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Are you kidding me. Manager with only three specialist and they are not helping cover the vacant territories. I guess to do that they would have to know some of the customers. That knocks most of them out. One RD could manage the entire nation and put the manager in territory. I vote for JB to run the franchise for its last race. JB you have always been the best to work with and for.
 












Anonymous said:
I have heard from a good source at Abbvi that most if not all have applied for their new sales force. Good luck, its time to move on. This ship is a sinking.
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What? A sinking ship? Here? Say it ain't so! In all seriousness, next week will be the last hurrah (if that is what you want to call it). The spin masters will be smiling through false smiles and all of the "happy, happy, happy" horsecrap that will spill forth. This is not the place to be the last man standing at the end of next year. If there are still 90 reps, 1/3 to 1/2 will land internally (maybe more if Bit gets the green light) so don't wait too long to start looking.
 






Anonymous said:
What? A sinking ship? Here? Say it ain't so! In all seriousness, next week will be the last hurrah (if that is what you want to call it). The spin masters will be smiling through false smiles and all of the "happy, happy, happy" horsecrap that will spill forth. This is not the place to be the last man standing at the end of next year. If there are still 90 reps, 1/3 to 1/2 will land internally (maybe more if Bit gets the green light) so don't wait too long to start looking.
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HIstory dictates that even 1/3 is very generous. In all of similar situations that I have seen, all but a few were terminated.
 






I stole this from a post on another company because I believe this is more true than not.

" If your neighbor loses his job then it's a recession if you lose yours then it's a depression." Harry Truman
Laid off in '08. It's still rough out here and you better be prepared for it.
First- Turn off the propaganda on TV about "we are in recovery." We are not.
Second-get over your anger at Merck. It's a waste of energy and gets you no were. Merck doesn't care about you, why waste time worrying about Merck? The guy that keeps coming on here and writing "FU" Merck is an adolescent who's life is over. Anger is misplaced and useless, get over it.
Third- you should have already had your résumé professionally done, been practicing interviewing, a lot, if you're in sales, already bought a second car, another computer, got your money and insurance in order, downsized and basically prepared for this day. If you have not then you are really in trouble. You can still recover but the deck is already stacked against you.
Fourth- you should have gone back to school or at least networking outside of pharma. If you must stay in, the jobs are in contract. There is no such thing as "career" jobs anymore. Be prepared for temp., part-time, transitory work and prepare yourself that you are probably going to be going through this every couple of years. That's just the way things are, in this industry and most others. Always be looking for another job, even when you have one. Your only goal is to stay employed.
Fifth- be prepared to interview endlessly. This should be you very best skill. Be prepared for endless rejection. You aren't going to get letters and phone calls. Have a very thick skin. There are thousands out there with your exact skill set, usually much younger, willing to work for much less. Invest your time in your self.

Get up everyday and participate in the job search, you can't go 8 hours a day at it but don't take any days off. Be persistent and as cliche as it sounds every day and week really is a new day, take hope in that. I wish I was here with better news. Good luck, you'll need it.
 






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