From Pfizer's CafePharma board:
Today, 02:51 AM
Anonymous
Kicked out of an office for NOTHING!
Just heard that my counterpart got kicked out of an office for not leaving the leftovers at a recent luncheon. My counterpart says she was only cleaning up and she didn't so ANYTHING, but a nurse told me she was doing it to be mean to a rude receptionist who had not had lunch yet. Meanwhile I am blocked out of the office too! Can only drop samples now. Does anyone else have stories about getting kicked out of an office for nothing? Isn't this a little harsh??? Please let me know that I am not crazy!
Anonymous
#2
Today, 03:41 AM
Anonymous
Re: Kicked out of an office for NOTHING!
Get used to it, that's how bad the industry is getting. If they say bring lunch for 30, only bring lunch for 20. don't go all out on bringing in lunch either. I only bring sandwichs to lunch (never usually pay more than $75 for a lunch). Buy extra things for yourself so it looks like you are using your budget. Hope that helps.
Anonymous
#3
Today, 07:04 AM
Anonymous
Re: Kicked out of an office for NOTHING!
It is so out of control now that I had an office that I knew only had X number of employees demand 2X and when I only brought X they were mad. They see the lunch as part of their compensation and should be able to take food home to their families. To a point, I can sympathies, as they do not get paid much. My budget was running out and one time I took an unopened case of water for a lunch the next day and was reamed over it. It has become toxic and even though I have done this too long to move on, I decided yesterday that I have to for my own mental health. The job now is: deliver samples and deliver food. No respect, no intelligence. I have seen a change in the kind of people who do this job over my many yrs. The more intelligent people have self selected out of it, leaving only the timid and those who stay in it for a yr or two.
