No one wants to hear you whine and cry because you're upset Uncle AL just isn't the same anymore. This response exemplifies why you are a career salesperson and not in a leadership position. After many years in the eye care sales world (in your home, car or doctor's offices), you shouldn't be expected to understand the complexities and harsh truth of the real world.
Honestly, why did you ever think, at the end of the day, you are not just a number. Seems like your disenchantment stems from a fantasy world versus how cut throat this business can be. What makes you think that somehow AGN, as it has grown into full fledged big pharma over years, would stay the same relatively little place to work?
I know people with a similar attitude and it's very annoying. Enough of the sad-ass sales guy basically bullshitting about how how things should be run.
Last truth I will leave you with is if you do not like the status quo, work to change it or please leave because there are tens of thousands of others that will gladly take your place.