October 30th Conf Call

[Anonymous]

Azar is a nerd in a cubicle that I call my boss which makes me feel like an even bigger nerd. Sad times

 

[Anonymous]

So what was the call about? I had to miss, because of a sampling appointment I had scheduled months ago at the local IHN. If I canceled it would have been 6 months before I could get back in. Please tell me what the call was about.

 

[Anonymous]

The conference call said NOTHING! Just that we are going to have customer service reps, and certain divisions will get iPads, but best news of all more ITPs to do.........

 

[Anonymous]

The conference call said NOTHING! Just that we are going to have customer service reps, and certain divisions will get iPads, but best news of all more ITPs to do.........

ITPs to make you dumber, right? Yup, that happens.

 

[Anonymous]

iPads for some and that eventually we will all be history and replaced by the source force since doctors don't want us coming by so much but they do want samples.

 

[Anonymous]

The source force? What is that and where do I sign up? Sounds like an elite group

 

[Anonymous]

The $ource Force is a brilliant FIPNet strategy to merge all sales/marketing into an infomatic extravaganza manned by a call center in Bangalore, coupled with flashdrives to be delivered by UPS....what can BROWN do to you?

They've just signed off on floppy disks; flash drives to come in 2023.

 

[Anonymous]

Any inside scoop on the details?

Did anyone want to laugh how we had to do survey with dr's to learn that they do not like to have to "work with our company's stupid metrics." WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. Just stop the crap and have a layoff. New products will come out and customers will want contact at that point but if we piss them off it does not matter.

 

[Anonymous]

How about that "Esampling" option for providers.........to "bring value." There goes access.

 

[Anonymous]

How about that "Esampling" option for providers.........to "bring value." There goes access.

I missed most of the call. There is going to be e-sampling?

 

[Anonymous]

Did anyone want to laugh how we had to do survey with dr's to learn that they do not like to have to "work with our company's stupid metrics." WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. Just stop the crap and have a layoff. New products will come out and customers will want contact at that point but if we piss them off it does not matter.

OMG, how much did we pay a consulting firm to tell us what any one of us could have told them. NOW, how many dr's want to see our managers? Did they do that research?

 

[Anonymous]

This call is not mandatory for sales reps so I am thinking it is not going to be "the call" where they announce layoffs, realignments or anything of that nature. So sleep in my fellow reps!

you are such a dumb ass. And obviously not been in pharma that long. Clueless at best. They never announce layoffs on a big conference call. Your boss will call you one on one and say "therefore your territory has been eliminated".

 

[Anonymous]

OMG, how much did we pay a consulting firm to tell us what any one of us could have told them. NOW, how many dr's want to see our managers? Did they do that research?

Best post I have seen for a long, long time. Doctors hate managers, yet it is part of the Lilly sales mantra.

Best managers I ever had during my long career were the ones who would say as we pulled up to the next clinic--"you handle this one by yourself, I'll stay in the car"!