Sometimes I wonder...

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I wonder what the manager is thinking as he pulls up to my car on a Monday morning for a good 2 day ride along. I know that I am wishing I had a root canal underway instead of watching his stupid, fake, ridiculous smile and wave. Why is this so uncomfortable every time? The other thing that bothers me is he is all smiles even when he knows there is something bad to discuss. I want the hard talk first and the smiles later. And the other thing is I really look forward to him leaving. I act like it was fun, productive, etc. but it is an awful experience and I think he knows it and enjoys it.

 

[Anonymous]

I act like it was fun, productive, etc. but it is an awful experience and I think he knows it and enjoys it.

are you talking about your husband?

 

[Anonymous]

Hey, in a couple of months you won't have to worry about it, you overpaid baboon.

 

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I wonder what the manager is thinking as he pulls up to my car on a Monday morning for a good 2 day ride along. I know that I am wishing I had a root canal underway instead of watching his stupid, fake, ridiculous smile and wave. Why is this so uncomfortable every time? The other thing that bothers me is he is all smiles even when he knows there is something bad to discuss. I want the hard talk first and the smiles later. And the other thing is I really look forward to him leaving. I act like it was fun, productive, etc. but it is an awful experience and I think he knows it and enjoys it.

Don't listen to all the haters on this board. Many of us are / have been in that exact situation. All I can tell you is fake it back, respond with "good idea" or "let's try that on the next call" or the best "what else can I work on to get better?" This managers who haven't spent a day in the field as a rep in YEARS think they have all the answers.

Your manager cannot fire you for a few bad calls when you're nervous etc. Just stay in label, hell, read the detail piece when you're w a manager. They cannot say a bad word about you then. Trust me, smiling and nodding back for a couple of days and it's done! Take a day off afterwards, hit the spa, the mall, or what I do, and it helps sales, is go back to the docs you saw with your manager and thank them again for their time (and be sincere - your docs will remember that).

A fake smile and a brown nose once in a while goes a looooong ways with managers!!

Good luck!

 

[Anonymous]

...see this is just another problem with pharma. It's all BS and fake, total loss of reality.

Seriously too, do managers even need to ride along more than 1 day per 6 months? Why? Bottom line is as long as you are productive and meet your goals, all the rest (as long as it's legal) is wasted time.

 

[Anonymous]

I always wondered what the manager thought, they have to realize that the rep is terribly tense. I can't imagine making someone that uncomfortable that obviously is doing their job well. I heard that back in the dark ages of drug selling the managers didn't do this. I always want to let them get out of the car and then drive off. Or, when they show up, pretend to get an urgent call from home and leave them sitting at the Marriott.

 

[Anonymous]

I act like it was fun, productive, etc. but it is an awful experience and I think he knows it and enjoys it.

are you talking about your husband?

LB would agree.

 

[Anonymous]

I always wondered what the manager thought, they have to realize that the rep is terribly tense. I can't imagine making someone that uncomfortable that obviously is doing their job well. I heard that back in the dark ages of drug selling the managers didn't do this. I always want to let them get out of the car and then drive off. Or, when they show up, pretend to get an urgent call from home and leave them sitting at the Marriott.

Everybody talks about doing this, or returning their car with a pile of dog do do in it. At the end of the day, what satisfaction did you really get? Your manager can get a cab in 2 minutes, the fleet driver is a felon who will just stop at the next car detail and get it cleaned and vacuumed. Let it go people.

 

[Anonymous]

...A fake smile and a brown nose once in a while goes a looooong ways with managers!!...

unfortunately the brown nose has to be literal

 

[Anonymous]

Honestly I really enjoyed working with my mgr. Although like many really good DMs he was "displaced" during the last "rightsizing". Apparently only tools get long term job security with NVS.