As an Onsite Support Specialist, your actual IT skills aren't used. You're more like a gopher that is knee jerk reacting to requests. Zero training. Zero health insurance.
You aren't given administrator access or basic tools to do your job. Even basic things you don't have permissions to do, You're always waiting on other people. Which leads to people waiting on you.
Bosses and employees do "drive bys" and interrupt your work. That means walking up to your cube or snagging you on Skype or Teams. No one seems to use tickets or email, when you're supposed to. (If you know a person's Teams or Skype, you know their email)
The corporate it structure is global. Everything is pre decided. If there is a problem with a computer, even a simple fixable one, the answer is to swap and re-image.
The company suffers from too many "silos of data." it's gotten out of hand on a global scale (serious, not joking.) Data is lost, stale, and mismanaged. No one knows what system to look in to find things, as multiple topics are split up. As of right now I can count 7 different DMS systems, email, skype, teams, they are trying to use OneDrive as drive letters. Even the Learning System for the company is oddly broken. For some reason they have a Yammer and multiple search portals. There's a serious lack of structure and care.
This is a process driven company, but there is too much red tape.
Onboarding is horrible. People expect you to know the entire company and what you need to do without ex
ProsSafe environment. Nice standard chairs. Strong WFH for Full Time Employees
ConsContractors treated meh. Things take too long. It's hard to get answers or help.
The employer is a very high stress level employer to ever work for. These managers and human resources say they will keep your information secret. Pay scales are all blown different directions. When I worked for Fermenta Animal health this was the ideal employer to ever work for. These people were great people. Boehringer bought them out then they picked us off one at a time.. Then One by one the Big Employer Boehringer did everything in their power to kill out our production and fired us one by one. Reason??? Because they discriminated us. Seems the employees with children were the first to go, this was noticed by more than one employee. The atmosphere in the plant was miserable with all the back stabbing cutthroats by area managers that was our bosses would talk about you if you ever went to any of them for a personal reason my friends its completely throughout the plant I can guarantee you this. They thrive on talking behind your back about your issues you have secretly talked to them because you thought you could trust them. Wake Up Folks. They get this so called Best employer because of the hiring all the time well its simple they fire all the time as well. Got to have employees because they fire right and left and the bosses stab each other as well, its a friggin zoo out there I truly think and I would almost say yes to this is the actual Boehringer Family are not even near this defiant with each other. I am a well seasoned ex employee because I had children and used t
Un día de trabajo es muy activo cada minuto vale oro. hay que estar muy concentrada y al tanto de todos los requerimiento que estas manejando los cuales son muchos y diversos. El trabajar bajo presión, cosa cotidiana, te ayuda a desarrollar muchos sentido y siempre estar un paso adelante de cada tarea. aparte cumplir con los reportes que asignados para envió a Alemania. Mi experiencia laboral adquirida en 18 años de mi gestión de compras desarrollada en Compañía multinacional de primer nivel. Me ayudo a obtener una destacada capacidad para el trabajo en equipo, ser creativa, proactiva, con iniciativa, empuje, con muy buena relación interpersonal, con adaptabilidad al cambio, resolutiva y muy orientada a resultados, siempre con predisposición para enfrentar nuevos desafíos.
Dominio del idioma ingles oral y escrito,buen manejo del francés me ayudo a desenvolverme muy bien en mis tareas.
Mis principales competencias son: Compra de materias primas nacionales e importadas, compra de insumos productivos y no productivos, material POP, impresiones, órdenes de compra marco, contratación de servicios a terceros, administración de acuerdos corporativos para hardware y software, elaboración de reportes y estadísticas del sector etc, adquiriendo vasta experiencia en análisis de requerimientos, evaluación de proveedores, negociación y contrataciones para la optimización de procesos y reducción de costos.
Compulsa de precios, negociación de plazos y formas de pago.
Desarro
ProsMuy buenos Beneficios
ConsEramos tres compradores para cubrir todas las cartera de requerimientos de toda la Compañia
Organization pays well, but money isn't everything.
I have worked for Boehringer Ingelheim for almost 5 years now. The work can be physically taxing, depending on which department you work in. There is a lot of standing, walking, very repetitive lifting and loading. Management in my department has certain leaders that lack integrity, empathy for employees and some lack mental stability. While there are great leaders at this company union workers rarely get to see or speak with them and due to a fear based environment any feedback on supervisors is rarely communicated to those great leaders.
The pay is very good, but like I said, money isn't everything. I work 3 twelve hour shifts and it is hard on the body and the mind. I do not see my kids for three days. The job is physically demanding on your back and ergonomics is unheard of. Most supervisors and managers in my department do not care about their employees or what their employees have to say. It's an environment that is based on the idea that we pay you more than anyone else so we can treat you however we like. And that's when they get you paycheck right, which is about 60% of the time.
Human resources is not a safe haven for employees to run to either. Unless you like having someone role their eyes at you and speak to you in a condescending manner the entire time.
Bottom line is, in my department, most management treats you very bad, the morale is low and most workers have given up and do not do any work, which makes it so much harder for those of us that
ProsGood pay
ConsPoor management in certain areas, low morale, negative atmosphere, physically taxing, mentally taxing and miserable place to work.
As I noted, it all depends on the position you have. If you're an administrative assistant, you're treated with disrespect. I've endured 3 years of torture working for two people in the Legal Dept. You're not appreciated and the lawyers break down their assistants to the point of crying either in the restrooms, cars, or at their desk.
As for benefits, it was the best. The cafeteria has good food. The campus has their own gym, which was nice with clean functioning showers.
I used to break out in hives because of the job, amazingly, the hives cleared up when I was terminated.
I used to get a kick out of my boss; I used to go to school since BI offers tuition reimbursement. I would pay for my tuition and my boss would hold off for 3 months to approve the form when my grades were A's & B's. I felt she would do it out of spite.
Human Resources doesn't help when you go to them for advice. Once you do go to HR, you're on the hit list for termination.
The admins are very clicky to the point that you don't feel welcome. In addition, if you didn't fit "their approval" on how you dressed or looked, they would join forces to sabatoge you and your job.
After I was terminated, I was informed that my two reporting managers went through five admin assistant's in one year. It helped me heal from the ordeal I went through.
I look back and thank God that I'm no longer there because I'm healthier mentally and physically since my employment ended at BI.
Great company with good benefits. Managment overall was like working for a robot. Training not so good and the morality was awful. I understand business is business but honestly I really do not mean to sound like it was all that bad but I guess Im entitled to my own oppinion.On the outside looking in they have good goals and high expantations and apparently the money to back it up. There is alot of things that are to be picked on in any company but on the inside looking in I do know there are phases and standards and certain procedures to deal with in a company like this but with this company I felt like it was just too much competiveness and backstabing inside the company it felt like high school with all the clicks. I am competative but competative with the company as a whole and to me when you get promoted its because you deserve it not because you stabbed someone in the back to get there. Yes it is nice to get that promotion but to me to even being the one to promoting is to blame if they are giving the job to the ones like that, this is just an example. Another one is, you can bring something to a managers attention and unless it affects them they let it go till it blows up. Dont get me wrong I am all about rules, this company has a way of making you feel your not good enough.
However i am thankful for the oppurtunity, but I want to feel like im welcome....
Some people can hack it in this environment and i probably could too but I have learned the hard way life is too
Enjoyable co-workers, great work/life balance, but lack of management involvement or assistance/direction
BI paid for wages, offer great benefits, but training and management involvement was extremely dissappointing. Given the nature of the business, there are failures on many of fronts. For making important products, I recall a time when the bins that the products were being produced in were in a failed state for final products. The bins are to be washe after a products has been finished and dumped in drums for the next phase of capsulation. In inspected the bins after they were put through the washing process, through inspection the butterfly valve at the bottom of the bin was not bein washes properly, and old products from god knows how long ago was still packed in the valve, contaminating god know how many prior approved batches that made it to the pharmaceutical market for human consumption. I decided that many failures like this were unacceptable for me and I moved on with me career. I gave a two week notice, they gave me an exit interview where they ask you why your leaving and what not. When I expressed my diss appointment with this issue, like I did with management, I was walked to the door that day. Remember I was professional enough to give them a two week notice, and when I conveyed my honest opinion about poor training and lack of management involvement and a failure in the system, they didn't want to hear the truth or care.
ProsPay, PTO, insurance
ConsPoor management, failure in system and batch procees/quality
5.0
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative | Oak Park, IL | Feb 8, 2015
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative -Cardiovascular, Prostate and Pulmonary
One of few representatives in region to drive business from 18th to 4th place (out of 18 teams) in regional rankings from ‘08 to ‘09 by maximizing territory management, reaching high level decision makers, introducing a more aggressive 30-60-90 day plan to existing team and serving as a expert to customers with consistent follow up.
Consistently maintained at least 100% goal attainment for a product 10 quarters out of 12 (3 years).
Exceeded 100% goal attainment 7 of 12 quarters by using data to uncover untapped opportunities.
Solved the challenge of target frequency overlap by implementing a more efficient call plan system: went from having two reps in the same routing week call plan to one rep in call plan week visiting top 20% twice. Resulted in winning 3rd place in a Qtr 1 2009 New Prescription Contest. Received award.
Recognized in new-hire and regional training for excellent test results despite being new to the industry, having strong selling skills, and exceptional product knowledge. Received monetary award for performance.
Maintained relationships with over 100 key decision makers and executives from 3 Hospitals that resulted in 40% growth of 3 pharmaceutical drugs over 3 years
Acknowledged by a hospital Department Leader for earning his business after never trying a product for years with several teammates also having the same account (documented in Brag
! Book).
Typical Day:
Each day we would collect our samples, log the samples into our database, assign testing, and test the sample. Log in all scheduled environmental monitoring. Review and approve all data to confirm it meets all specification requirements. Member of several teams which develop policies, procedures, and company goals.
Learned:
People skills, writing effective e-mails, worked with US and International Regulatory agents, familiar with US and International Regulatory requirements.
Management:
Some of then can be very difficult, but you quickly learn how to handle and manage their personalities.
Co-Workers:
There are 7 microbiologists, with a work history between 5 and 37 years of continuous service within the microbiology Lab. [combined work history of over 150 years].
Hardest part of the Job:
1. Working with non-microbiologists as their mind-set and general observations are not "micro. oriented". Microbiology is a gray area, it is more interpretation than cold facts. For example, you may have 2 samples with identical results, but one sample will be rejected and the other sample released, which is difficult concept for some people to grasp.
2. Individuals delivering "hot" samples today, expecting results tomorrow, then getting upset because the sample requires a 5-day test.
Enjoyable:
Doing your due diligence in releasing a quality product to the public .
ProsFulfilling days
ConsUpperManagement is slow to compliment and quick to criticize
I worked here for merely two months as a contractor, with claims that I would likely be hired on fulltime at the end of my contract. I was laid off due to Covid-19
I was a filling technician whose job could vary wildly day to day. Mostly, I would be decapping eggs to harvest embryos and cleaning up the lab after work was done. On days with little work, I would be sent to other labs/departments to help out.
I never really felt like I understood what was happening on a macroscale, and few folks would go out of their way to explain. This made the work I was doing feel mostly worthless.
You never knew what time you were going to get off of work, so you could get off at noon or 7PM. It felt poorly planned on the side of management.
Managers were distant at best, with them usually being rude most of the time. They never really seemed concerned for my well-being. Other workers clearly had issues with managers breathing down their necks and generally slowing the whole process down.
Pay was pretty weak, at 15 dollars for a position that strongly preferred a four year degree in the sciences. Since hours were inconsistent, you could end the week with ~30 hours, yielding little money.
There's a reason they're always hiring, and why most fulltime folks are older.
ProsFree lunches, days go by fast, some decent folks
ConsUnknown work end times, disorganized training and chain of command, poor communication, mean management
A demanding (and sometimes stressfull) but well rewarded job
I took early retirement on December 31, 2014
The job required constant traveling and sometimes with very short time notice. Traveling represented approximately 50% of my working time and trips were across continents and time zones.
A typical day at the field meant long hours, deep concentration to prioritize activities and achieve completing the audit objectives in the allotted time. As an audit manager I was responsible of assigning tasks to other junior or senior auditors and support them in dealing with technical and managing aspects of the job. Audit report preparation was the main responsibility of an audit manager.
Relationship with auditees' management was critical, especially with senior executives of large Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) subsidiaries. The goal was to be perceived as a consultant providing value-added recommendations than a mere auditor checking compliance with company procedures "by-the-book". It was very rewarding when senior executives expressed total agreement with your proposals and were ready to take action eagerly. Being in the same position for a long period allowed me to create an environment of trust and respect that was extremely valuable in professional discussions, but on the other hand keeping that environment alive was demanding and allowed little room for mistakes and mismanagement.
I feel lucky because I always had a good relationship with my superiors within BI's Audit Division. My periodic performance reviews were const
ProsDemanding but rewarding professional interaction
ConsJet lags, being constantly away from family and many times for long periods
Es una empresa alemana excelente, tanto por la calidad de sus productos como en el trato de su personal ideal para trabajar siempre en ella, asi tambien muy calida con el trato para sus clientes ( medicos, farmacias, hospitales, etc )
Se llevan controles y reportes de trabajo electronicos para revisar y registrar los datos antes y despues de la visita medica para lograr los objetivos de venta lo mas pronto posible apoyados con materiales de trabajo como muestra medica, obsequios, literaturas,estudios, laptop , etc .
Aprendi diferentes tecnicas de ventas, y a manejar sobre todo el dialogo claro encaminado a convencer al medico de que mis productos ofrece las mejores caracteristicas y beneficios para el paciente.
Mi gerente me cambio en 3 ocaciones a otras lineas que no lograban sus objetivos porq me decia que yo era como el rambo del aquipo y q yo le ofrecia garantia de resultados inmediatos pero a mi me perjudicaba para el pago de mis insentivos que bajaban dramaticamente y repercutia en mi bolsillo.
Con mis colegas habia armonia laboral en general.
En el trabajo de representante medico no hay ninguna dificultad mientras disfrutes de lo que haces pero nunca se debe perder de vista el objetivo final que es la venta de los productos en promocion convenciendo a nuestros clientes que tienen en sus manos el mejor producto para solucionar el problema de salud a sus pacientes.
Lo que mas me gusto de mi trabajo en la empresa es que siempre logre y supere los objetivos qu
Prostodas la prestaciones de ley, Premios etc
Consninguna
Questions And Answers about Boehringer Ingelheim
What is the interview process like at Boehringer Ingelheim?
Asked Jun 2, 2016
Very impersonal and formal
Answered May 19, 2017
I was interviewed by three people. Two team leaders and the Qualitiy Control Department Leader. They asked me to describe my job at the time and from there they based questions off my answers
Answered Apr 27, 2017
On average, how many hours do you work a day at Boehringer Ingelheim?
Asked Mar 17, 2017
8-10 hours worked per day. And, must travel and spend weekends away at conventions
Answered Aug 11, 2018
Worked 9-10 hrs daily
Answered Jul 8, 2018
If you were in charge, what would you do to make Boehringer Ingelheim a better place to work?
Asked Sep 29, 2016
If you're serious about using career development opportunities as a means to keep talented employees engaged, happy and retained, it's important to ensure that these opportunities are made available equitably to all employees, at all levels and inn all protected classes. The company's strong nationalistic, misogynistic and ageist culture is getting in the way of meeting this objective.
Answered Jul 24, 2019
It would be nice if the company would focus in keeping the positions here in the United States.
Answered Jul 8, 2018
What tips or advice would you give to someone interviewing at Boehringer Ingelheim?
Asked Aug 24, 2016
Boehringer is a great company to work for, they match your skills with the role you perform. Be open and honest.
Answered Mar 29, 2019
Be ready for questions on long term, as in 5 years what would you wanna be doing.any many other makes ya think questions.
Answered Nov 27, 2018
How do you feel about the future of Boehringer Ingelheim?
Asked Jun 21, 2017
Excellent - with the leadership at the top I have full confidence.
Answered Apr 30, 2021
As a temporary employee contracted by a hiring company there is no future with BI.
