Turn off your location services. I have had mine off since I received my iPad and nobody has said a word to me. With all the cuts in this organization do you really think they paying someone to monitor the location of all company owned devices?
Yep. And it's so easy. Think about all the policies at Merck you're at risk of violating one just by leaving the house, so why leave? Much easier to just make "remote" calls and I don't think Merck really cares one way or the other. If I wanted a real job I would go get one.
You're absolutely right. At the moment, Merck doesn't care one way or the other. But therein lies the rub. At some future moment, Merck can and will choose to care and then my friend, you can kiss your ass goodbye from this circus.
I have had many old friends & colleagues with this company become so depressed while trying to make it through the management gauntlet of fabricated lies and deceit while trying to make them leave. Broken marriages, reps eating Xanax like popcorn, going to psychiatric therapy, severe depression and on and on.....
I'm so glad I was strong enough to see that working for Merck is just one big charade. It's not really what you do as a rep but it's what your manager thinks you do. All that you have to do is create that image that you are that Kool-Aid drinking hard working rep. I was that rep in the past and have that reputation still today. Since I have that solid reputation, it was so easy for me to apply and maintain my 15x15 strategy.
Let's face it, management has and will continue to make up lies and put pressure on the older reps in order to make them leave. These are the same reps that were award winners in the past. The only thing that has changed is that we had innovative product to sell then. Look in our bag now. There is nothing in there that is new or innovative. Merck is dying a slow death. The best way for them to keep looking good for Wall St is by reducing the expense side of the business. Less reps = less expense.
I'm gonna keep doing my thing and cashing these nice checks with Merck as long as I can. Upper management does it on a large scale so I don't feel guilty at all. I seriously worked about five hours last week. If people want to make fun of me and judge me, they need to take a long look in the mirror and ask themselves what do they do for Merck that is so special that Merck won't give them the same horrible treatment?
Take care everybody. Hey, it looks like more snow is on the way for us. Great, more snow days!
Regards,
The 15x15 Guy
I have had many old friends & colleagues with this company become so depressed while trying to make it through the management gauntlet of fabricated lies and deceit while trying to make them leave. Broken marriages, reps eating Xanax like popcorn, going to psychiatric therapy, severe depression and on and on.....
I'm so glad I was strong enough to see that working for Merck is just one big charade. It's not really what you do as a rep but it's what your manager thinks you do. All that you have to do is create that image that you are that Kool-Aid drinking hard working rep. I was that rep in the past and have that reputation still today. Since I have that solid reputation, it was so easy for me to apply and maintain my 15x15 strategy.
Let's face it, management has and will continue to make up lies and put pressure on the older reps in order to make them leave. These are the same reps that were award winners in the past. The only thing that has changed is that we had innovative product to sell then. Look in our bag now. There is nothing in there that is new or innovative. Merck is dying a slow death. The best way for them to keep looking good for Wall St is by reducing the expense side of the business. Less reps = less expense.
I'm gonna keep doing my thing and cashing these nice checks with Merck as long as I can. Upper management does it on a large scale so I don't feel guilty at all. I seriously worked about five hours last week. If people want to make fun of me and judge me, they need to take a long look in the mirror and ask themselves what do they do for Merck that is so special that Merck won't give them the same horrible treatment?
Take care everybody. Hey, it looks like more snow is on the way for us. Great, more snow days!
Regards,
The 15x15 Guy
Today & tomorrow I will have a "catered" lunch through my buddy's local eatery. The paper receipt will show a lunch but in actuality it will just be a credit for the evening event of food, drinks and ncaa basketball. Some of my physician friends will just happen to drop by and partake in the event as well.
Gotta love it!
Regards,
The 15x15 Guy
Today & tomorrow I will have a "catered" lunch through my buddy's local eatery. The paper receipt will show a lunch but in actuality it will just be a credit for the evening event of food, drinks and ncaa basketball. Some of my physician friends will just happen to drop by and partake in the event as well.
Gotta love it!
Regards,
The 15x15 Guy
Today & tomorrow I will have a "catered" lunch through my buddy's local eatery. The paper receipt will show a lunch but in actuality it will just be a credit for the evening event of food, drinks and ncaa basketball. Some of my physician friends will just happen to drop by and partake in the event as well.
Gotta love it!
Regards,
The 15x15 Guy
Today & tomorrow I will have a "catered" lunch through my buddy's local eatery. The paper receipt will show a lunch but in actuality it will just be a credit for the evening event of food, drinks and ncaa basketball. Some of my physician friends will just happen to drop by and partake in the event as well.
Gotta love it!
Regards,
The 15x15 Guy
My hat is off to you, 15 X 15 Guy.
What I don't get are those that the company has stuck it up their ass sideways, yet they don't (or can't) see the logic in fighting back.
Maybe I'd feel differently if the company's executives also took it on the chin like the little people do, but that doesn't happen.
Look, the company is huge. We little folks really cant do much damage, we just don't have the firepower needed to do it. Merck isn't going to go out of business due to the 15 X 15 Guy's exploits. Although The 15 X 15 guy isn't taking much of a bite out of Merck's ass, what he does have is the personal satisfaction of knowing in a very small way he fucked' em back. Bravo!
