ELI LILLY LAX INTERVIEW 02-17-2011

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I passed the Lilly phone interview with flying colors. I am not in pharma but my wife works for GSK so I know the "routine" - answered some key questions that really knocked their socks off - "tell us what you think a typical pharma rep's day is like" - told them exactly what they wanted to hear and I was on my to LAX Marriott for a f2f.

Becuase their travel department is inept - and I did not want a seven hour layover at LAX I decided to drive - about four and half hours. Got to LAX Marriott early - gym, studied, beers and dinner - nice.

I thought I hammered the f2f interview - stressing work ethic - personal relationships to drive business - treating the medical pratice more like a business - having Lilly reps discuss products up to FDA regs - then talk business about practice growth - patient retention - blah, blah.

Not interested - OK I tried. Go back to your detailing around FDA regs.

I filled out my expenses the moment I got home - not the next day - the moment I got home - I am highly detail oriented - all receipts - mileage with Google Map attached - perfect. believe me I needed the money.

I just got paid today - 04-12-2011 - Eli Lilly and their little recruitment scam operation held my expense money - $548 - for almost sixty days - try that with your Master Card peeps, auto loan or mortgage - I don't think so. Took me four phone calls to push them.

So sixty days sucks - but then they send my a US Bank Debit Card rather than a check. By the way, they sent is US Post Office Express Mail - post office screwed up and I had to go to the post office in person. Ughhh!

Now I have a debit card with $548 I want to put in my checking - not sure what Big Pharma thinks - but I'm an adult with a checking account, I have my own credit card which I used to buy gas and pay expenses - I don't want a debit card - I want a check to deposit into checking and pay my bills.

I call the debit card servicing company and they tell me that I can pay a $5.00 fee to deposit my card at my bank. Whatever - so I go to the branch manager and give her the info. This is outside the norm, so she asks if she can speak to her boss and get back to me - she copies everything and sends it down to the main branch.

About an hour later she gets back to me and asks if I noticed that the card does not have my name on it for verification - it say Eli Lilly Per Diem. I'll get on the phone with them in the AM - but what a bunch of BS. Bank needs my name on the debit card to cash it - or a letter from the servicing company with account number and my corresponding name to clear funding.

The recruitment department is using these cards as a profit center - like Lilly doesn't make enough money.

I'm 49 years old - never saw a scam like this before - they hold your expense money taken from Lilly, keep it for sixty days and then issue you a debit card for the $$$ amount that is laden with fees and restrictions - I'd guess (I'm a finance guy) the whole recruitment processing debit card scam makes about 7-8% +++ of total processed expenses from applicants who don't pay attention to card usage.

How about a class action? Please e-mail me if anybody else had this horrific scam slammed on them. A good attorney could make some quick cash - pharma will fold like a sheet.

Joe - efalease@yahoo.com. Please give me some feedback.
 






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"You did not properly account for the 8Balls and Hôôkers in the EERS system, therefore you must retake the CBT for the Redbook Training and How To Enter Your Expenses. You have 12 hours to Comply. Thank you."LILLIE DOESN'T CARE
 






Wow! Only Lilly could figure out a way to make money of the expenses of people who interview with the company. This is almost along the lines of something the mob would do (except that it is currently legal).

People, Integrity, and Excellence....I just threw up in my mouth.
 






Anonymous said:
Wow! Only Lilly could figure out a way to make money of the expenses of people who interview with the company. This is almost along the lines of something the mob would do (except that it is currently legal).

People, Integrity, and Excellence....I just threw up in my mouth.
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Anonymous said:
Wow! Only Lilly could figure out a way to make money of the expenses of people who interview with the company. This is almost along the lines of something the mob would do (except that it is currently legal).

People, Integrity, and Excellence....I just threw up in my mouth.
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If you think this is bad, just wait until the Zyprexa billions disappear. Who knows what depths of depravity Lilly will sink to then.
 






Anonymous said:
If you think this is bad, just wait until the Zyprexa billions disappear. Who knows what depths of depravity Lilly will sink to then.
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Look for rolling, triple-decker juggernaut combine/harvester/thresher reallocation/decapitation machines rolling through LCC and LTC with JCL astride, shouting "THE HORROR...THE HORROR" as he laughs and eats. Caligula would have blushed!
 












Anonymous said:
I passed the Lilly phone interview with flying colors. I am not in pharma but my wife works for GSK so I know the "routine" - answered some key questions that really knocked their socks off - "tell us what you think a typical pharma rep's day is like" - told them exactly what they wanted to hear and I was on my to LAX Marriott for a f2f.

Becuase their travel department is inept - and I did not want a seven hour layover at LAX I decided to drive - about four and half hours. Got to LAX Marriott early - gym, studied, beers and dinner - nice.

I thought I hammered the f2f interview - stressing work ethic - personal relationships to drive business - treating the medical pratice more like a business - having Lilly reps discuss products up to FDA regs - then talk business about practice growth - patient retention - blah, blah.

Not interested - OK I tried. Go back to your detailing around FDA regs.

I filled out my expenses the moment I got home - not the next day - the moment I got home - I am highly detail oriented - all receipts - mileage with Google Map attached - perfect. believe me I needed the money.

I just got paid today - 04-12-2011 - Eli Lilly and their little recruitment scam operation held my expense money - $548 - for almost sixty days - try that with your Master Card peeps, auto loan or mortgage - I don't think so. Took me four phone calls to push them.

So sixty days sucks - but then they send my a US Bank Debit Card rather than a check. By the way, they sent is US Post Office Express Mail - post office screwed up and I had to go to the post office in person. Ughhh!

Now I have a debit card with $548 I want to put in my checking - not sure what Big Pharma thinks - but I'm an adult with a checking account, I have my own credit card which I used to buy gas and pay expenses - I don't want a debit card - I want a check to deposit into checking and pay my bills.

I call the debit card servicing company and they tell me that I can pay a $5.00 fee to deposit my card at my bank. Whatever - so I go to the branch manager and give her the info. This is outside the norm, so she asks if she can speak to her boss and get back to me - she copies everything and sends it down to the main branch.

About an hour later she gets back to me and asks if I noticed that the card does not have my name on it for verification - it say Eli Lilly Per Diem. I'll get on the phone with them in the AM - but what a bunch of BS. Bank needs my name on the debit card to cash it - or a letter from the servicing company with account number and my corresponding name to clear funding.

The recruitment department is using these cards as a profit center - like Lilly doesn't make enough money.

I'm 49 years old - never saw a scam like this before - they hold your expense money taken from Lilly, keep it for sixty days and then issue you a debit card for the $$$ amount that is laden with fees and restrictions - I'd guess (I'm a finance guy) the whole recruitment processing debit card scam makes about 7-8% +++ of total processed expenses from applicants who don't pay attention to card usage.

How about a class action? Please e-mail me if anybody else had this horrific scam slammed on them. A good attorney could make some quick cash - pharma will fold like a sheet.

Joe - efalease@yahoo.com. Please give me some feedback.
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I am sorry! I feel for you, it is so crazy how different people have different experiences. I had interviewed the same day, different location and submitted all of my expenses including coffee I bought at the airports. I had to re schedule my flight at the airport, pay fees and had extra expenses. All of my expenses were paid to me 2 weeks after I submitted my report. No questions asked, I even went to a nice restaurant for dinner and had drinks with my meal. I think that it all depends on who processed your claim. I went through the same thing and thought that I would not get reimbursed for part of my trip since I got extras. I do feel for you and I am not sure why the circumstances were different!
 


















I heard they only have 1.5 people processing interviewees expenses. You obviously got the .5 person and the other interviewee with a positive experience got the full person. I dont think they are trying to scam you, just reducing headcount to counter-act all of the patent expirations. But when the promising pipeline starts producing block buster medicines, Im sure they will hire another .5 headcount. Be patient.
 






"I'm 49 years old - never saw a scam like this before -"


I bet you did. The Federal Reserve, The Banks, the Congress and the Whitehouse. Lilly is in a fetal-league of scammers. It is true that they have 3.759049945 people working for claims. They treat me as an employee like that -- give pure shit. I am happy you did not get the job...Lilly was very nice to me when I boarded...almost everyone was nice to me...but when they started cutting people in 2004-05, almost everyone panicked. Seven year into that mode, you can understand the problem working. Not a single person will help you. Before CEO, John was a nice person. Now...let others fill in
 






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