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Is there anyone on this forum that is in the field sales division? I am trying to get information on an open position with Taro in derm, but it seems there is no sales presence on this board. I have never seen another board like this! Every other company's board is dominated by the sales depts..what gives?
 






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Is there anyone on this forum that is in the field sales division? I am trying to get information on an open position with Taro in derm, but it seems there is no sales presence on this board. I have never seen another board like this! Every other company's board is dominated by the sales depts..what gives?
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This forum is for discussing the a/r department only. The sales people are out selling and are too busy for this place.
 












Not a bad place to work. You are selling a branded generic, so pretty easy. Small company-can be annoying. Overall, I like working here. Depends on what district you are interviewing for. If you work close to home office, plan on having a lot of corp attention.
 












No pods here, large territorys, lots of products with many changing directions and changes in IC plan, tend to pay you IC whenever they feel like it. 6 Districts and 6 DMs. Good luck and welcome to the land of crazy people
 






People in field sales are too terrified to give an accurate assessment of the company. Upper mgt. are psychotically distrustful and constantly monitor every move the field makes. Other than the constant fear that you are being watched and are in danger of losing your job at any moment for any one of a few hundred "hot button" items that trigger the wrath of said uppper mgt., this is not a bad gig. I am going back into my bunker now.
 






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People in field sales are too terrified to give an accurate assessment of the company. Upper mgt. are psychotically distrustful and constantly monitor every move the field makes. Other than the constant fear that you are being watched and are in danger of losing your job at any moment for any one of a few hundred "hot button" items that trigger the wrath of said uppper mgt., this is not a bad gig. I am going back into my bunker now.
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That is true not only for sales. Other departments operate in the same manner.
 






This should help any future prospective field sales candidates in their consideration of Taro as a possible employer. Four days before Christmas, we got a message that we would not be getting our bonus as promised (repeatedly) before Christmas - in fact, it would be delayed until well after all of your bills are due. Also, we would not be getting anything even close to what we were told we earned, because upper management decided that it was too much to pay reps, so they reduced the amount of payout for a previous quarter's bonus, readjusted the total on an already paid bonus, and subtracted the difference from the current (delayed until after christmas) bonus. In short, you are not getting your bonus in time to pay he bills you ran up (you did this because it is Christmas and you expected to get many thousands of dollars in a couple of days), and it will be reduced by over 50% - in some cases this decrease comes close to $20,000.
There was no apology, no explanation and most importantly - this is the take home message, so listen carefully - there was no acknowledgement of the existance of the Christmas holiday from anyone at Taro to any Taro employee. Thats right - no voicemail, no email, no christmas card.......silence. There were a few messages during our company-given holiday time that demanded work from us during our time off, but no well-wishing initiatives.
We are now (1 week after the Christmas raping) on our way to corporate for 2 days, wuring which time management plans to run us over the barrel for lagging sales in December. Think carefully about all you have read - this is Taro.
 






Our entire district got no money for Topicort - checks in today. Three in districe are in top 10 in nation for topicort - no money given - no explanation given. I was supposed to get $8,000 - got zero. The field force is absolutely shattered
 












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Our entire district got no money for Topicort - checks in today. Three in districe are in top 10 in nation for topicort - no money given - no explanation given. I was supposed to get $8,000 - got zero. The field force is absolutely shattered
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Were these bonuses guaranteed in writing? The first rule of personal finance is not to spend money you don't have yet.
 












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Yeah the bonus policy was written on one of Joey's ciggys.
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Hey don't feel too bad in the field. Corporate had a christmas party and it was more like "thanks for your hard work". No mentions of "we hope to have everyone back here next year" You know the parents modis opperendi. If they were so keen on keeping people they would have come up with a plan or tell people of retentions. Nothing has been informed to to Corporate. We are all in a black out.
 






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Blame your new owners. Would not be shocked if reps are let go on Tuesday.
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Don't fall for that! JM tries to feed the reps that lie because they don't know that he manipulates the numbers so he can show the new owners how much money he's saving. I'm not a rep and I don't make a dime off of their sales (unlike other in-house folks), but fair is fair! If you do the work and meet the bar that THEY SET, you should be paid. What they are doing is STEALING!
 












At least you knew where you stood with the old owners. You did not get praised much, but they told you how much and when you were getting your bonuses. These new owners are sneaky, they praise you but reduce your bonuses behind your back. The sales force is next to go. You cannot sell when you are not motivated. If these owners don't know this, then the company is doomed. Some one should teach them about American business culture the same way we had to learn about theirs last year.
 






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At least you knew where you stood with the old owners. You did not get praised much, but they told you how much and when you were getting your bonuses. These new owners are sneaky, they praise you but reduce your bonuses behind your back. The sales force is next to go. You cannot sell when you are not motivated. If these owners don't know this, then the company is doomed. Some one should teach them about American business culture the same way we had to learn about theirs last year.
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Doomsday for the Sales Force = Tuesday.
 












JM is a lying slime ball. No one should believe the lies that com out of his mouth. Thankfully EM's days here are numbered. All of the good reps will leave and find better jobs. It cant be much worse.

What is the deal with Tuesday?
 






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