How do people like SFM continue to keep being promoted to positions of leadership when they cause chaos, fear, unhappy workers and eventually the loss of good employees to other companies? From some of the chats it seems like she was on the chopping block at Abbvie. She seems to have been a nightmare at Abbvie and now she is our nightmare.
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anonymous
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Business decisions that make sense to her and the rest of the clown show that we saw today. Egos so big everyone should be scared. Especially finance. This place is a nightmare.SFM what company is it that you speak of where employees can act as business owners? Where they are empowered to be innovative & creative & make business decisions that just make sense? That’s not the Axsome culture you created. A culture of micro-managing, tracking, big Pharma tactics to drive behavior through fear!
anonymous
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Good God! She was a nightmare at Abbvie, total fake, ran good people out, myself included; no worries I found a position with a smaller company with great culture make 2 times what I made at Abbvie . I truly feel sorry for you all ....How she is allowed to "manage" people is beyond me.....I mean yea its CP, but she has nearly 300 post and counting , all singing the same tune....SFM what company is it that you speak of where employees can act as business owners? Where they are empowered to be innovative & creative & make business decisions that just make sense? That’s not the Axsome culture you created. A culture of micro-managing, tracking, big Pharma tactics to drive behavior through fear!
anonymous
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Unfortunately we have an ELT team with no commercialization experience, so they think becoming Abbvie Jr. is a good thing. Wash, rinse, repeat. AM, SFM, JV, both NBD’s in Migraine, etc. ELT sold out on everything Axsome was promised to be and could have been. SFM relies on fear, not leadership. There will continue to be a lot of options for top talent to leave, they will and Axsome will continue to fill their vacancies with Abbvie flunkies. Thank you AM for cursing us with SFM and thank you ELT for completely selling out!Good God! She was a nightmare at Abbvie, total fake, ran good people out, myself included; no worries I found a position with a smaller company with great culture make 2 times what I made at Abbvie . I truly feel sorry for you all ....How she is allowed to "manage" people is beyond me.....I mean yea its CP, but she has nearly 300 post and counting , all singing the same tune....
anonymous
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AM, when a leader chooses to hire another leader who employs fear-based tactics, the responsibility for the resulting toxic environment ultimately rests with the initial hiring manager. You made the conscious decision to place SFM with that leadership style in a position of power. Therefore, you’re accountable for the detrimental effects on employee morale, productivity, and overall organizational health. Even if you did not intend for negative consequences to arise, the lack of due diligence, or the prioritization of other factors over healthy leadership qualities, places the burden of the fallout squarely on your shoulders.
anonymous
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ELT does not care about us foot soldiers. Let that sink in. Either move on or accept it. They care about their success and the board. Out of touch and lost complete control over the “culture”. And quite frankly, don’t give a shit about it either. The egos are incredible for a team that is supporting old molecules that they throw lipstick on and call them pretty. Wake up people.
anonymous
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Don’t forget the Mickey Mouse salaries here.ELT does not care about us foot soldiers. Let that sink in. Either move on or accept it. They care about their success and the board. Out of touch and lost complete control over the “culture”. And quite frankly, don’t give a shit about it either. The egos are incredible for a team that is supporting old molecules that they throw lipstick on and call them pretty. Wake up people.
anonymous
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anonymous
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SFM "Oh, 'company above all else or else'? How utterly inspiring! Sacrifice is just the BEST game ever - and remember, the more your personal life crumbles, the more executive brownie points you earn! Nothing says 'career success' quite like your own children confusing the nanny for their actual parent. Frame that touching moment when they call someone else 'mom' - it's basically a corporate achievement award! Work-life balance is for underachievers, darling. The real winners have work-life OBLITERATION."
anonymous
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SFM I love to see you’re finally leaning into your true self by liking posts that actually resonate with you “it’s so important for leaders to break the cycle of excuses, foster responsibility, and inspire their teams to perform at their very best.” All In or Else! No excuses, i.e. I don’t care that you don’t have access (institutions with no access is a myth), no coverage is no excuse (we have a text book you can give customers outlining the easy path to access), more volume, more problems, needing more attention (sounds like more excuses), forecasting that has never allowed for more than 1/3 of the field to hit goal in a quarter since launch (plenty of business to be had. have you not looked at the national market share), culture is demotivating (culture is for the weak, this isn’t a slumber party), work life balance is nonexistent (work above all else, my kids love their nanny and I’m not missed, winning!), SFM is a total b-tch (I wear that title as a badge of honor, thank you very much).
SFM, please continue to lean into your true self and not that character you want everyone to perceive you as. You aren’t a leader, you are a tyrant, so lean into it. It’s obvious your Abbvie cast off’s love that about you, so do you boo!
SFM, please continue to lean into your true self and not that character you want everyone to perceive you as. You aren’t a leader, you are a tyrant, so lean into it. It’s obvious your Abbvie cast off’s love that about you, so do you boo!
anonymous
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Alright, let's dissect this corporate masterpiece of dysfunction, shall we? Hold onto your hats, folks, because the sarcasm is about to get real.
* "SFM you have taken no responsibility for being inept at removing any obstacle for the field. You haven’t bought one ounce of good will. Forget about actually listening to the field, will never even hear feedback for improving anything because she has created an environment where discussing opportunities is seen as making excuses and excuses are unacceptable." So, basically, you're a professional roadblock, allergic to both solutions and basic human decency. And feedback? Oh, that's just "whining" in your book.
* "Psychopath, it’s not an excuse to point out more speaker programs would be scheduled if the process to set them up and to obtain RSVP’s was streamlined (think QR code), or compliance interactions that feel punitive rather than collaborative." Apparently, suggesting efficiency is a sign of mental instability. Who knew? And compliance? More like a corporate torture chamber.
* "Their approach should shift from enforcement to partnership..." You mean, actually working with the field instead of treating them like they’re criminals? Groundbreaking.
* "Acknowledge that market access has completely dropped the ball and be honest about what a path to coverage really looks like." Yes, please, let's stop pretending market access is a well-oiled machine when it's clearly a clown car on fire.
* "This would take you actually getting into the field and seeing first hand what triage nurses deal with or even more complicated solo HCP’s without triage nurses deal with." Oh, you mean, actually understanding reality? How novel.
* "Admit the goal methodology is sh-t!" Let's just call it what it is: a random number generator masquerading as a performance metric.
* "The most talented people in this company are at the field level and you’re constantly making them feel as if they’re incompetent, which will continue to drive them away." You're basically a talent repellent. Genius strategy.
* "You can’t forecast correctly, so sales operations can’t set goals appropriately." Your forecasting skills are about as accurate as a psychic at the fair.
* "If there are territories with shares more than 10x the national average in our current market access environment, yes b-tch those are high volume territories in comparison. Consistently overcoming factors outside their control." They’re basically miracle workers, and you're treating them like they’re failing kindergarten.
* "Why aren’t we reaching more targets? How about you actually utilize Veeva to see that they have been listed as no see because of institution policy, o’h I forgot you don’t believe in no see, that’s another excuse." Using the tools provided? What a concept! But then again, why bother with facts when you can just blame the field?
* "Why does the culture suck at Axsome since I got here and why does everyone and I mean everyone hate me! Simple, your ALL IN or ELSE attitude, your inability to even attempt to remove a single obstacle for the field since you’ve arrived, your inability to admit fault for anything, your closed door policy, your disingenuous facade of someone who cares when everyone knows you only care about numbers at any cost. Look in the mirror, you aren’t a good person, you’re obviously incredibly insecure and you’re not fooling ANYONE!" So, to sum it up: you're a control freak, a roadblock, a liar, and deeply insecure. And you wonder why everyone hates you? Mystery solved!
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* "SFM you have taken no responsibility for being inept at removing any obstacle for the field. You haven’t bought one ounce of good will. Forget about actually listening to the field, will never even hear feedback for improving anything because she has created an environment where discussing opportunities is seen as making excuses and excuses are unacceptable." So, basically, you're a professional roadblock, allergic to both solutions and basic human decency. And feedback? Oh, that's just "whining" in your book.
* "Psychopath, it’s not an excuse to point out more speaker programs would be scheduled if the process to set them up and to obtain RSVP’s was streamlined (think QR code), or compliance interactions that feel punitive rather than collaborative." Apparently, suggesting efficiency is a sign of mental instability. Who knew? And compliance? More like a corporate torture chamber.
* "Their approach should shift from enforcement to partnership..." You mean, actually working with the field instead of treating them like they’re criminals? Groundbreaking.
* "Acknowledge that market access has completely dropped the ball and be honest about what a path to coverage really looks like." Yes, please, let's stop pretending market access is a well-oiled machine when it's clearly a clown car on fire.
* "This would take you actually getting into the field and seeing first hand what triage nurses deal with or even more complicated solo HCP’s without triage nurses deal with." Oh, you mean, actually understanding reality? How novel.
* "Admit the goal methodology is sh-t!" Let's just call it what it is: a random number generator masquerading as a performance metric.
* "The most talented people in this company are at the field level and you’re constantly making them feel as if they’re incompetent, which will continue to drive them away." You're basically a talent repellent. Genius strategy.
* "You can’t forecast correctly, so sales operations can’t set goals appropriately." Your forecasting skills are about as accurate as a psychic at the fair.
* "If there are territories with shares more than 10x the national average in our current market access environment, yes b-tch those are high volume territories in comparison. Consistently overcoming factors outside their control." They’re basically miracle workers, and you're treating them like they’re failing kindergarten.
* "Why aren’t we reaching more targets? How about you actually utilize Veeva to see that they have been listed as no see because of institution policy, o’h I forgot you don’t believe in no see, that’s another excuse." Using the tools provided? What a concept! But then again, why bother with facts when you can just blame the field?
* "Why does the culture suck at Axsome since I got here and why does everyone and I mean everyone hate me! Simple, your ALL IN or ELSE attitude, your inability to even attempt to remove a single obstacle for the field since you’ve arrived, your inability to admit fault for anything, your closed door policy, your disingenuous facade of someone who cares when everyone knows you only care about numbers at any cost. Look in the mirror, you aren’t a good person, you’re obviously incredibly insecure and you’re not fooling ANYONE!" So, to sum it up: you're a control freak, a roadblock, a liar, and deeply insecure. And you wonder why everyone hates you? Mystery solved!
#250
anonymous
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anonymous
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This is spot on except for the fact that she doesn’t care that everyone hates her. She thinks that shows how awesome she isAlright, let's dissect this corporate masterpiece of dysfunction, shall we? Hold onto your hats, folks, because the sarcasm is about to get real.
* "SFM you have taken no responsibility for being inept at removing any obstacle for the field. You haven’t bought one ounce of good will. Forget about actually listening to the field, will never even hear feedback for improving anything because she has created an environment where discussing opportunities is seen as making excuses and excuses are unacceptable." So, basically, you're a professional roadblock, allergic to both solutions and basic human decency. And feedback? Oh, that's just "whining" in your book.
* "Psychopath, it’s not an excuse to point out more speaker programs would be scheduled if the process to set them up and to obtain RSVP’s was streamlined (think QR code), or compliance interactions that feel punitive rather than collaborative." Apparently, suggesting efficiency is a sign of mental instability. Who knew? And compliance? More like a corporate torture chamber.
* "Their approach should shift from enforcement to partnership..." You mean, actually working with the field instead of treating them like they’re criminals? Groundbreaking.
* "Acknowledge that market access has completely dropped the ball and be honest about what a path to coverage really looks like." Yes, please, let's stop pretending market access is a well-oiled machine when it's clearly a clown car on fire.
* "This would take you actually getting into the field and seeing first hand what triage nurses deal with or even more complicated solo HCP’s without triage nurses deal with." Oh, you mean, actually understanding reality? How novel.
* "Admit the goal methodology is sh-t!" Let's just call it what it is: a random number generator masquerading as a performance metric.
* "The most talented people in this company are at the field level and you’re constantly making them feel as if they’re incompetent, which will continue to drive them away." You're basically a talent repellent. Genius strategy.
* "You can’t forecast correctly, so sales operations can’t set goals appropriately." Your forecasting skills are about as accurate as a psychic at the fair.
* "If there are territories with shares more than 10x the national average in our current market access environment, yes b-tch those are high volume territories in comparison. Consistently overcoming factors outside their control." They’re basically miracle workers, and you're treating them like they’re failing kindergarten.
* "Why aren’t we reaching more targets? How about you actually utilize Veeva to see that they have been listed as no see because of institution policy, o’h I forgot you don’t believe in no see, that’s another excuse." Using the tools provided? What a concept! But then again, why bother with facts when you can just blame the field?
* "Why does the culture suck at Axsome since I got here and why does everyone and I mean everyone hate me! Simple, your ALL IN or ELSE attitude, your inability to even attempt to remove a single obstacle for the field since you’ve arrived, your inability to admit fault for anything, your closed door policy, your disingenuous facade of someone who cares when everyone knows you only care about numbers at any cost. Look in the mirror, you aren’t a good person, you’re obviously incredibly insecure and you’re not fooling ANYONE!" So, to sum it up: you're a control freak, a roadblock, a liar, and deeply insecure. And you wonder why everyone hates you? Mystery solved!
#250
anonymous
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anonymous
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Oh, brilliant strategy, SFM. I see you've really nailed the art of motivational speaking... by completely disregarding anything resembling actual performance.
Yes, let's shower the region that's a spectacular 21st in NTRx, a respectable 5th in NBRx, and a downright dazzling 12th in writers with the coveted #1 spot! That'll definitely inspire everyone to work harder... or, you know, just shrug and wonder what kind of logic-defying, stock-price-imploding circus you're running. Don’t mind the fact that the #7 region is 3rd in NTRx, 1st in NBRx and 1st in writers, makes complete sense.
Clearly, "good" now means "completely unrelated to revenue generation." I'm sure the shareholders are absolutely thrilled with this innovative approach to rewarding mediocrity. After all, who cares about the bottom line when you can hand out participation trophies to regions that are basically just showing up?
I'm so motivated to aim for 21st place now. Truly, an inspiration.
Yes, let's shower the region that's a spectacular 21st in NTRx, a respectable 5th in NBRx, and a downright dazzling 12th in writers with the coveted #1 spot! That'll definitely inspire everyone to work harder... or, you know, just shrug and wonder what kind of logic-defying, stock-price-imploding circus you're running. Don’t mind the fact that the #7 region is 3rd in NTRx, 1st in NBRx and 1st in writers, makes complete sense.
Clearly, "good" now means "completely unrelated to revenue generation." I'm sure the shareholders are absolutely thrilled with this innovative approach to rewarding mediocrity. After all, who cares about the bottom line when you can hand out participation trophies to regions that are basically just showing up?
I'm so motivated to aim for 21st place now. Truly, an inspiration.
anonymous
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anonymous
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Beyond strange how the top growth region is the highest ranked. What a shitty IC plan!Oh, brilliant strategy, SFM. I see you've really nailed the art of motivational speaking... by completely disregarding anything resembling actual performance.
Yes, let's shower the region that's a spectacular 21st in NTRx, a respectable 5th in NBRx, and a downright dazzling 12th in writers with the coveted #1 spot! That'll definitely inspire everyone to work harder... or, you know, just shrug and wonder what kind of logic-defying, stock-price-imploding circus you're running. Don’t mind the fact that the #7 region is 3rd in NTRx, 1st in NBRx and 1st in writers, makes complete sense.
Clearly, "good" now means "completely unrelated to revenue generation." I'm sure the shareholders are absolutely thrilled with this innovative approach to rewarding mediocrity. After all, who cares about the bottom line when you can hand out participation trophies to regions that are basically just showing up?
I'm so motivated to aim for 21st place now. Truly, an inspiration.
anonymous
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anonymous
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You mean 5th in NBRx, which would be growth with one of the lowest volume territory’s in the nation at 21, meaning they should be growing NBRx. Yes it is absurd for them to be #1 overall when they aren’t #1 in any sales metric.Beyond strange how the top growth region is the highest ranked. What a shitty IC plan!
anonymous
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anonymous
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Genius, forget about my region that’s getting screwed, look at the region currently ranked #22, yet 1st in NTRx & 3rd in NBRx (growth), explain to me again how this comp plan makes sense. Or simply stutter and make that clueless face you make in front of customers.Beyond strange how the top growth region is the highest ranked. What a shitty IC plan!
anonymous
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#1 territory making the largest bonus and the example of what “good” looks like has 181 NTRx, which is 41 NTRx above goal at 129%, what a joke!!! #1 volume territory had 1,539 NTRx, which is -55 below goal at 97%, seriously!!! Ranked 148th!!! However, is ranked 5th for NBRx??? 8.5x more volume than the supposed #1 territory, while also ranked 5th in NBRx. Explain to me the genius of this comp plan… I’m sure every stock holder would love to know exactly what behavior SFM is trying to reward.
anonymous
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So when the next expansion happens and you’re giant, super fantastic, revenue-generating, speaker driven territory gets split in 2 or 3, you’ll of course be advocating for the large volume territories. Right?
Don’t answer that. It’s rhetorical
Don’t answer that. It’s rhetorical
anonymous
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What I won’t be advocating, is for high volume territories to be punished for their success. It shouldn’t be a this or that, it should be a comp plan based off realistic forecasting that allows at least 2/3 of reps and 2/3 of RBD’s to be at or above goal, not 1/3 of reps and 20% of RBD’s. Additionally, it’s been the highest volume territories that have been impacted the most by the re-alignments. Most, if not all of the original large volume territories have been cut 3 times since launch and the fact that they continue to grow those lower volume territories into top producing territories should be rewarded, not penalized. You can’t have the #1 volume territory with the 3rd largest amount of NBRx (growth) be ranked in the 140’s and not hitting goal or is that too much for you to grasp?So when the next expansion happens and you’re giant, super fantastic, revenue-generating, speaker driven territory gets split in 2 or 3, you’ll of course be advocating for the large volume territories. Right?
Don’t answer that. It’s rhetorical
anonymous
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What “good” looks like is not the cast-off island of misfit toys that is Axsome field sales