The Review Process is the Worst I Have Seen It....
- Thread starter Anonymous
- Start date
-
- Tags
- None
+1 all the way - coming from 2 heinous big pharma outfits this place is not perfect but FAR better than other employers in this industry
Just give it some time....you'll see what it's really like!
I agree. Seriously, have any of you ever worked for other pharma companies like Novartis, JnJ, GSK?? I can't believe how much whining is taking place here about the the review process. At least Astellas HAS a calibration process. It could be worse where a manager gets to give a rep anything they feel like giving them without any checks and balances! I hear that our managers are actually fighting pretty hard during those calibrations for fairness for everyone. Like the last post says, astellas is far from perfect, but better than most.
A few have tried to ruin the thread.
I agree that Astellas is better than most other companies. We just seem to be turning into that very same place most have come from. All the whining is done to try and curtail the downward spiral. If you have been here for 2 years, you have no idea what I am talking about.
I bet on the relationship I have as a human being with my manager before I allow a SD, competitor managers from other areas, and a fuzzy formula decide my fate.
Exactly! Calibration is a joke. Why should some other manager have anything to do with my review? What on earth is fair about that?
And to other posters point, if you're new or have been here I'd say 3 yrs or less, you probably don't understand what we are upset about. These big pharma mgmt hires killed what was a fun and lucrative place to work. Just b/c it doesn't suck as much as Novartis et al YET, doesn't mean it doesn't suck. In the old job market, 50% of us would've left already.
So true! Fall of 2006 is when things went south! Caliber of managers who were hired was sub-par. One was hired to manage a group of successful individuals recruited to start this new company. Manager lacked skills, leadership abilities, had a small "stint" in management (held the position as mgr (for 9 months or so), at another "start up", but drug never came to market....was able to take that "so called" experience and come here. Was disastrous! Most of the team was escorted out of the company (other members' territories were reassigned. What a track record, huh?
There is really somehing wrong with the Home Office at Astellas! I'm been with 4 diff. companies + Astellas. There is a dark, evil in Deefield - I can't make up my mind if it's somehow a Chicago Pharma mentality vs east coast...or what. It's subjective - but something is very wrong with the culture of this company
When filling out your 2012 employee survey, be sure to state why youdisagree with this process. Perhaps changes will be made of enough people voice their opinions.
Do exactly this an all hell will rain down on us as when reps state that we are unhappy they systematically fire us! Thanks for the sucker offer HR. everything out here is great. Love my job. Unemployment lines are a little to long right now.
My Mommy has always said that I am SPECIAL, but I still don't know who ED is...
I know who this manager is
You are selling Vesicare!
For crying out loud, sell something that is needed in the market.
I interviewed for a spot with your company a few years ago, and one of your toolbox managers was trying to convince me that Vesicare was a clincial sell.
I laughed.
I was not offered the job, and I would not have taken the job, because your products are terrible and that manager was an idiot.
That manager made a wise choice in not hiring you. We are glad you are not here.
Would all j and j ass clowns please report to the big stage for a circle jerk??