MSLs at Abbvie

[anonymous]

I'm looking at several open MSL positions at Abbvie. Would appreciate hearing from those who have been in the role - pros and cons. Thanks

 

[anonymous]

solid group in my experience.

 

[anonymous]

Micromanaged and metric driven group. If you want to be clinician or scientist look elsewhere. This is a glorified sales group

 

[RickyG]

The Med Affairs in Abbvie is a joke. I can't speak to any place but Immunology. They are micromanaged, metriced to insane numbers, script and certify on scripted pieces of medical literature. Either you hire competent clinicians or sales folks that can be scripted. It's an insult to anyone who has been an MSL and never dealt with this BS.

 

[anonymous]

There are some extremely talented MSLs with great clinical and research experience. Unfortunately, as others have pointed out, they are treated and deployed like glorified sales reps - ridiculous metrics, scripted discussion topics. The only company I have ever worked at where MSLs were unable to attend advisory boards (even medical advisory boards) - ridiculous!!

 

[anonymous]

I am happy to respond to this post. Per others comments, there are an incredibly talented group of MSL’s throughout various therapeutic areas at Abbvie. But most are incredibly unhappy now, held to metrics that parallel to what the sales teams must hit and many are on medical leave at this time because they couldn’t take it anymore. It’s an awful division to work for. Think about another company if you’re truly wanting “scientific”

 

[anonymous]

We hired these jokers from Pfizer who couldn’t launch Xeljanz to launch Rinvoq. It’s a joke.. anyone who launched Humira knows how to do this. Scripting medical professionals is like sending them to middle school. People leaving in droves, I see some litigation against these people for discrimination on age and color too.

 

[anonymous]

Worst company ever for Medical. You are a glorified sales rep with a script. Who the hell scripts doctors — Abbvie. You are no more than Ryan DeMasi or Brandee’s monkey and circus. Fuckers brought the Xeljanz bullshit to a good culture and turned it into Trump 2.0 dictatorship. Stay the fuck away.

 

[anonymous]

Worst company ever for Medical. You are a glorified sales rep with a script. Who the hell scripts doctors — Abbvie. You are no more than Ryan DeMasi or Brandee’s monkey and circus. Fuckers brought the Xeljanz bullshit to a good culture and turned it into Trump 2.0 dictatorship. Stay the fuck away.