PLEASE FIRE Jake Nielsen, the keyboard warrior.

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How in gods name has this guy managed to remain through the reorganization? Without a spreadsheet, he is completely lost. Since his involvement in gantries, everything has declined and by “declined” I mean people lose their jobs. His lack of fundamental market understanding has resulted in highly inaccurate projections and analysis. Because all who knew anything are gone, few can recognize the flaws in his assessments. Isn’t it clear to Essex and the leadership team where the real issue lies? What is the common denominator of all who got fired? Oh…the person feeding all of them bullshit numbers that they called only for us to fall on our face. Hoping Zach separates himself from this guy before he's gone soon also.
 








anonymous said:
How in gods name has this guy managed to remain through the reorganization? Without a spreadsheet, he is completely lost. Since his involvement in gantries, everything has declined and by “declined” I mean people lose their jobs. His lack of fundamental market understanding has resulted in highly inaccurate projections and analysis. Because all who knew anything are gone, few can recognize the flaws in his assessments. Isn’t it clear to Essex and the leadership team where the real issue lies? What is the common denominator of all who got fired? Oh…the person feeding all of them bullshit numbers that they called only for us to fall on our face. Hoping Zach separates himself from this guy before he's gone soon also.
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Zach likes him. You can expect more of the same.
 








anonymous said:
How in gods name has this guy managed to remain through the reorganization? Without a spreadsheet, he is completely lost. Since his involvement in gantries, everything has declined and by “declined” I mean people lose their jobs. His lack of fundamental market understanding has resulted in highly inaccurate projections and analysis. Because all who knew anything are gone, few can recognize the flaws in his assessments. Isn’t it clear to Essex and the leadership team where the real issue lies? What is the common denominator of all who got fired? Oh…the person feeding all of them bullshit numbers that they called only for us to fall on our face. Hoping Zach separates himself from this guy before he's gone soon also.
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This is the result of bringing on a VP that also doesn't understand how different our business is from the business he came from. We need realistic quotas or we will lose the few good ones left.
 








anonymous said:
This is the result of bringing on a VP that also doesn't understand how different our business is from the business he came from. We need realistic quotas or we will lose the few good ones left.
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Nothing beats relying on a CAGR that includes COVID shutdown, COVID rebound, and a bunch of signed quotes for made up deals 2-3 years out to make your decisions. On the bright side he can seek guidance from those that were around before all that mess. Oh wait, never-mind they’re all gone….
 
























anonymous said:
This is the result of bringing on a VP that also doesn't understand how different our business is from the business he came from. We need realistic quotas or we will lose the few good ones left.
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I’ve been saying this for the past year. Stop making this Styker!!! We run our business completely different and take pride in our culture. We lost all that magic
 








anonymous said:
Nothing beats relying on a CAGR that includes COVID shutdown, COVID rebound, and a bunch of signed quotes for made up deals 2-3 years out to make your decisions. On the bright side he can seek guidance from those that were around before all that mess. Oh wait, never-mind they’re all gone….
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Yes, very concerning to hear ZB is obsessed with looking at the CAGR without understanding the background.
 








How absurd is it that Jake had a seat at the table in moving out some great people who have really contributed to the business over the years???? Makes me furious to think about it. Comp plan is so complicated that they're afraid to get rid of him because they won't know how much they're supposed to pay us.
 
















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How absurd is it that Jake had a seat at the table in moving out some great people who have really contributed to the business over the years???? Makes me furious to think about it. Comp plan is so complicated that they're afraid to get rid of him because they won't know how much they're supposed to pay us.
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CAGR that includes allocation, Covid, Eviva shortages, and our new booking parameter’s implemented last year truly defies logic. But so is a leader telling hundreds on a call that his people come last to him in order of importance. That is totally in line with Jake’s comment on the other thread (Is this a good place to work?) “you’re not as essential as you think you are”.

It’s not possible for this division to be anymore dysfunctional.
 








Not really surprising that people come last to him. He couldn’t even thank the 9 RSMs he let go of by acknowledging how much their teams love them and thank them for everything they have done for the company. Some of those people have been award winners, culture keepers and have dedicated many years to this organization. Zero class. I was embarrassed for him.
 








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Not really surprising that people come last to him. He couldn’t even thank the 9 RSMs he let go of by acknowledging how much their teams love them and thank them for everything they have done for the company. Some of those people have been award winners, culture keepers and have dedicated many years to this organization. Zero class. I was embarrassed for him.
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Keep who you can control mindset.
 








anonymous said:
Not really surprising that people come last to him. He couldn’t even thank the 9 RSMs he let go of by acknowledging how much their teams love them and thank them for everything they have done for the company. Some of those people have been award winners, culture keepers and have dedicated many years to this organization. Zero class. I was embarrassed for him.
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I also took note of the lack of acknowledgement of the RSMs that were let go and I noted his shout out to Jake the snake's "we deserved vacation" today. Spit in our face.
 








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I also took note of the lack of acknowledgement of the RSMs that were let go and I noted his shout out to Jake the snake's "we deserved vacation" today. Spit in our face.
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Literally so disgusting as a leader- a new one at that. So fucking embarrassing. “Let me grab my sunscreen, I’ll be in Hawaii” what a slap in the face to those who were let go. Some of them dedicated years of great service to Hologic. One of them dedicated 20 years.

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You all are getting screwed with Jacob’s clawbacks but he is actually saving you with his past compensation plans that lack any substance or details with booking rules and cancellations for employees to follow and agree to. If they never clearly defined clawback terms (new booking parameters, pay back terms, etc.) in previous years, and now they are selectively enforcing them (employees pay penalties while ex employees leave without a dent), thats a major issue. If there were no signed policies outlining the specific conditions for order cancellations, clawbacks, they really don’t have the right to just retroactively apply new rules. And every states rules are different. They need to have specific clawback definitions per state which are agreed to and signed by all. A blanket statement in a compensation plan that “everyone” signs is worthless in court. The fact of the matter is they shouldn’t touch one order prior to Fiscal 25.

Getting everyone together to push back as a group is my suggestion. Strength in numbers will make it harder for them to ignore. Meanwhile, if you haven't already, start documenting all of your past comp plans, commission statements, and any internal communications about clawbacks and booking parameters. Based on what I have reviewed dating back from the year you went “all commission”, they will have a VERY hard time in court if you hold them accountable. Lastly, the endless documentation many of you have from your leadership instructing and pressuring to get these orders he wants to cancel now is a legal nightmare for them.

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Hate to break it to you. They don’t care about lawsuits. They settle at first threat. They don’t care about employees or doing right by them. Shit they don’t even care about customers at this point. Anyone who did care is now gone. These brainiacs today have something like 3 reps out of the entire country at YTD plan. And yet those very people who made these insane numbers are still in place and charging forward. They are reckless, senseless, arrogant, petty. Why I bailed and you should also.

Jake, you were reason #1A for me in bailing. Impossible to deal with you and your comp plan this year which required a masters in nuclear engineering and backwards mathematics to understand it.
You were a true culture killer polluting the entire sales team and crushing morale. Keep canceling orders while your team is losing dozens of deals a day from competition.
 








anonymous said:
Hate to break it to you. They don’t care about lawsuits. They settle at first threat. They don’t care about employees or doing right by them. Shit they don’t even care about customers at this point. Anyone who did care is now gone. These brainiacs today have something like 3 reps out of the entire country at YTD plan. And yet those very people who made these insane numbers are still in place and charging forward. They are reckless, senseless, arrogant, petty. Why I bailed and you should also.

Jake, you were reason #1A for me in bailing. Impossible to deal with you and your comp plan this year which required a masters in nuclear engineering and backwards mathematics to understand it.
You were a true culture killer polluting the entire sales team and crushing morale. Keep canceling orders while your team is losing dozens of deals a day from competition.
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I also left due to comp plan change and company culture change. Now I’m making $60k more take home plus a company car. Best decision I’ve made
 








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