Ask his managers. All of them.
Ask the ones who left , his hiring of managers is a piece of work
NB- had to step down
JM- just funny!
JL- even funnier
The fla guy who physically threaten reps and was fired
JR left because she fought him, she should have suited
Yep.. JT has it all figured out with his righteous bs... Well at least TB loves him
TB can't stand him.
yet he is the standard that KK loves as a ZD. Dumber than her so she can manipulate without any pushback.
T B in se z is the definition of the nerd who wears his pants up around his neck nobody
Likes. How he got promoted is crazy he shouldn't even be with this company. Probably won't be long before he's gone completely incompetent geek. His team can't stand him they all have to be fake around him and just tell him what he wants because he's a complete joke. His Nick name is Gilbert from revenge of the nerds's
Say it to my face tough guy
Tim B
How will his head fit in that ballroom @ launch?
The atlanta team used to work for the biggest psychopath.....Ever heard of Tony Spota?! He was fired after an HR investigation where they directly interviewed his reps and uncovered sexual harassment among other things and despite being a 15 year veteran and having relationships with the top b/c of his Daddy, he was terminated immediately. Tim is a godsend compared to that piece of work. He leaves reps alone for the most part despite working for some seriously micromanaging ass holes. He's understanding if kids are sick or when life gets in the way. Maybe he's in their cars a little much and yeah he plays the corporate game, but let's be honest....to succeed at Shire that is what you absolutely have to do. It is the motto at this company....hell, CE's our passed out to us all by meeting in a room with the other zone RDs and voting. Yep, numbers are just a small part of it. The new management seems to follow a similar inner circle mindset so I doubt it's ending anytime soon. Stupid? yep! is it changing....doesn't look like it.
Agreed. Ask any of the veteran reps in Atlanta who they would rather work for, Spota or TB... I guarantee you that 100% would rather have TB as their boss. Spota was a micromanaging psychopath that sexually harassed his reps into oblivion. TS got off on making his people absolutely miserable, and was responsible for creating the most hostile work environment in the history of this industry.
While you are never going to agree with your boss 100% of the time, don't be so quick to throw TB under the bus... I promise you there are MUCH worse managers out there.
Not everyone disliked TS. He may have had his issues, but he wasn't as horrible as these posts are making him out to be.
Not everyone disliked TS. He may have had his issues, but he wasn't as horrible as these posts are making him out to be.
Everything listed above is completey true. You forgot to mention weekend voice mails and texts and the expectation you check voice mail and email Sunday nights. And you were expected to have every single marketing item in your call at all times.
There are only about 3 people left in this company would would say that. We know who you are.
Working for Spota was absolutely miserable. Below is an account of what every rep on TS's region had to go through EVERYDAY. This is no joke, ask someone that used to be on his team and they will verify all of this:
6:30 AM Reps had to check email to see if Spota left any special instructions for them.
- Failure to do this could result in you missing a surprise conference call
- Missing a conference call would set you up for termination
7:30 AM Reps had to check voice mail and get Spota's daily instructions
- The expectation was that voice mail be checked on the way to the first call
- Spota called into the call center and checked when each rep actually listed to the message
- Doing this too late in the day would set you up for termination
8:30 AM Logging Sales Calls
- Reps had to log calls the instant that they finished speaking to the customer
- Spota would check the time stamps for when the sales call was submitted
- Reps had provide the following information in the call notes: Objective of the call, opening, pages in the visual aid covered, objections made by the physician, close, commitment obtained from the customer
- Failure to submit calls immediately or provide the specified information in the call notes would set you up for termination
12:00 PM Reps had to check voice mail again
- While working with another rep, Spota would sometimes see something that would benefit the team and would leave special instructions at noon
4:00 PM Phone Call from Spota
- Spota would call each rep on the team between 1-5 times per day
- His favorite time to call was at 4:00 pm
- The call usually involved get grilled on how you where implementing his instructions or following the POA message.
- In the event that you missed a call, you had to immediately text him the following information: why you did not answer, where you where, and the time frame that you would call him back. Failure to call him back would set you up for termination.
5:00 PM Reps had to check voice mail again
- The expectation was to check voicemail a third time as you where leaving the field
- Again, Spota would check the times when you listened to his message
5:15 PM Reps had to leave feedback to Spota about their day
- Spota wanted to hear about: your total number of calls, best call of the day, worst call of the day, any other information specified in the 5:00 pm voice mail
- Failure to leave feedback via voice mail would set you up for termination
6:00 PM Synchronize your computer
- Expectation was that you synched your calls as soon as you got home
- Spota wanted all reps to synch up immediately so that he could go through all of the reps call notes that evening.
6:00 PM - Midnight Surprise call from Spota
- Spota reserved the right to call you at any time including late in the evening
Now ask yourself how bad is TB?
