Yeah, the pension will become worthless unless you're invested in yuan.
I am so happy to be gone that I feel like I won the lottery. I remember when I first came to this company and got my first taste of what life at Lilly was really like. I thought, "Lord help me, what have I gotten myself into." But since I was not willing to admit that I had made a mistake by taking this job, I put my head down, dug in, and just did my best to make it work. It was like being a dedicated spouse married to an abusive, alcoholic, bipolar spouse (who doesn't make much money, besides).
After years of washing down Cymbalta with a lot of vodka-laced corporate Kool-Aid, I was able to numb the pain somewhat. When I was let go, I realized how much of myself I had lost all because I didn't want to have an inconsistent employment record. I swear, I could "make the best" of anything after that experience. But I will never try that hard to please a company so undeserving ever again. Next time I will admit defeat and get out with my soul and my sanity.
Cymbalta with vodka? You better get yourself into a doctor for a liver panel, ASAP.
It's about 3 months since I left the company: SOPs and country / departmental mergers resulted in less productivity throughout the whole affiliate over the time. due to insane outsorcing initiatives (do i need to say six sigma?) it was necessary to finally spend 50% of the week with making up for things we already had up and running well in the past (mainly financial and IT but also sales and medical related issues) and end up with new, planless colleages in contractor positions (key users, focal points, subject matter experts) with less knowledge and increased costs alongside more bureaucracy. Tiring reporting / documentation tasks and adherence to inapplicable and unnecessary common practices rounded up the bunch of dozens useless recurring activities you need to do to fulfil your Lilly duties every day.
Mgmts decision to move to a new, utterly untempting office alongside a mindless, overworked line manager made my decision quite easy.
result:
no more PMs with hypothetical development plans that aren't worth they're written on
no more lying about "respect for people" in a humantarian wasteland with no remorse
no more useless trainings on my ITP on where to park my car or using handrails
no more SLAs when facing infrastructure / IT problems or "can i close the ticket?" calls from the helpdesk
bureaucracy back at a reasonable level that most ppl can bear
more money, more responsibility, more appreciation, better perspectives in a similar job
Even though i had some really good years with Lilly leaving was about the best thing I ever did.
It's about 3 months since I left the company: SOPs and country / departmental mergers resulted in less productivity throughout the whole affiliate over the time. due to insane outsorcing initiatives (do i need to say six sigma?) it was necessary to finally spend 50% of the week with making up for things we already had up and running well in the past (mainly financial and IT but also sales and medical related issues) and end up with new, planless colleages in contractor positions (key users, focal points, subject matter experts) with less knowledge and increased costs alongside more bureaucracy. Tiring reporting / documentation tasks and adherence to inapplicable and unnecessary common practices rounded up the bunch of dozens useless recurring activities you need to do to fulfil your Lilly duties every day.
Mgmts decision to move to a new, utterly untempting office alongside a mindless, overworked line manager made my decision quite easy.
result:
no more PMs with hypothetical development plans that aren't worth they're written on
no more lying about "respect for people" in a humantarian wasteland with no remorse
no more useless trainings on my ITP on where to park my car or using handrails
no more SLAs when facing infrastructure / IT problems or "can i close the ticket?" calls from the helpdesk
bureaucracy back at a reasonable level that most ppl can bear
more money, more responsibility, more appreciation, better perspectives in a similar job
Even though i had some really good years with Lilly leaving was about the best thing I ever did.
Great post. At the small company (around 100 people) I work at: 1) a single leader is the boss for everyone else. 2) no PM's - one short yearly meeting with the boss to review performance. 3) only 1-2 formal meetings PER WEEK - rest of the time you are expected to be doing your job, 4) everyone pitches in and tries to help each other in busy times. I am so thankful to experience this new environment!
Great post. At the small company (around 100 people) I work at: 1) a single leader is the boss for everyone else. 2) no PM's - one short yearly meeting with the boss to review performance. 3) only 1-2 formal meetings PER WEEK - rest of the time you are expected to be doing your job, 4) everyone pitches in and tries to help each other in busy times. I am so thankful to experience this new environment!
My new company has ~800 employees world wide, < $1 billion/year. We do have a PM process that was created by an ex-Lilly HR employee that was redeployed. Lilly HR must have laid off one of their smarter members though as the process is very sensible, no BS fluff, just a documentation of your major accomplishments and contributions for the year. Meetings with management are 10 minutes. The whole thing is less than two hours for the entire year. Meetings are as needed and to the point. Although safety is very important here (chemical manufacturing plant) the program makes sence -- they don't write you up because you don't have a PHM sticker on your hood for example.
