We haven't been a sales organization since 2006 or so, whenever we started getting pimp-slapped by DOJ for egregious off-label promotion.
BUT, you lost me with Affirmative Action managers. Look at our mid-level management and above, both out here and inside East 42nd St. Count out loud the number of minority women or black and Hispanic men at district or regional levels, Directors in marketing, or at KAM or RAM level. Ive been here for 25 years, and can't think of more than…well, less than 10. But I (like most of us) can think of dozens of ass-clowns, boot-lickers, and worthless cronies of Carl or Griffin. Many of them were unceremoniously walked outta 235 building by security, and have been fired by AT LEAST one other pharma company by now.
We have long been ruled by a good ole boy network from the days when we were 1st to market with an ED drug and sold mega monsters like Zithromax, Lipitor, Zoloft, and Norvasc (depending on where your territory was).
Dont blame Kindler or McKinnell for our mess. Read Fortune magazine story about how Steere refused to let go, and how he poisoned the well for all of those that came behind him. Talk to old-timers about how Carl beat out little Ricky Birch and the smart the guy from Pharmacia. That decision was the REAL death rattle of a once-mightly juggernaut.