To fire you again ? YES
Tell the truth!
How many of you CTLs would return to a rep career?
We know its considered an insult by many managers, but tell the truth.
Would you return?
I did for two years and loved it, so did other managers. Some of us are back in the ctl gig and others reps, all due to vast cuts over the years. I think it should be mandatory for ctl's to become reps for 6-12 months every five years. I know of mrl folk, market research, ctl's and HSC's that took sales gigs during cuts even though they had external offers. Most are humble and enjoy what they do regardless of titles & perks. Many of them will probably move upwards again as they have talent, motivation and a good attitude. Again, any person in the same job for five years at this company should be required to do another position for a spell. This goes for the ceo to IT to fleet services. People need to experience new teams, skills, products and the like. Bring in the right person into a team and everyone shines. That is the Jack Welch way, shake it up and raise the bar.
To fire you again ? YES
In the distant past promotion to higher response ability was meritorious and demanded extensive broad experience eg
Minimum 10 years office rep
Minimum 3 years hospital rep
Minimum 3 years rotation in home office assignments
Minimum 3 years as office DM before assuming a hospital DM
After these were completed you would then be considered for top management positions / all promotions made internally
When this process was thrown to the curb the company went rapidly down hill
To fire you again ? YES
I did for two years and loved it, so did other managers. Some of us are back in the ctl gig and others reps, all due to vast cuts over the years. I think it should be mandatory for ctl's to become reps for 6-12 months every five years. I know of mrl folk, market research, ctl's and HSC's that took sales gigs during cuts even though they had external offers. Most are humble and enjoy what they do regardless of titles & perks. Many of them will probably move upwards again as they have talent, motivation and a good attitude. Again, any person in the same job for five years at this company should be required to do another position for a spell. This goes for the ceo to IT to fleet services. People need to experience new teams, skills, products and the like. Bring in the right person into a team and everyone shines. That is the Jack Welch way, shake it up and raise the bar.
Poster 8 here...to answer your question I would say no. It was an easy decision for me due to staying with Merck and managers salary. Sorry if you aren't being given that choice. I feel for those still at Merck that are going through these type of changes.
