we are putting our lives at risk. Please Kowa management, pull us out to work virtually, unless we want to take the risk ourselves and go out. The virus is everywhere now and unseen when someone is asymptomatic. One or many of us could die.
 









Managers should not be in the field with us and under no circumstances should they be in our car with us. This is ridiculous they think we should bring them in offices who are barely seeing patients yet.
 


















Not too many hot managers there from what I can remember. There were a few reps who thought they were hotter than they actually were. The meetings were skankfests. Is that mean girl still a DM on the east coast?
 









Constant pressure from DM to “break down doors,” constant pressure to bring managers “on-the-road”. Almost every other pharma company is allowing their reps to work from home or partial virtual/partial in-the-field. Kowa is losing traction in offices as we are basically the only ones in them at this point and being pushy, down-your-throat sales people in the middle of a pandemic is not welcomed by providers.
 






It is totally fkn crazy. They are afraid of the powers that be in Japan and their over-the-top work ethic. Those bitches jump off of buildings and shit when their production sloughs... These DM's and Ben totally follow suit.