Hey Duane........

[anonymous]

The worst thing that can happen to an organization is employee indifference. That's where the CRM division finds itself, as the revenue-generators have given up.

Barely any tracking data, and what we do get is poorly defined and nowhere near representative of what is actually happening. The only predictable thing about the shitty, useless data we do get is that it will always be late.

The only emotion anyone in sales feels at this point is slight amusement that something could actually be this systemically broken in this short of a time-frame. Leqvio launched less than five months ago and Novartis has already wet themselves so thoroughly that the sales force can't even be frustrated or angry anymore.

In some ways I can't fault Duane and the rest of the idiot brigade for hiding in their basements, as it's either that or have to look the sales force in the face and admit how profoundly they have fucked things up.

So True! My concern and interest in Leqvio cannot be measured it's so little. Way too many processes, people, guardrails, complications to sort out - they lost me months ago. What the fuck were they thinking!

 

[anonymous]

So do we stick around and hope for severance or do we leave? It’s miserable here. It’s June 7 & no goals. Seriously - why is this ok? Retroactive goals are unacceptable. These unethical ‘leaders’ have to go. Can’t wait to see what kind of koolaide the abls are waterboarded with in NJ.

 

[anonymous]

So do we stick around and hope for severance or do we leave? It’s miserable here. It’s June 7 & no goals. Seriously - why is this ok? Retroactive goals are unacceptable. These unethical ‘leaders’ have to go. Can’t wait to see what kind of koolaide the abls are waterboarded with in NJ.

After what they have put us through and what we have lost in incentive, phone reimbursement, etc, I’m not saving them the severance money. I’m sticking it out until things get better or they have to pay me severance.

 

[anonymous]

How did he ever get to sales VP if this happened?

“Duane was placed on a letter and fired from BMS Oncology in October of 2014 as an RBD. How on earth did he become head of sales at Novartis? The guy is an absolute buffoon who can’t do anything for himself. The idiot literally had people printing reports out for him at BMS because he was too lazy. If you don’t believe me ask him why he left BMS oncology for J&J primary care. See what he says?”

 

[anonymous]

Fink was also fired - from Sanofi before coming to Novartis. Novartis is great at hiring externally for high level positions and brushing their internal talent off.

 

[anonymous]

Starts all of his ‘presentations’ by making fun of someone; people see right through his condescending personality. Corporate bully.