Senior Manager refuses to promote in order to keep employees in current roll. - Pharmaceuticals Sales Specialist AstraZeneca Employee Review

2.0
17 June 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great sales training. The salary is probably competitive everywhere else in the country, but not having a cost of living adjustment for San Francisco (the most expensive city in the US) makes it difficult to stay. Good benefit package.

Cons

The senior manager won't promote anyone, because she doesn't want any vacancies that could drop her overall sales. Thus, excellent reps are being kept at low levels and are becoming extremely dissatisfied.

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