http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/ News, Comment and Conversation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-331970 Pharma News 5_2 « Impactiviti blog Fri, 02 May 2008 18:22:42 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-331970 [...] still more jobs are going, a Wyeth spokesman confirms. This follows an announcement last month that 1,240 sales positions would be eliminated as part of what Wyeth execs are calling ‘Project [...] [...] still more jobs are going, a Wyeth spokesman confirms. This follows an announcement last month that 1,240 sales positions would be eliminated as part of what Wyeth execs are calling ‘Project [...]

]]> http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-237735 Eelco Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:51:33 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-237735 Slowly firms are dismantling their sales forces. Can we see this as a next step in ending the marketing 'arms race'? They seem to get the point that if everyone decreases its sales force their impact will be the same (but with lower costs)... Slowly firms are dismantling their sales forces.
Can we see this as a next step in ending the marketing ‘arms race’?
They seem to get the point that if everyone decreases its sales force their impact will be the same (but with lower costs)…

]]> http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-233616 Pharma News 3_29 « Impactiviti blog Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:36:23 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-233616 [...] Wyeth cutting 1,200 sales reps - The positions are being eliminated as of Monday as part of a major companywide program announced two months ago to save money in the face of regulatory setbacks and generic competition. At the time, the drugmaker acknowledged plans to cut about 10 percent of its global workforce of 50,000 or so, and that sales reps were high on the list. Wyeth employs roughly 25,000 people in the US…more [...] [...] Wyeth cutting 1,200 sales reps - The positions are being eliminated as of Monday as part of a major companywide program announced two months ago to save money in the face of regulatory setbacks and generic competition. At the time, the drugmaker acknowledged plans to cut about 10 percent of its global workforce of 50,000 or so, and that sales reps were high on the list. Wyeth employs roughly 25,000 people in the US…more [...]

]]> http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-232208 Pharma Giles Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:10:21 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-232208 The standard "10.0% percent must go". Such original thinking. McKinseys again? Or just matching policies with Pfizer prior to the merger? The standard “10.0% percent must go”. Such original thinking. McKinseys again? Or just matching policies with Pfizer prior to the merger?

]]> http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-231144 Dan Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:40:23 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/03/wyeth-cuts-1200-sales-reps/#comment-231144 While I wish this did not happen to this group, they will discover after termination that they will need to reacquire thier work ethic, if they had one. Comparatively speaking, the job of a drug rep, from a physical or time consuming paradigm, is quite easy. While I wish this did not happen to this group, they will discover after termination that they will need to reacquire thier work ethic, if they had one. Comparatively speaking, the job of a drug rep, from a physical or time consuming paradigm, is quite easy.

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