Instead, Sanofi managers took the cattle-call approach: Each sales rep was scheduled for one of two group teleconferences, with one of those calls devoted to those who got to keep their jobs and the other to those shown the door. Some consolation for those suffering Sanofi-ites, however. Some 250 contract sales reps would share the layoff pain. And management officially says that the latest sales layoffs will put the marketing force at the right size through 2013.