My version of 15 by 15

[Anonymous]

I didn't mean to imply that merck would collapse-you are right,tons of cash,on the DOW,to big to fail. I meant the entire marketing program-reps,marketing,sales management. It is failing already, and has been for some time, but now there is no way to hide it. Still too many mouths to feed. Besides with the ever shrinking pipeline why do you need such a huge sales staff? Again, they are only liability. Now it will be about reducing the companies risk. The generic point is a good one but the courts are looking at the "deals" to put off patent expiry now. Any bets on how the courts/gov. will come down on protecting drug patents (mfg. or genrics)? Merck is using it's cash to prop up the stock price (not unlike QE) not keep jobs. The projections for growth targets for '13 will remain the same as '12. A guidence that the analysts were not happy with. No organic growth coupled with no in-organic growth-no acquisitions are planned-the schering buy was way overpriced with mixed results. The lipid franchise has run it's course and there are some questions as to the safety of Januvia, andit's revenues will never replace singulair, maybe not even cozaar. So...merck is at best in a holding pattern, just trying to stop revenue erosion. How to do that if your only goal is to meet last years revenue targets? Gotta cut more staff, especially when they are not needed due to a declining portfolio. Merck seems ripe for a major sales force overhaul-long overdue.
PS- I find it curious that you sign off with "FU merck." Why would you have that reaction to what is a normal business cycle for a company? Ford couldn't continue to make model "T's" forever. Markets change. Companies change. It's the only constant in life. I too am ex-merck,a lay off casualty, but you soon get over it. As a stockholder I have a vested interest in seeing merck continue to pay good dividends and keep being a valued stock. That is now my only interest in merck. as an investment. If they can't provide revenue to demonstrate value to the stock price then they have to look at some other way. Like reducing headcount. Why is that hard to understand?

Not hard to understand and as a retiree, I'm with you. But I can also understand where the FU Merck guys are coming from, too. They probably were at one time loyal Merck employees and now feel shafted by the company management's ineptitude that made things much worse than they needed to be. Nobody with a clue IN field sales wanted to see mass hiring of reps to engage in the share of voice wars and let their management know this repeatedly but were ignored. This led to a toxic environment where many employees felt like the company had declared war upon them with excessive bogus metrics too often accompanied by threatening and bullying managers. So I can appreciate the FU Merck folk, too. Like you said, they created a jenga structure where a lot of asses will fall (including maybe their own) if the sales force is reduced to most efficient and effective levels where realistically they need to be and should be.

 

[Anonymous]

Don't even consider giving thought or consideration to these lazy and slothful scumbags on these threads - they deserve what is coming and it is coming very fast - they f**ked their peers ,Merck, families and sorry to say them selves. I have no sympathy for them or their families - they brought it on themselves = FU sloths

 

[Anonymous]

Don't even consider giving thought or consideration to these lazy and slothful scumbags on these threads - they deserve what is coming and it is coming very fast - they f**ked their peers ,Merck, families and sorry to say them selves. I have no sympathy for them or their families - they brought it on themselves = FU sloths

Jeepers...why don't you give yourself a cookie? Some day you may come to learn that no, they didn't bring it on themselves. They simply adapted to what Merck brought on themselves. Your self-righteous screed is badly misplaced.

 

[Anonymous]

The 15 X 15 guy owns these other posters
But they're too stupid to know it

 

[Anonymous]

Jeepers...why don't you give yourself a cookie? Some day you may come to learn that no, they didn't bring it on themselves. They simply adapted to what Merck brought on themselves. Your self-righteous screed is badly misplaced.

You never adapted , you just continued the nonexistant parenting paradigm of the 70s and 80s. You were nurtured to fail and whine and you continued the exercise. You are a loser and total failure in life. Enjoy the soupline it is just around the corner.

 

[Anonymous]

You never adapted , you just continued the nonexistant parenting paradigm of the 70s and 80s. You were nurtured to fail and whine and you continued the exercise. You are a loser and total failure in life. Enjoy the soupline it is just around the corner.

My 15x15 strategy is the ultimate adaptation of what this train wreck has become. Remember, I used to be that "hard working, always make the extra call" kinda rep. Then I woke up and saw the light when I realized that it no longer mattered.

When Merck pushed out the old award winning reps and started promoting the a$$ kissers that really could never sell and brought in their reach & frequency metrics and began promoting "diversity" over ability the train began to come off the tracks.

I am just an example of someone who said FU and made my own adaptations. It works for me!


Regards,


The 15x15 Guy
Merck's First & Finest S15 Rep

 

[Anonymous]

My 15x15 strategy is the ultimate adaptation of what this train wreck has become. Remember, I used to be that "hard working, always make the extra call" kinda rep. Then I woke up and saw the light when I realized that it no longer mattered.

When Merck pushed out the old award winning reps and started promoting the a$$ kissers that really could never sell and brought in their reach & frequency metrics and began promoting "diversity" over ability the train began to come off the tracks.

I am just an example of someone who said FU and made my own adaptations. It works for me!


Regards,


The 15x15 Guy
Merck's First & Finest S15 Rep

It works for you due to the fact that you have no moral backbone nor a sense of accomplishment. You are a useless turd in the shithole of humanity - now wipe your ass.

 

[Anonymous]

It works for you due to the fact that you have no moral backbone nor a sense of accomplishment. You are a useless turd in the shithole of humanity - now wipe your ass.

I have won more awards in my tenure with this company and accomplished more than you ever will, boy. Every time I wipe my a$$ I will think of you and cronies like you who did their best to destroy what was once a great company. What I flush is what you have covering your nose and face all day. How do you stand it? You must be used to it by now i guess!

I've got to head to the driving range at my CC now and hit a couple buckets....


Regards,


The 15x15 Guy
Merck's First & Finest S15 Rep

 

[Anonymous]

I have won more awards in my tenure with this company and accomplished more than you ever will, boy. Every time I wipe my a$$ I will think of you and cronies like you who did their best to destroy what was once a great company. What I flush is what you have covering your nose and face all day. How do you stand it? You must be used to it by now i guess!

I've got to head to the driving range at my CC now and hit a couple buckets....


Regards,


The 15x15 Guy
Merck's First & Finest S15 Rep

Don't forget to have your mistress kiss those balls.

 

[Anonymous]

My 15x15 strategy is the ultimate adaptation of what this train wreck has become. Remember, I used to be that "hard working, always make the extra call" kinda rep. Then I woke up and saw the light when I realized that it no longer mattered.

When Merck pushed out the old award winning reps and started promoting the a$$ kissers that really could never sell and brought in their reach & frequency metrics and began promoting "diversity" over ability the train began to come off the tracks.

I am just an example of someone who said FU and made my own adaptations. It works for me!


Regards,


The 15x15 Guy
Merck's First & Finest S15 Rep

Ah, so you feel you've become the personal embodiment of what merck itself has become?
I.E.-"push out the old award winning reps.." to make room for the likes of you, "promoting the a$$ kissers" again, just like you, afterall you've said yourself that your manager loves to ride with you and you get special projects, only a$$ kissers obtain that status. And you are anti-diversity,well that speaks for itself.
It boils down to you don't want to work,have abandanded a work ethic, want to game the system, see how far you can scam your expense report without getting caught and generally just want to participate in general corporate welfare. Well OK then but don't try to cloak yourself in some kinda attitude that you're doing nothing because of the martyred "old guys." They would take your paycheck in a second. And afterall by your logic your paycheck should be their's anyway. So go ahead and skate. No one really cares anyway. You're just a rust spot on the tooth of a cog in a very very big machine. In other words: SHUT UP ALREADY.

 

[Anonymous]

Ah, so you feel you've become the personal embodiment of what merck itself has become?
I.E.-"push out the old award winning reps.." to make room for the likes of you, "promoting the a$$ kissers" again, just like you, afterall you've said yourself that your manager loves to ride with you and you get special projects, only a$$ kissers obtain that status. And you are anti-diversity,well that speaks for itself.
It boils down to you don't want to work,have abandanded a work ethic, want to game the system, see how far you can scam your expense report without getting caught and generally just want to participate in general corporate welfare. Well OK then but don't try to cloak yourself in some kinda attitude that you're doing nothing because of the martyred "old guys." They would take your paycheck in a second. And afterall by your logic your paycheck should be their's anyway. So go ahead and skate. No one really cares anyway. You're just a rust spot on the tooth of a cog in a very very big machine. In other words: SHUT UP ALREADY.

No one cares? Really? Closing in on 400 replies and 28,000 views, I think many care. Rock on 15x15 guy! We love you!

 

[Anonymous]

Ah, so you feel you've become the personal embodiment of what merck itself has become?
I.E.-"push out the old award winning reps.." to make room for the likes of you, "promoting the a$$ kissers" again, just like you, afterall you've said yourself that your manager loves to ride with you and you get special projects, only a$$ kissers obtain that status. And you are anti-diversity,well that speaks for itself.
It boils down to you don't want to work,have abandanded a work ethic, want to game the system, see how far you can scam your expense report without getting caught and generally just want to participate in general corporate welfare. Well OK then but don't try to cloak yourself in some kinda attitude that you're doing nothing because of the martyred "old guys." They would take your paycheck in a second. And afterall by your logic your paycheck should be their's anyway. So go ahead and skate. No one really cares anyway. You're just a rust spot on the tooth of a cog in a very very big machine. In other words: SHUT UP ALREADY.

Wow, it sounds like reading 15's posts may be hazardous to your health. Then why do read them?

 

[Anonymous]

"a virtute discedere de principatu deiectus"

 

[Anonymous]

No one cares? Really? Closing in on 400 replies and 28,000 views, I think many care. Rock on 15x15 guy! We love you!

yeah let's hope that 400 repiles and 28,000 views will finally bring the "15'ers" to the attention of merck. even they read CP sometimes. Let the "displacements" begin. rock on.

 

[Anonymous]

It's all too obvious that you people no longer want these jobs. Do the honorable thing and step aside so as to give the next person in line a chance. Remember people are soylent green.

 

[Anonymous]

It's all too obvious that you people no longer want these jobs. Do the honorable thing and step aside so as to give the next person in line a chance. Remember people are soylent green.

If you remember that movie you are retired. It would be humorous to watch the 15s and their like sitting and watching the deet in the fieldand then march into the cooky production line. That would solve a great many problems.

 

[Anonymous]

It's all too obvious that you people no longer want these jobs. Do the honorable thing and step aside so as to give the next person in line a chance. Remember people are soylent green.

As if they'd be replaced at all and, if so, by a contract rep.

Get your head out of your ass.

 

[Anonymous]

I'm so done with the Sh*#hole. I have seen the older reps, who used to be our "mentors" just a few years ago, being pushed out of this company for nothing other than they are making a good salary. I'm not quite 50 yet, but getting close, and I know if I last that long the same will happen to me. Despite what I do or how hard I work it won't be enough. So today I've decided that I'm done with them. I will no longer make the extra early call or late call. I will do a lunch here & there collect a few signatures. I figure this will take me three hours a day max. Which equates to 15 hours a week. I'm gonna work a max of 15 hours a week until 2015. This is my version of 15 by 15. From now on, I will have an 25 extra hours a week to work out, spend time with my spouse or double dip with an extra job (which would be good since we didn't get much of a raise the past couple years). You want 15 by 15? It's now time for me to give it to you my way. Bend over Merck............Who's in with me?

I just joined!

 

[Anonymous]

It is April 2nd - just 13 days until you all are bent over. How I love Inventiv!

 

[Anonymous]

I'm completely on board with the 15 x 15 approach. It's simple: they screw us and we screw them. Enjoy the screwing, Merck. you're getting a lot of it, so you may as well enjoy it.