Is BMS a good place to work or not?

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I'm considering interviewing for a rep job at BMS. Is it a good place to work or not? Three questions:
1.) How would you describe the culture in one word?
2.) How would you describe sales force management in two words?
3.) How would you describe home office personnel in three words?

Thanks for anyone's answers. I thought I could use results as stimulus during interview. Maybe I could ask HR or DBM to respond to results so be honest.
 




No. It's better than no job though. BMS micromanages, and they lay off more than most pharma companies. I am leaving BMS to go to Otsuka. It's far more stable there. Even though diabetes is a big market, and BMS has a drug for diabetes, there's too much competition with better drugs at other Companies ie. Novo, etc.

If I had a choice between BMS and another pharma, I'd choose the latter. I have seen far too many changes in upper management and the company is far from stable.
 




Anonymous said:
I'm considering interviewing for a rep job at BMS. Is it a good place to work or not? Three questions:
1.) How would you describe the culture in one word?
2.) How would you describe sales force management in two words?
3.) How would you describe home office personnel in three words?

Thanks for anyone's answers. I thought I could use results as stimulus during interview. Maybe I could ask HR or DBM to respond to results so be honest.
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Oh Ya mention cafe pharma in an interview....great strategy....dope
 




Anonymous said:
I'm considering interviewing for a rep job at BMS. Is it a good place to work or not? Three questions:
1.) How would you describe the culture in one word?
2.) How would you describe sales force management in two words?
3.) How would you describe home office personnel in three words?

Thanks for anyone's answers. I thought I could use results as stimulus during interview. Maybe I could ask HR or DBM to respond to results so be honest.
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1.) oppressive
2.) intimidated sheep
3.) embody Peter Principle
 








you will feel great the first 6 months during the honeymoon phase of training. Slowly you wil get an inkling all is not well, you will be forced to lie everyday about what you do, and eventually it becomes a demoralizing life sucking job. only take it if you have no other options.
 




It is just a very strange place.

There is this intense mantra about putting customers first, putting customers first, putting customers first.

But then you sit there and watch one internally focused restructure and re-shuffle after another, you see new groups formed for things that four other groups already do, you see them create new field positions on top of others so that we can't even remember how many people call on a physician's office, you see an intense focus on internal metrics to the point where people no longer really care about having any real impact as long as their metrics look good and you watch managers and so-called leaders make decision after decision that are much more about their own careers and power than about anything to do with a customer. And after a few rounds of that, senior leaders step in an say we are spending too much money and a whole new round of it starts. I am never really sure whether I work for a company or if I am in reality part of some terrible human experiment designed to test the very breaking point of common sense.
 








Anonymous said:
It is just a very strange place.

There is this intense mantra about putting customers first, putting customers first, putting customers first.

But then you sit there and watch one internally focused restructure and re-shuffle after another, you see new groups formed for things that four other groups already do, you see them create new field positions on top of others so that we can't even remember how many people call on a physician's office, you see an intense focus on internal metrics to the point where people no longer really care about having any real impact as long as their metrics look good and you watch managers and so-called leaders make decision after decision that are much more about their own careers and power than about anything to do with a customer. And after a few rounds of that, senior leaders step in an say we are spending too much money and a whole new round of it starts. I am never really sure whether I work for a company or if I am in reality part of some terrible human experiment designed to test the very breaking point of common sense.
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You stepped into an alternative universe dude. Now that you have clarity, BAIL! Quick, before you loose perception again.
 




Anonymous said:
It is just a very strange place.

There is this intense mantra about putting customers first, putting customers first, putting customers first.

But then you sit there and watch one internally focused restructure and re-shuffle after another, you see new groups formed for things that four other groups already do, you see them create new field positions on top of others so that we can't even remember how many people call on a physician's office, you see an intense focus on internal metrics to the point where people no longer really care about having any real impact as long as their metrics look good and you watch managers and so-called leaders make decision after decision that are much more about their own careers and power than about anything to do with a customer. And after a few rounds of that, senior leaders step in an say we are spending too much money and a whole new round of it starts. I am never really sure whether I work for a company or if I am in reality part of some terrible human experiment designed to test the very breaking point of common sense.
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Well said. If you like jumping through hoops instead of selling the product, this job is great!
 








Anonymous said:
you will feel great the first 6 months during the honeymoon phase of training. Slowly you wil get an inkling all is not well, you will be forced to lie everyday about what you do, and eventually it becomes a demoralizing life sucking job. only take it if you have no other options.
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And then if they think you are not playing the game-watch out. Been told anything that can be tracked is tracked. If you speak your mind-you will be taught a lesson.
 




Anonymous said:
I'm considering interviewing for a rep job at BMS. Is it a good place to work or not? Three questions:
1.) How would you describe the culture in one word?
2.) How would you describe sales force management in two words?
3.) How would you describe home office personnel in three words?

Thanks for anyone's answers. I thought I could use results as stimulus during interview. Maybe I could ask HR or DBM to respond to results so be honest.
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Or not.
1) Animal Kingdom with business rules.
2) Up tight.
3) Better than you.
 




















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