Please Help!

Hi I am a landed immigrant in Canada and a veterinary doctor from India. I have been in marketing and sales for over eight years almost exclusively in the veterinary field, at the level of a Product Manager.

I am currently working with a small pharamcy based in toronto and doing ok, detailing vets, dentists and naturopaths. However my job is currently part time and am working in retail on the weekends.

I was ref to ERAC through a current employee and thought it was a great opportunity to step up in the corporate ladder and get some structured training.

But I have worked hard to get myself where I am in vet sales in this pharmacy and was in two minds about giving all that up.

I was told I will be getting $33 000 CAD to start witth and $35 000 if i clear exams in 6 mos. I was informed of the long hours and hard work (not the cleaning cars in suits).

I would highly appreciate a feedback as to whether I should quit my part time career in my field in pharma sales and move to ERAC or stick it out here.

thanks..my second phone interaction is on Monday..I need some feedback pretty fast :)

Hello,

I really think you should do it. If you see my posting ( group 41 Miami) you will see that I am not very fond of the way Erac treat their employees.

However, when you get to a management position with the company, once you look for a job, employers usually are crazy about ex-enterprise employees, since they know they work hard, and Erac has a great training.

I do warn you, that you will either hate Erac after two years, or you may do well, and get yourself promoted. However, chances are that you will hate Erac.

The points you have to consider, are the following:

With Erac, you will learn how to deal with people.

They have great benefits.

They will teach you to sell.

You will learn how to do business fast and sharp, and increase money potential.

You will learn to not feel pity for the customers, and get their money. Like Erin Ashby tells her employees " Get their money, because Disney World does not feel bad charging their customer 75 per person either." I know it sound harsh, but that is the American way.

Do not listen to the negatives. You will create your own negative.

You should have a positive mind into the business. Most of the people that write in this post, are or either so fed up with the business and have been doing it for years, or are no longer with the company.

Usually you make regular money, and work like a slave. But believe, there is something about Enterprise Managers, that other employers Love!!!

wade

Hey thanks Wade, definitely feels good to hear a positive note. I guess there are a lot of people out there, who hated their jobs in ERAC and come out scathed, just scares the daylights out of me, especially as it means giving up two jobs in which I am pretty well settled. :)

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi I am a landed immigrant in Canada and a veterinary doctor from India. I have been in marketing and sales for over eight years almost exclusively in the veterinary field, at the level of a Product Manager.

I am currently working with a small pharamcy based in toronto and doing ok, detailing vets, dentists and naturopaths. However my job is currently part time and am working in retail on the weekends.

I was ref to ERAC through a current employee and thought it was a great opportunity to step up in the corporate ladder and get some structured training.

But I have worked hard to get myself where I am in vet sales in this pharmacy and was in two minds about giving all that up.

I was told I will be getting $33 000 CAD to start witth and $35 000 if i clear exams in 6 mos. I was informed of the long hours and hard work (not the cleaning cars in suits).

I would highly appreciate a feedback as to whether I should quit my part time career in my field in pharma sales and move to ERAC or stick it out here.

thanks..my second phone interaction is on Monday..I need some feedback pretty fast :)

You will, most positively, regret leaving to go to ERAC. In addition, in case you didn't know, it is fairly white bread company. At the end of the day your career, as most peoples, will hit a wall. You are obviously well educated and deserve a career closer to your school. You deserve more than ERAC. Pharma sales will be much more lucrative and rewarding overall.

If you can handle it, keep doing what you are doing and look to expand on the pharma sales career when you have an opportunity. Why you would want to exchange one retail career for another I have no idea. That is what ERAC is. It is a retail career. "Would you like damage waiver with that?"

There is a posting about top 50 Employers in Canada. Take a look at it and contact the Pharma sectored employers. You will probably notice that while McDonalds, Walmart, etc are on there, there is no ERAC. To give you an idea of the climate, they could not get enough employees to even respond to the survey. On top of that, the ones who did respond, did have anything nice to say.

Bottom line, trust me and stay away from ERAC.

Wow ..Thanks guys

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Wow ..Thanks guys

I am no longer with the company and left when I could take no more. But the years I spent there were some of the best years until it turned sour. I worked in Canada, climbed the ladder and did very well because I was willing to work very hard. For most of my career, I worked for people that I greatly respected and trusted. There is no way I could have got the job I have now without having worked with Enterprise. It's just that, when I found myself working for people I could no longer trust or respect, I had to make a decision.

Here's what I would say. The Toronto group has been having problems at the GM level. If you can get in and work in Jim Whitley's city, you will be fine. I know all 4 of their GRMS and Jim's the best, Dimitri is pretty good too. Best of luck to you. I really hope that E-Canada is able to regain the leadership culture it once had.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I am no longer with the company and left when I could take no more. But the years I spent there were some of the best years until it turned sour. I worked in Canada, climbed the ladder and did very well because I was willing to work very hard. For most of my career, I worked for people that I greatly respected and trusted. There is no way I could have got the job I have now without having worked with Enterprise. It's just that, when I found myself working for people I could no longer trust or respect, I had to make a decision.

Here's what I would say. The Toronto group has been having problems at the GM level. If you can get in and work in Jim Whitley's city, you will be fine. I know all 4 of their GRMS and Jim's the best, Dimitri is pretty good too. Best of luck to you. I really hope that E-Canada is able to regain the leadership culture it once had.

Absolutely true in my case as well.