Feedback on your manager. Will you be honest?

[Anonymous]

I will fill it out with information that protects me. Don't be fooled. Your manager will get the scoop on any negative comments and he/she will come after you.

 

[Anonymous]

I will fill it out with information that protects me. Don't be fooled. Your manager will get the scoop on any negative comments and he/she will come after you.

Which is why I conveniently forget to send these in.

 

[Anonymous]

I picked up a nightmare manager in 2010. I was honest on the survey. I was investigated shortly thereafter and "encouraged to leave". Don't be honest about anything at Merck. They certainly aren't being honest with you.

Yep- best not to send it in!!!! You will be sorry because they can't handle the truth!

 

[Anonymous]

maybe upper management knows if they ask but not your manager.

Your manager would have to be a total fool to be unable to drill down to specific responders. Oh, wait a minute, I might have something there.

Bottom line is, based on what you know about Merck, would you trust it to maintain confidentiality. And what tangible benefit do you personally get from filling these in, whether honestly or politically correctly? Does it change your life, secure your future, rescue the company, or anything else of pressing need to you? The Merck of today should be grateful that morale has only sunk to the level of apathy, and not further. Vote apathy by not voting at all. Phony company, phony surveys, phoney enthusiasm.

 

[Anonymous]

The director knows who writes what about the manager. The directors are the ones who finalizes with the managers your differentiation. Want a job be positive and suck up. Want severance burn the manager. Ever since they started that stakeholder feedback the back stabbers rule.

 

[Anonymous]

I nearly laughed out loud during Mark Timney's business briefing when he talked about empowerment and not waiting for your manager and senior leadership to empower you. I wanted to ask him if he knew what happened when you acted in an empowered way. I may send him my PMP from last year - first time in my damn career I wasn't in the top 10%. I acted in a way that was right for the business and moved with speed, got input where possible, didn't wait for people who wanted to have their meaningless stamps on things. Guess who burned me? Yeah, fuck empowerment. Fuck being honest. Until leadership truly is punished for such bs, it will never change.

 

[Anonymous]

I picked up a nightmare manager in 2010. I was honest on the survey. I was investigated shortly thereafter and "encouraged to leave". Don't be honest about anything at Merck. They certainly aren't being honest with you.

Amazing. Sad if your story is true..then what is the purpose of being honest all about...you sound like its 1942, come on, really? I still believe in honesty is the best policy.

 

[Anonymous]

Only if the salesforce had a union to represent our interest.

 

[Anonymous]

Have you ever known a friggin manager to be honest? Get a grip, they will lie and prevaracate, talk around the issues and then screw you on a review in a minute when they've never worked with you enough to know what you're doing! If most reps were honest then Merck would stop doing those feedback reviews so fast they'd make your head spin! Just confirm the same olde bullshit that they want to hear and go about your job! Upper management knows how sorry the CTM's & RD's are, that's why they put them in those positions!

 

[Anonymous]

Amazing. Sad if your story is true..then what is the purpose of being honest all about...you sound like its 1942, come on, really? I still believe in honesty is the best policy.

psst, hey, what are you smoking and can you score some for the rest of us too?

You gotta be higher than an effing kite to think you can talk about how dirty your boss is and expect to not feel any repercussions--doesn't matter if your boss sees it or not. their boss saw it and pegged you for a trouble maker.

As long as your boss is making bank or giving head they are not going anywhere. but you sure will.

best not to rock the boat. those who do wind up getting wet.

 

[Anonymous]

Don't be honest unless you want to get on a PMP. Play the game and tell them what they want to hear even though we all know that most CTMs are pathetic.

 

[Anonymous]

The director knows who writes what about the manager. The directors are the ones who finalizes with the managers your differentiation. Want a job be positive and suck up. Want severance burn the manager. Ever since they started that stakeholder feedback the back stabbers rule.

Seems it's based on how well you relate to the 1+. Great relationship, same background, etc., you can pretty much say what you want, however you want, about the manager or anyone else. Iffy or no relationship, you take your chances...

 

[Anonymous]

Seems it's based on how well you relate to the 1+. Great relationship, same background, etc., you can pretty much say what you want, however you want, about the manager or anyone else. Iffy or no relationship, you take your chances...

% reps who get around and are known by 1+. Not the majority.

 

[Anonymous]

I first read this post and was later haunted by my own Merck story. I am Ex-Merck and my answer would be NEVER post your true feelings. Make everything middle of the road or slightly higher regardless of for feelings. Here is my story.... I had a terrible manager, our district ALL felt the same way about him. As a team (about 7 of us) we banded together and wrote our reviews. We were honest, but politically correct. Afterall, some things needed to be addressed and changed. Fast forward, post feedback the group of us have all been pushed aside for promotions, awards and downsized out of the company over time. We were all very good reps, so yes I do think our opinions were NOT confidential. Morale of the story, if regardless of your true feelings, be neutral on the feedback. Take care fellow Merkies.

 

[Anonymous]

I first read this post and was later haunted by my own Merck story. I am Ex-Merck and my answer would be NEVER post your true feelings. Make everything middle of the road or slightly higher regardless of for feelings. Here is my story.... I had a terrible manager, our district ALL felt the same way about him. As a team (about 7 of us) we banded together and wrote our reviews. We were honest, but politically correct. Afterall, some things needed to be addressed and changed. Fast forward, post feedback the group of us have all been pushed aside for promotions, awards and downsized out of the company over time. We were all very good reps, so yes I do think our opinions were NOT confidential. Morale of the story, if regardless of your true feelings, be neutral on the feedback. Take care fellow Merkies.

No truth means = live with the problem, no chance for change. Doubt if all upper management are one mold. Morale of story. What is right trumps with what is wrong.

 

[Anonymous]

psst, hey, what are you smoking and can you score some for the rest of us too?

You gotta be higher than an effing kite to think you can talk about how dirty your boss is and expect to not feel any repercussions--doesn't matter if your boss sees it or not. their boss saw it and pegged you for a trouble maker.

As long as your boss is making bank or giving head they are not going anywhere. but you sure will.

best not to rock the boat. those who do wind up getting wet.

100% correct

 

[Anonymous]

100% correct

Good feedback reserved for good mangers only.

 

[Anonymous]

I first read this post and was later haunted by my own Merck story. I am Ex-Merck and my answer would be NEVER post your true feelings. Make everything middle of the road or slightly higher regardless of for feelings. Here is my story.... I had a terrible manager, our district ALL felt the same way about him. As a team (about 7 of us) we banded together and wrote our reviews. We were honest, but politically correct. Afterall, some things needed to be addressed and changed. Fast forward, post feedback the group of us have all been pushed aside for promotions, awards and downsized out of the company over time. We were all very good reps, so yes I do think our opinions were NOT confidential. Morale of the story, if regardless of your true feelings, be neutral on the feedback. Take care fellow Merkies.

You had me until the 'banded together' part. You're not in high school anymore.

 

[Anonymous]

Grow a pair and throw a punch! If enough individuals speak their mind it is very difficult to ignore. Pansies!

 

[Anonymous]

I first read this post and was later haunted by my own Merck story. I am Ex-Merck and my answer would be NEVER post your true feelings. Make everything middle of the road or slightly higher regardless of for feelings. Here is my story.... I had a terrible manager, our district ALL felt the same way about him. As a team (about 7 of us) we banded together and wrote our reviews. We were honest, but politically correct. Afterall, some things needed to be addressed and changed. Fast forward, post feedback the group of us have all been pushed aside for promotions, awards and downsized out of the company over time. We were all very good reps, so yes I do think our opinions were NOT confidential. Morale of the story, if regardless of your true feelings, be neutral on the feedback. Take care fellow Merkies.

I really don't understand this. What is upper management doing about this? They have to know what is going on. Where is the accountability for the managers? Is this sales or across the board for the whole company?