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AZ has got to be one of THE most anal companies in the industry. They have no clue how to get a drug approved, or how to sell their mediocre products. AZ is swirling down the drain as I write this. They are going to be in real bad shape starting this year.
 












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I was sent home. It sucks. I like Publicis but hate AstraZeneca. I was sitting at my desk during training and the one of the trainers taps me on the back and said follow me. In the hallway she said go to your room and pack your bags. A cab will be waiting for you in 1 hour and this is your flight information...Good Luck...No reason was given me until I asked another trainer..all He said was that I was joking and not taking things serious enough for AZ. My god I was making conversation and trying to make this training a little more entertaining for all of us. Fuck Vimovo shit.
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Seriously? This sounds a little unreal! Why would they send you home for making jokes?! No warning, just pack your bags, you're gone.... Not sure if I believe it.
 






Anonymous said:
Seriously? This sounds a little unreal! Why would they send you home for making jokes?! No warning, just pack your bags, you're gone.... Not sure if I believe it.
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I have been through their training,and nothing they do surprises me! The rigidity with which they do their training does not allow any behavior outside the lines! Believe it!!!
 


















Training sucked. No doubt about it. AZ wants champaign reps but has a beer budget for training. They need to get their s'it together and have the same message. Too many different messages among trainers/managers/judge's. It is not a 'Body of Work' like they say when they decide to release someone. Lots of politics.

AZ has issues that need to be resolved if it wants to progress with revenues from its' salesforce(s).
 






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yes believe all of the stories you hear yesterday thursday during Sims was a bloodbath....its about time we look at the quality of your trainers
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Exactly! I just got in from training last night, and with 12 years of pharma experience, I've never seen anything like this. I'm not sure what I've gotten myself into... The training department should be held accountable for the outcome of this week. I have very little respect for the trainers and the shi*** job they exhibited these last 2 weeks. What a joke!
 












The problem is that you have to make 3 robotic presentations of the sh** products they have left and the ones making the decisions are from legal, HR and AZ training. No wonder they had to cut AZ reps before. Very few of the training and decision making group have ever been in an office and the rest are living off their marketing MBAs they so proudly boast about. I don't know who Uncle Paul is but NONE of these trainers could sell ice in the desert! One problem is that they have never worked anywhere but AZ and have no idea how other companies train. They are trying to "teach" experienced sales people how to sell like robots. Very POOR way of doing things. Kind of stupid to be canning reps when you don't have any idea how they will do in the field simply because they couldn't remember their "Script"! It seems very strange that a company that's supposedly in "Launch" mode would so casually terminate reps. Now the DMs have to start all over again putting the whole organization behind during a launch. Not a recipe for success. Can't see this contract lasting 12 months. The AZ folks are far too anal for that to happen. Unfortunately the remaining T/P reps have been set up to fail. BTW more terminations are coming because the DMs have been given a list of names of reps that were told they passed certification but still had "issues" with the canned presentations. They will have to present to the DM and RM to be completely certified next week. Total Bull shi*! What a joke of a company and supposed training team!
 
























What a ridiculous waste that is to send that many people home. A waste of people's time away from their family and their dignity . So many people with years of experience and now to be treated like that. No wonder AZ drugs are so expensive. The ridiculous cost of rehiring and with sh@tty trainers. Flipping waste of a company.
 












you were told you were not field ready, which was a bs line. Desicions were made far earlier. Less than an hour after the SIMS were you were told taken to the hotel where your name was already on a list and given your plane ticket out. Not bad in less than an hour
 






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The problem is that you have to make 3 robotic presentations of the sh** products they have left and the ones making the decisions are from legal, HR and AZ training. No wonder they had to cut AZ reps before. Very few of the training and decision making group have ever been in an office and the rest are living off their marketing MBAs they so proudly boast about. I don't know who Uncle Paul is but NONE of these trainers could sell ice in the desert! One problem is that they have never worked anywhere but AZ and have no idea how other companies train. They are trying to "teach" experienced sales people how to sell like robots. Very POOR way of doing things. Kind of stupid to be canning reps when you don't have any idea how they will do in the field simply because they couldn't remember their "Script"! It seems very strange that a company that's supposedly in "Launch" mode would so casually terminate reps. Now the DMs have to start all over again putting the whole organization behind during a launch. Not a recipe for success. Can't see this contract lasting 12 months. The AZ folks are far too anal for that to happen. Unfortunately the remaining T/P reps have been set up to fail. BTW more terminations are coming because the DMs have been given a list of names of reps that were told they passed certification but still had "issues" with the canned presentations. They will have to present to the DM and RM to be completely certified next week. Total Bull shi*! What a joke of a company and supposed training team!
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How did you find this out, and when will they be letting those individuals know that they must complete additional certification?
 






Anonymous said:
The problem is that you have to make 3 robotic presentations of the sh** products they have left and the ones making the decisions are from legal, HR and AZ training. No wonder they had to cut AZ reps before. Very few of the training and decision making group have ever been in an office and the rest are living off their marketing MBAs they so proudly boast about. I don't know who Uncle Paul is but NONE of these trainers could sell ice in the desert! One problem is that they have never worked anywhere but AZ and have no idea how other companies train. They are trying to "teach" experienced sales people how to sell like robots. Very POOR way of doing things. Kind of stupid to be canning reps when you don't have any idea how they will do in the field simply because they couldn't remember their "Script"! It seems very strange that a company that's supposedly in "Launch" mode would so casually terminate reps. Now the DMs have to start all over again putting the whole organization behind during a launch. Not a recipe for success. Can't see this contract lasting 12 months. The AZ folks are far too anal for that to happen. Unfortunately the remaining T/P reps have been set up to fail. BTW more terminations are coming because the DMs have been given a list of names of reps that were told they passed certification but still had "issues" with the canned presentations. They will have to present to the DM and RM to be completely certified next week. Total Bull shi*! What a joke of a company and supposed training team!
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AZ rep here. We have been putting up with this crazy company's bullshit for years! We haven't been a selling company for years! AZ has no damn clue how to sell anything! They want us to use that stupid TSi shit and nobody does. We just fake click around in it BEFORE we go back to see a doc and these fools think their TSi usage data is real! The trainers with AZ are and have been pathetic for years! Sorry you guys got mixed up with this POS company.
 






Does anyone besides me think it is a little strange that with all the people that did not make it through last week that these positions have not been posted on the publicis site yet. It certainly sounds like we were jsut thrown under the bus and it had nothing to do with how you preformed during training
 












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