Just going back through the threads and I can see that most of the original Sales & Marketing folks have left. Referenced LinkedIn and Sun. Then searched Cafe for their names. Gone. My question is WHY? The opthal company is not that old. I'm trying to do my due diligence and decide if I should walk away from my interviews. This could be one of those career decisions that I regret down the road. I expected some neg opinions (spam/ pissed off former employ) on this site but not the amount of negative opinions and ones that seem to line up with actual people and their moves. Just curious, why would anyone want to leave a reputable pharma co and come here? Would I be making a mistake? Damn... not sure what to do now.
You actually sound reasonably intelligent, and your research approach is pretty decent. I’m sure no other potential candidate has attempted the cross-matching that you have. Kudos.
That alone indicates your IQ is in the 99.9% percentile of Sun people.
Only because you seem legit, I’ll make the effort to provide some insights.
- Sun is NOT what anyone in a real pharma company would consider to be a legit company
- culture is borderline, if not abusive
- in India, Sun is god-like, there’s an incredible glut of labor, therefore Sun considers it a privilege to work FOR them
- ethics and integrity as you probably know it does not exist
This mindset carries over to the US
- the strategy is all about savings/cost-extraction. Think: this is a generic pill manufacturer. That’s the DNA. Investing in people and patients is truly a foreign concept that they’ll never understand
- turnover: incalculable. Territories on their third rep in 2 years. Home office turnover in key positions is close to 80%.
Personally, I believe the 5 people who’ve been there 3+ years can’t find a job elsewhere
- you will literally see reps AND managers who were personal trainers, real estate agents and landscapers in their job prior to Sun. Sun has had to scrape the bottom barrel to recruit.
- you are continually screwed out of bonus. Yeah, we’ve all had issues with IC programs, but this is inherent in every quarter.
- yes, all the legit sales and marketing people left
- NO ONE ( ok, maybe 3 people in the last 3 years) came to Sun from a well regarded pharma company. If they did, they were unemployed in between
- ONE person left Sun in the past 3 years to go to a legit company (BMS). All the others went back into their prior caves or even downgraded from Sun if that possible
- then there’s the compliance stuff, the OIG investigation, and the fact the CEO in the US paid a fine to India’s equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission so that he and his wife would avoid insider trading prosecution. Really ?
Hopefully you can tell I’m not pissed off, this isn’t spam. I took the time to lay out facts only because you seem like a reasonable person and joining Sun would be something you’d regret.