company didn't equip reps to tackle challenges faced by Sunshine Act and Affordable care act - Pharmaceutical Sales Representative AbbVie Employee Review

3.0
Oct 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

large company and many opportunities to work in other positions there if you live close to home office.

Cons

management too focused on busy work type reports to actually spend time with representatives for career development and advancement. Also, I believe that the company as a whole, in other departments and / or further up the chain were well aware of the challenges reps face because of sunshine act and affordable care act but didn't seem to reach the RM or DM level (ie you literally are not allowed to see doctors per group practice rules of the doctor.....but yet they are constantly on your case to hit x # drs a day.....rather than give you tools to effectively reach and get your message out).

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Big Pharma Name Recognition: Having Allergan/AbbVie on your resume provides industry visibility.

Cons

Extreme Governance & Bureaucracy: Allergan is paralyzed by red tape. There are far too many governance layers just to get basic regulatory strategies vetted out. Flawed Compliance Infrastructure: Product approvals are heavily dependent on documentation. However, current records are completely inadequate. Management fundamentally fails to understand how these systems are interlinked. Unqualified & Absentee Leadership: The leader with department oversight completely lacks the expected knowledge and experience for this level, making her a massive liability. She is rarely in the office but knows exactly how to work the system. She aggressively pushes for unnecessary, in-person regulatory meetings solely to accumulate personal travel points rather than to mitigate actual business risks. Disastrous Transition Management: The leadership transition wreaked total havoc across the department. Negligent HR Department: HR shows zero interest in investigating why good talent is leaving the company. Alarming Job Security Signs: It is a massive red flag when a leader encourages employees to apply for roles entirely unrelated to their expertise, or receiving automated AI notifications about job openings outside your department.

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