Ford Fusion... Are You Kidding?

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Anonymous said:
when you do contact hr or wheels with your strong opinions be careful not to sound to much like you do on this site. as you know posting here about any company issues or policies is against policy. you may find yourself without a fusion and a job. if asked if you have posted on websites such as this...how would you answer?
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So, let me get this straight: When I call and complain and it sounds a bit like it does here they are going to say, "You sound just like the bitch on Cafepharma, you're fired!" LMAO - really? They look over this stuff and it does make an impact in what corporate does . . . sometimes. You think I am stupid enough to say, "I learned this on Cafepharma"? NO!

As far as making a complaint, I don't give a flying fck if I sound just like someone here. So what? I am on my home computer and on my own router. What are they going to prove - NOTHING!!!! You are too paranoid. Plus, the other poster is right, the job is a joke most of the time. It is hard to come up with anything of value when all of our studies are 10 years old.

. . .and you're assuming I have told you the truth about my profile. LOL
 






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This is all well and good unless you are confronted for six months with two feet of snow. . . I have to say that with a Fusion, half the time it WILL not get me out of driveway. So what then? I hope Merck will like to talk to my attorney for putting my life at risk in such harsh conditions. How about if I am caught in the middle of a storm and die because this POS car? I smell a real problem here with this cheap-ass attitude. Fifteen year veteran reps in specialty or hospital that drive 3000 to 5000 miles per month should NOT have to make a case for needing a better vehicle in the winter. Period.
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You are just making up excuses to justify a cooler car. I worked 40 years in the field and in a snow belt. A front wheel dive car works just fine if you exercise a little caution and common sense. My father also worked many years in outside sales in a snow belt and in a mountainous area to boot. I remember him going to work on snowy winter days in his 1948 Chevy. He survived just fine.Too many of today's sales people are spoiled and feel entitled. Grow up, suck it up, adapt, and just do your job. You'll be fine.
 






Please...end this post. This is enough on this topic.

Be happy you are given a car to do the job. If the weather is too bad to drive you should not be driving. If the territory is too large to manage then speak with management or look for a more reasonable employer who will give you a more realistic territory.

Now please....shut up on this. It is like a whining brat!
 












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So, let me get this straight: When I call and complain and it sounds a bit like it does here they are going to say, "You sound just like the bitch on Cafepharma, you're fired!" LMAO - really? They look over this stuff and it does make an impact in what corporate does . . . sometimes. You think I am stupid enough to say, "I learned this on Cafepharma"? NO!

As far as making a complaint, I don't give a flying fck if I sound just like someone here. So what? I am on my home computer and on my own router. What are they going to prove - NOTHING!!!! You are too paranoid. Plus, the other poster is right, the job is a joke most of the time. It is hard to come up with anything of value when all of our studies are 10 years old.

. . .and you're assuming I have told you the truth about my profile. LOL
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Pogo stick or donkey?
 












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You are just making up excuses to justify a cooler car. I worked 40 years in the field and in a snow belt. A front wheel dive car works just fine if you exercise a little caution and common sense. My father also worked many years in outside sales in a snow belt and in a mountainous area to boot. I remember him going to work on snowy winter days in his 1948 Chevy. He survived just fine.Too many of today's sales people are spoiled and feel entitled. Grow up, suck it up, adapt, and just do your job. You'll be fine.
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So true. I joined Merck when FWD was being introduced. People drove for a living for years in snowy area before there was such a thing as front wheel drive, all wheel drive or four wheel drive. The sense of entitlement is unbelievable. The OP should sit down with people that lived through a war, or the Great Depression and learn a little bit about life.
 






Anonymous said:
So true. I joined Merck when FWD was being introduced. People drove for a living for years in snowy area before there was such a thing as front wheel drive, all wheel drive or four wheel drive. The sense of entitlement is unbelievable. The OP should sit down with people that lived through a war, or the Great Depression and learn a little bit about life.
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We have become spoiled in this regard. As for your recommendations, OP may very well be getting the chance to live through another Great Depression. I pray not, but sometimes living through such devastating times makes one so much wiser.
 






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We have become spoiled in this regard. As for your recommendations, OP may very well be getting the chance to live through another Great Depression. I pray not, but sometimes living through such devastating times makes one so much wiser.
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Yeah, keep telling yourself that. NEWS (FKING) FLASH: Tough times do NOT make a person stronger and better, living through the depression did NOT make everything else seem sunny and wonderful afterward. I think you need to take this whole car, bonus, no tuition, lack of anything good to hand out and all the BS "feel" good crp from the top as a sign. . . not a good sign. Companies do this when they know they can F you over and get away with it because the times suck so damn bad what else are you going to do but bend over and take it? Yeah, reall nice! I know I feel special and appreciated by mother. Actually, that pretty sums up most of these "Oh, stop now" posts by a bunch of beat-up Merckies and their mindset. I cannot believe someone is posting about their "dad" and the Great Depression!!! LMAO! FU! I personally demand to be treated better. You can go pound sand.
 






Anonymous said:
Please...end this post. This is enough on this topic.

Be happy you are given a car to do the job. If the weather is too bad to drive you should not be driving. If the territory is too large to manage then speak with management or look for a more reasonable employer who will give you a more realistic territory.

Now please....shut up on this. It is like a whining brat!
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Amen!
 






Anonymous said:
Yeah, keep telling yourself that. NEWS (FKING) FLASH: Tough times do NOT make a person stronger and better, living through the depression did NOT make everything else seem sunny and wonderful afterward. I think you need to take this whole car, bonus, no tuition, lack of anything good to hand out and all the BS "feel" good crp from the top as a sign. . . not a good sign. Companies do this when they know they can F you over and get away with it because the times suck so damn bad what else are you going to do but bend over and take it? Yeah, reall nice! I know I feel special and appreciated by mother. Actually, that pretty sums up most of these "Oh, stop now" posts by a bunch of beat-up Merckies and their mindset. I cannot believe someone is posting about their "dad" and the Great Depression!!! LMAO! FU! I personally demand to be treated better. You can go pound sand.
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Are you saying you really don't buy into that wisdom of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger? I don't believe you're in much of a position to 'demand' anything, are u?
 






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Yeah, keep telling yourself that. NEWS (FKING) FLASH: Tough times do NOT make a person stronger and better, living through the depression did NOT make everything else seem sunny and wonderful afterward. I think you need to take this whole car, bonus, no tuition, lack of anything good to hand out and all the BS "feel" good crp from the top as a sign. . . not a good sign. Companies do this when they know they can F you over and get away with it because the times suck so damn bad what else are you going to do but bend over and take it? Yeah, reall nice! I know I feel special and appreciated by mother. Actually, that pretty sums up most of these "Oh, stop now" posts by a bunch of beat-up Merckies and their mindset. I cannot believe someone is posting about their "dad" and the Great Depression!!! LMAO! FU! I personally demand to be treated better. You can go pound sand.
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Dear OP, you have the option to quit. Merck is not going to listen to your dissatisfaction even if they are valid. The Fat Cats will earn a big salary and bonus. They will continue to squeeze you. They will never personally thank you for your contribution. Focusing on all the stuff that are inherent in a Fortune 500 company will drive you nuts. Take the paycheck, invest wisely. Put money in your 401K. Spend time with your family if you are married. Enjoy yourself. When you and I are gone, Merck will still be around. They won't miss us. I have enough awards and plagues to fill a drawer in my file cabinet. But when you are done with Merck, you are done. Those awards and plagues are simply pieces of paper and scrap metal.
 






Anonymous said:
Yeah, keep telling yourself that. NEWS (FKING) FLASH: Tough times do NOT make a person stronger and better, living through the depression did NOT make everything else seem sunny and wonderful afterward. I think you need to take this whole car, bonus, no tuition, lack of anything good to hand out and all the BS "feel" good crp from the top as a sign. . . not a good sign. Companies do this when they know they can F you over and get away with it because the times suck so damn bad what else are you going to do but bend over and take it? Yeah, reall nice! I know I feel special and appreciated by mother. Actually, that pretty sums up most of these "Oh, stop now" posts by a bunch of beat-up Merckies and their mindset. I cannot believe someone is posting about their "dad" and the Great Depression!!! LMAO! FU! I personally demand to be treated better. You can go pound sand.
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Those who lived through the depression know the value of not wasting anything and they appreciated the little things in life. Times are tough now (economic forecast says we may be close to a depression) so its time for you to do with a little less in terms of car size and its bottom line cost. Appreciate the car, period. Its a needed tool of the job and for most people the new selection is well suited. For a few others, maybe a AWD is a better choice (talk to management), but like OP said, if the weather is that bad you should not be driving anyway. The ney sayers probably are types who MUST have the yearly vacation trip, HD TVs, blackberry device, designer fashions, expensive furniture and EXPECT to be handed free tuition and other things in life that the majority of others work for and must pay for themselves. Entitlements are one of the biggest reasons the economy has collapsed and we're in the condition we're in.
 












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...edited...The ney sayers probably are types who MUST have the yearly vacation trip, HD TVs, blackberry device, designer fashions, expensive furniture and EXPECT to be handed free tuition and other things in life that the majority of others work for and must pay for themselves. Entitlements are one of the biggest reasons the economy has collapsed and we're in the condition we're in.
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I was in a district meeting with a fellow who boasted about buying his/her 6th or 7th or whatever LCD TV this and that for his/her bathroom or for the dog. Then the BM said the bonus check would be 2 weeks late. The rep's face suddenly looked very grim. Those credit card bills must came due before the bonus check was going to arrive. Then I was at another meeting where the young female reps were chatting about the best deal for Botox in town, followed by one of them announcing she just bought a $2K bicycle and she was definitely not the avid cyclist nor had the look of it.
 






Anonymous said:
I was in a district meeting with a fellow who boasted about buying his/her 6th or 7th or whatever LCD TV this and that for his/her bathroom or for the dog. Then the BM said the bonus check would be 2 weeks late. The rep's face suddenly looked very grim. Those credit card bills must came due before the bonus check was going to arrive. Then I was at another meeting where the young female reps were chatting about the best deal for Botox in town, followed by one of them announcing she just bought a $2K bicycle and she was definitely not the avid cyclist nor had the look of it.
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Live in the in western or southern states translates into having more money to blow for everything and anything! Live in NE (DC, NY, Boston), West Coast (SD, LA, SF) on same income means mega housing costs and booming property taxes, big state income tax deductions and NO goodies or cash in the packets.

As for young ones...that's (some) youth. No thoughts about savings...just looks, keeping toned and getting the guy. Duhhhhhh.
 












Anonymous said:
Yeah, keep telling yourself that. NEWS (FKING) FLASH: Tough times do NOT make a person stronger and better, living through the depression did NOT make everything else seem sunny and wonderful afterward. I think you need to take this whole car, bonus, no tuition, lack of anything good to hand out and all the BS "feel" good crp from the top as a sign. . . not a good sign. Companies do this when they know they can F you over and get away with it because the times suck so damn bad what else are you going to do but bend over and take it? Yeah, reall nice! I know I feel special and appreciated by mother. Actually, that pretty sums up most of these "Oh, stop now" posts by a bunch of beat-up Merckies and their mindset. I cannot believe someone is posting about their "dad" and the Great Depression!!! LMAO! FU! I personally demand to be treated better. You can go pound sand.
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Merck will always be crazy, unreasonable and unappreciative. Meanwhile, the pay is decent, you get free meals a lot, work time is long but flexible, vacation days are generous enough, health care benefits are quite good, 410K matching is one of the best, still has a pension plan, etc. Are you sure you are not paranoid? No one at the HQ is coming up with crazy schemes to scr*w you on a daily basis. The Fleet guy is not choosing a Fusion with you in mind to mess with either.
 






Spoiled brat - it's a company car and by the way it is a really nice car. Ford is finally making good cars ( vs. trucks and SUV's). It looks nice, rides nice and has decent fuel economy and a good sized trunk. It's for transporting you to and from business, not a fashion statement. Get over any company car as long as it's safe, clean and gets you where you need to go.
 






Anonymous said:
you're 'complaining' about a free car?! And your chief complaint is that it is a 'chick' car?

What a wuss! You're complaining just like a girl. Just drive the car and shut the f--- up!
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I don't think $118 a month is free! They raised it when gas was $4 a gallon. Now it is $250-$2.70, the car is smaller & I am still paying $118. Can you say " subsidizing Dick Clark's pay" ?
 






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