My S3 is killing me!!

[Anonymous]

Help! My counterpart has assumed that noe she is an S3, her shit no longer stinks....I can no longer stand to be in the same room with someone I used to enjoy working with. Surely, I am not alone. Personally, I cannot wait for the stakeholder feedback on this chick.
She's making my life crazy and totally doesn't get how to work in a team.....

 

[Anonymous]

It could be worse. You could be working for Merck.

 

[Anonymous]

Help! My counterpart has assumed that noe she is an S3, her shit no longer stinks....I can no longer stand to be in the same room with someone I used to enjoy working with. Surely, I am not alone. Personally, I cannot wait for the stakeholder feedback on this chick.
She's making my life crazy and totally doesn't get how to work in a team.....

And your point is?

 

[Anonymous]

You know this is working as Merck planned. I'm sure you've heard the phrase toxic environment if you've been around this place over 3-4 months.

 

[Anonymous]

The s3 and the change agent roles are just snitches for management.

 

[Anonymous]

Why do you think they pay S3 the big bucks for? To watch over the rest!

 

[Anonymous]

The S3's were all pretty annoying to begin with. Now annoying w/ bigger egos.

 

[Anonymous]

The s3 and the change agent roles are just snitches for management.

ya gotta love our chage agents. always happy to hear from them.....

 

[Anonymous]

Change agents came along just after the phrase "going postal" became popular. They are there to iron out the wrinkles that screwing your workforce causes.

 

[Anonymous]

Using reps to police their own. Give some reps more power and money. Now they can kill each other and shift the blame away from the management. Didn't they employ the same tactics in Nazi concentration camps during WWII?

 

[Anonymous]

Using reps to police their own. Give some reps more power and money. Now they can kill each other and shift the blame away from the management. Didn't they employ the same tactics in Nazi concentration camps during WWII?

No. This is a prison farm tactic

 

[Anonymous]

Your S3 colleague has to show she is worth the extra pay by action. I bet she also has an action plan titled, "How to motivate my low-performing colleagues". I feel your pain.

 

[Anonymous]

S1, S2 or S3 ....there is no love fest at Merck with counterparts or team mate any more. If you are working on an account together...its more competitive than co operative...and its not just S3..... my S2 counterpart is so competitive with me....its unbelievable! I am just trying to keep my head down and my nose clean! Really, for the most part..team work is done with this company and its every man for himself. My S3 position is almost more trouble than it is worth....I didnt get a very big raise...this is the new Merck and its gross! I dont know what the answer is...but it is sad! ITs a very competitive and tenured sales force...the days of cooperative team mates are vertually gone!

 

[Anonymous]

S1, S2 or S3 ....there is no love fest at Merck with counterparts or team mate any more. If you are working on an account together...its more competitive than co operative...and its not just S3..... my S2 counterpart is so competitive with me....its unbelievable! I am just trying to keep my head down and my nose clean! Really, for the most part..team work is done with this company and its every man for himself. My S3 position is almost more trouble than it is worth....I didnt get a very big raise...this is the new Merck and its gross! I dont know what the answer is...but it is sad! ITs a very competitive and tenured sales force...the days of cooperative team mates are vertually gone!

It's survival of the fittest in action as everyone competes for what positions will be left after the next round of layoffs. Everyone knows the economy's crappy, and the tenured reps are particularly fearful of losing their high paying jobs (knowing they will never again be making that kind of money). So, yes, unfortunately, it is every man for himself--which means "not a pretty picture". Looking forward to the resolution of all this tension by the end of this year....there is only so much of this that one can take!

 

[Anonymous]

Only not too long ago reps trying to outdo each other would be labeled as not a team player and received bad ratings. With today's toxic environment and regular layoffs everyone is looking out for themselves.

 

[Anonymous]

S1, S2 or S3 ....there is no love fest at Merck with counterparts or team mate any more. If you are working on an account together...its more competitive than co operative...and its not just S3..... my S2 counterpart is so competitive with me....its unbelievable! I am just trying to keep my head down and my nose clean! Really, for the most part..team work is done with this company and its every man for himself. My S3 position is almost more trouble than it is worth....I didnt get a very big raise...this is the new Merck and its gross! I dont know what the answer is...but it is sad! ITs a very competitive and tenured sales force...the days of cooperative team mates are vertually gone!

Nice. Made S3 and can't spell! LOL.

 

[Anonymous]

Nice. Made S3 and can't spell! LOL.

No problem. One of the qualifications is the inability to spell. For those of you with ambition; to be a Director, one cannot be able to think.

 

[Anonymous]

S1, S2 or S3 ....there is no love fest at Merck with counterparts or team mate any more. If you are working on an account together...its more competitive than co operative...and its not just S3..... my S2 counterpart is so competitive with me....its unbelievable! I am just trying to keep my head down and my nose clean! Really, for the most part..team work is done with this company and its every man for himself. My S3 position is almost more trouble than it is worth....I didnt get a very big raise...this is the new Merck and its gross! I dont know what the answer is...but it is sad! ITs a very competitive and tenured sales force...the days of cooperative team mates are vertually gone!

I was one of the lucky ones promoted to S3 too, and I am wondering if it was worth it. The rest of the team resents you, even if they congratulated you. Your DCO and your manager expect double the results from you, so you are constantly trying to prove that you are worth the small increase in pay. I know it sounds corny, but we should all try to get back to what is important: taking care of our customers and each other.

 

[Anonymous]

I know it sounds corny, but we should all try to get back to what is important: taking care of our customers and each other. (quote)


Those days, if they ever existed, are long gone.

 

[Anonymous]

The end result will be as the reps fight for survival watch the competition quietly crush our so-called growth products. Who in their right mind thinks it healthy to fight among ourselves at the same time the competition is launching or saturating the airwaves with DTC??? Unfortunately, the decision makers will never be held accountable and more job cuts are in our future.