It's a shame that those of you who were there, walked away for the most part with no ethics! The days of pay those who produce is shit. It's more like let's make money and screw the Reps. Forgive me but look at Samuel M. Camp CEO Pan American Labs, Larry Blansett of Blansett Pharmacal and a few more. Sorry but the truth hurts. Those glory days are long gone. R.I.P.
You are a cynical twit...not all of us walked away with no ethics. Some of us carry Mr. Kaufman's memory in our heart and like to think there are better ways of doing business. Deal with your own conscience.
It's a shame that those of you who were there, walked away for the most part with no ethics! The days of pay those who produce is shit. It's more like let's make money and screw the Reps. Forgive me but look at Samuel M. Camp CEO Pan American Labs, Larry Blansett of Blansett Pharmacal and a few more. Sorry but the truth hurts. Those glory days are long gone. R.I.P.
Those of us who were there when it was Marion Laboratories and/or Marion Merrel Dow, felt privileged to work for a man who always knew your name, was proud of how many millionnaires he had helped make and did indeed believe in rewarding those who worked hard. Mr. K was not a perfect man, but he was a well respected man. He was good to reps, to manufacturing people as well as secretaries. He was very proud he had not ever had to lay anyone off. I often heard it said that had he not died, selling the company to Hoechst would have killed him. That was when the real changes began - and not for the better. Don't judge Mr. K and those of us who worked hard for him by the standards of today's pharmaceutical company. He was a fine man and I miss the company he owned.
Are you kidding me? You wax poetic about a company that tried to will its management style on Hoechst-Roussel sales people when we merged. In actuality, the Steven Covey (or however you spell it) method may work for some, but not everybody needs to work from a calendar book with notations about which openings and closings worked best.
I remember the first combined meeting with Marion and Hoechst people for our district. There were 14 in the room. In eight months, that number had been reduced to two who had not either left the company or transferred to another division.
If that was how Kaufmann ran his business, then he could have his success. I'd rather have a life.
It is refreshing to hear someone admit their ignorance of what MARION was which was far different from the MMD > HMR frankensteined organizations. Thanks for speaking out and revealing that we were answering the mutterings of someone who never had the privilege of being an ASSOCIATE! If you don't understand that last term then you never were.......
I miss you Marion.