This company continues to amaze me. So yesterday during our dpm in nj we get emails about a town hall this coming Monday at a hotel around the Newark airport that Chris Kaplan is having from 5 to 7 pm. We are given the option to accept or decline, however before our dpm is over, the word from several managers with almost threatening appeal was that it is "highly recommended," "strongly strongly encouraged," or from one mgr, "MANDATORY," that we attend. Now I'm confused. Why does this company continue to insist on invading my personal time? Chorus is also having a mandatory telecon in the morning, is this not something he can cover then? The interesting thing about the mandatory telecon that morning, is that it takes place during the time the company was supposedly giving the field for admin time...but ever month during the few hours of admin time that we get we will have a telecom. This company can't even give us that.
But back to the original topic. This town hall which is "highly recommended" or mandatory to attend takes place outside of work hours. It is unfair, and ridiculous. Second, when town halls are held for campus employees aren't they held during work hours. If it's so important that we attend then shouldn't it take place during work hours. Third, have you tried traveling around the Newark airport at 5pm? It's a miserable place to travel at that time. Fourth, wouldn't it be a cost savings to have this take place at the East Hanover campus instead which is only 20 minutes away?
Again this company continues to disrespect our time. No matter how many times this company gets sued for overtime, it will never learn or respect our personal time. There will never be work life balance in the field at Novartis. I guess I will just add the 2 or more hours for this stupid Town Hall to the 6 or so hours of bs work I am stuck doing for this company every week that novartis doesn't actually recognize as work.
Even more to the point is that we could really give a shit about what Chris says at this town hall. He could easily type it up in a email and send his nonsense to us. It would save time, and money. Everyday I think I can't hate this company more than I already do, yet by the time of my first call I can usually add something to the list. This company is the pits and absolutely has no respect for reps lives.
But back to the original topic. This town hall which is "highly recommended" or mandatory to attend takes place outside of work hours. It is unfair, and ridiculous. Second, when town halls are held for campus employees aren't they held during work hours. If it's so important that we attend then shouldn't it take place during work hours. Third, have you tried traveling around the Newark airport at 5pm? It's a miserable place to travel at that time. Fourth, wouldn't it be a cost savings to have this take place at the East Hanover campus instead which is only 20 minutes away?
Again this company continues to disrespect our time. No matter how many times this company gets sued for overtime, it will never learn or respect our personal time. There will never be work life balance in the field at Novartis. I guess I will just add the 2 or more hours for this stupid Town Hall to the 6 or so hours of bs work I am stuck doing for this company every week that novartis doesn't actually recognize as work.
Even more to the point is that we could really give a shit about what Chris says at this town hall. He could easily type it up in a email and send his nonsense to us. It would save time, and money. Everyday I think I can't hate this company more than I already do, yet by the time of my first call I can usually add something to the list. This company is the pits and absolutely has no respect for reps lives.