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anonymous said:
It may not be your experience. It may be too much experience. What they are telling you are just excuses. Age discrimination is very real in Pharma sales right now. I have never seen anything like it. Very blatant age discrimination. I would have taken the job in a heart beat. Many years of sales experience and awards, but middle aged women need not apply.
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I agree 100%, once I hit 45 it’s like I have it blazoned on my forehead. I even revamped my resume to take off my year of college graduation and dropped a few early job experiences, which is a shame but needed, to pass the gauntlet of a a 22 year old recruiter/resume screener passing Your resume by deeming you too old. It’s real and worse for women for sure.
Now don’t tell me I’m a whiner etc when I have tons of experience, even worked for 100% commission to 150K+ And won multiple awards. Face the reality peeps, Men rule the world especially if they are white and especially in Pharma.
 






There were a lot of "mature" reps at the product launch.
A lot will depend on what the manager is looking for. I don't blame a manager who wants a younger rep, I was there at one time replacing an older complaining rep.
There is nothing worse than a complaining crusty rep that isn't happy about anything and always compares it to better days or companies. Btw, I am guilty of this.
Despite all the setbacks with Ashfield/Genentech (database mess, lying about car allowance, lying about commission structure, lying about call average, lying about the inside team etc..)
I am doing my best to get up early, get out the door early, see the MD's, and actually achieve the call average of 12 md's a day.
The last thing I want to be is a crusty old rep (ie old person) who complains about everything. Hard work pays off, it may not now, but it always does to those who do their best.
 






























They aren't coming back to Ashfield. Roche needs a scapegoat for their ridiculous predictions of "6%" market for the initial launch.
Really bad call.
  1. No hospital reps - ER are the biggest writers.
  2. No Payors
  3. No CVS
  4. No Programs
  5. No RAMS
NO 6%
 
























What is everyone's prediction on....

(1) what percent % of current reps will choose to come back for season 2?

(2) when will season 2 start up again?

Have heard the prediction from other reps that 30 % or so of reps will choose to NOT return.....
 












anonymous said:
There were a lot of "mature" reps at the product launch.
A lot will depend on what the manager is looking for. I don't blame a manager who wants a younger rep, I was there at one time replacing an older complaining rep.
There is nothing worse than a complaining crusty rep that isn't happy about anything and always compares it to better days or companies. Btw, I am guilty of this.
Despite all the setbacks with Ashfield/Genentech (database mess, lying about car allowance, lying about commission structure, lying about call average, lying about the inside team etc..)
I am doing my best to get up early, get out the door early, see the MD's, and actually achieve the call average of 12 md's a day.
The last thing I want to be is a crusty old rep (ie old person) who complains about everything. Hard work pays off, it may not now, but it always does to those who do their best.
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Just wait buddy. These "crusty old reps" worked just as hard as you did and probably felt the same as you about the older reps. It's a cycle. SMH... don't judge until you've walked in their shoes. Karma is a bitch and if I've learned anything in my years of pharma (which I'm only 38 by the way) it's not to assume anything including "working hard will get you places every time". That's bullsh** in this industry. It helps but it doesn't guarantee a darn thing.
 






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