NOVARTIS BLOWS

DearAlcon/Novartis, Please let us watch you waste money on lousy festivals with disgusting food during Work hours. The company doesn't need the money anyway. Bring in more festivals and add on another cafeteria. The man behind this is a real inspiration.

 

Jeff George's legacy at Alcon: wasting millions of dollars on a new cafeteria that we didn't need because he couldn't get gluten-free food at the old one.

 

Years from now doctors will confirm he is what they call "mentally retarded." The guy was a premadonna of the worst kind.

 

Name 5 things NVS did to get Alcon to where it is now.

 

I'll start:

Lowered employee morale with numerous layoffs, outsourcing, unrealistic sales goals, red tape, shorter cubicles, smaller offices, and perpetual lies from so-called leadership.

Add to that the idiots Novartis kept sending us on how to run our already-successful surgical business.

 

Getting NVS idiots stands out amongst all other reasons. Just look at Eric in Asia and compare him to Jim M in Japan.
One is an idiot from NVS and the other one a true bred Alcon guy who knows his stuff and so is the difference in performance

 

1.) Hired Jeff George as Head of Alcon. His grand plan of March Madness & bulk buys. Well guess what. All those IOLs are beginning to expire and being sent back which requires crediting the customer and loss of Alcon revenue...again.
2.) Steve Griffin. VP of Operations, fired. A total waste.
3.) Gary Menichini. GM of Eye Care, transferred to another NVS company due to complete failure over 4yrs
4.) Kate Benedict. See #2 and hired by #3.
5.) Cafeteria, see #1.

 

So who is more pompous? J.G. or M.O.?

 

That's an interesting question. Frankly, I am not sure.

 

JG, but MO is just as damaging. He may be quieter than JG but his ego is just as big and he knows just as little - but damn sure he will fix everything!

 

They say Carly Fiorina got $65 million to join HP and $21 million to leave. I wonder what Mike Bell is looking to get......

 

M. Bell is not the problem, he is actually helping.

 

Helping getting us sold, yes.

 

M.O. That guy thinks he hung the moon.

 

He will do his 2 year stint and then leave with his 80 million. Alcon will remain unchanged or sold.

 

You understand it's his job to sell Alcon right?

 

He receives his 80 million at the sale of Alcon?

 

At least that.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-actelion-m-a-johnson-johnson-novartis-idUSKBN13T0IO

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Jimenez said Novartis was still gauging what impact President-elect Donald Trump could have on the U.S. healthcare system and was watching what his priorities would be.

"Less has been invested in the United States in recent years, probably because of high corporate taxes. If these are now cut, as is being signaled, that is certainly positive," he said.

He said Novartis should have intervened earlier and more decisively at its Alcon eyecare business, which Novartis bought in 2010 and had flourished until 2014, when innovation waned.

"We are disappointed that the turnaround is taking so long but I am convinced that the new management will get the job done. As far as the future of the business is concerned we are keeping all options open," he was quoted as saying.



(Reporting by Michael Shields; editing by Francois Murphy)