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Hey! If your partner isn't answering the phone when you call at 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 maybe try driving by their house... some people need to get busted!

And some people---like you---need to get a life. If your partner is at home at 11:30, it's because she's smarter than you. You're both gonna get canned soon.
 






And some people---like you---need to get a life. If your partner is at home at 11:30, it's because she's smarter than you. You're both gonna get canned soon.

The OP is a tard. Merck does not allow any use of the phones while driving and (surprise!) accounts do NOT want you in their offices/flrs/depts yapping on your phone. If you call at all those times and your partner DOES answer, I would say there's a problem. Get a life you tool. If you ARE working, you will only be ABLE to answer in the morn and late in the day. Our territories are all huge.
 












Hey! If your partner isn't answering the phone when you call at 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 maybe try driving by their house... some people need to get busted!

And you care, because....?

Let me guess, you think we actually impact sales? We don't make a difference. You may be able to have a dr here and there change their thinking and write more product, but a few drs here and there won't change a territories numbers. Especially when you factor in the other things that impact a single Rx (pharmacy reporting, patient filling it, mgd care, etc...). How many of your changed dr's scripts actually even show up in our data?

Your partner, if he/she isn't working 8-5 is much brighter than you. Doubly so if they are using the free time to make a real difference elsewhere in their life (exercise, parenting, a real sales job, etc...).

So, kick back and enjoy the ride while it lasts.
 






OP, you need to get a life. Worry about yourself. That is the problem with primary care, I will never go back. Just do your job. Not only do you have to worry about Merck keeping tabs on you have to worry about your partner keeping tabs on you, what a life.
 






Hey! If your partner isn't answering the phone when you call at 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 maybe try driving by their house... some people need to get busted!

Scumbags like you are why this company is so toxic. You are so worried about micro-managing other people's lives instead of doing your own damn job. What a sad and sick loser you are. You need some serious inpatient psychiatric care.
 












I actually have a crush on my partner. I'd love to take my partner to bed and show what a real partner can do besides get out and work the field! Am I the only one?

I think you are. I've never had a partner I even liked that much (i.e., outside of work, we'd never be friends), let alone wanted more from. Most reps aren't too crazy about who they're stuck with.
 






I actually have a crush on my partner. I'd love to take my partner to bed and show what a real partner can do besides get out and work the field! Am I the only one?

I had a partner that was so handsome he took my breath away. At first, there was that crush feeling but he was so much younger and we hit it off personality-wise. It has now been more than eight years and he is one of my very best friends. Proof that opposite sex individuals can just be friends - really good friends. We never did cross that line and I am glad we did not. It is bad news to sleep with a direct coworker. That could turn out badly for you both.
 






Mind your own business OP. Your partner may have a very busy day minding personal crisis on a particular day or whatever. Are you going to drive by and confirm if his/her car is in the driveway or not? What happen if he/she has to run home to grab more stuff before an important appointment? Are you so incompetent that you cannot sell by yourself? We used to have only two reps per territory with different products and it was fine.
 






I say keep calling all day and even late at night. Then go to their house and bang on the door till they answer. Then on the weekend go to their house early in the morning and just lay on the horn from your car and if they go away on vacation find out where and just show up and wave. I do this with all my doctors it's fun. Sometimes I just stand at ther door outside their house and lick their windows and moan.
Good luck!
 












Maybe your partner is smart and sitting at home tuning up his/her resume while you are foolishly pretending you are making an "impact" in the field. Pretending you are adding value to a doctors office that doesn't want to see you unless you bribe them with twinkies or cupcakes. Face it, you are not as important as you think you are OP. Your partner is smarter than you. Envy that person for that.
 






Hey! If your partner isn't answering the phone when you call at 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 maybe try driving by their house... some people need to get busted!

Try the sample warehouse or deliveries, the big time wasters. Get off the complaints the partner is the same one sending emails at 10PM....get a life pal.