Anyone remember when Shire was awesome?

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anonymous

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I've been with the company for 15+ years and I do remember a time when this was a fantastic place to work.


It's almost unbelievable how fast it's turned into a shithole.
 
























I am 10+ years and remember it for the great company it once was. I felt sorry for the Baxalta folks following the acquisition thinking Shire was always like this and ruined their company while the Shire folks were looking at the car crash and thinking the same thing about Baxalta. The truth is that employees on both sides never figured in the equation. I never knew a company could be so terminally shafted in such a short time!
 


















I think most of us have worked for great companies, and have seen what happens to a company under weak leadership. Take these experiences and use them if you choose to look for a new job. Culture and how companies view its employees is paramount.
 






Great leadership would adjust goal attainment when they screw up the forecast. how long have these idiots been over forecasting rx’s In the NBU? When is the last time the NBU hit goal? Revenues are still growing in the NBU but yet the NBU doesn’t hit goal??? Great leaders would take the 96% and make that the new 100%. You want to increase RX’s!!! set reasonable goals and offer a ton of $$$ for exceeding goal... properly incentivizing reps will get you what you need.
 












i am nearing 20 years and I have seen ups and downs, things I liked, and things I didn’t like. However, never (until the past year) have I felt so blatantly un-valued (I know that’s not a word) and completely uninspired.

I don’t like being in a position where I don’t trust anything that leadership does or says. Endless mistakes, with no accountability whatsoever. No one cares.

I was hoping to retire here. For some reason, I have not been allowing myself to believe that this madness would be here to stay. I keep thinking “it’s gotta get better, this won’t continue” but it does, and then worsens.

I can’t imagine not working for Shire. Unfortunately, I am confident that soon I won’t have a choice....
 






anonymous said:
Shire went to hell—at least for the NBU—when Mike Yasick passed away. That man knew how to lead.
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Amen and God bless Mike Yasick. I have been in pharma for +25 years and put him at the top. A truly classy leader and gentleman.

I'm sickened how bad these locusts have ruined this company after Mike's death. Yes! Its been that bad that long.
 






anonymous said:
I am 10+ years and remember it for the great company it once was. I felt sorry for the Baxalta folks following the acquisition thinking Shire was always like this and ruined their company while the Shire folks were looking at the car crash and thinking the same thing about Baxalta. The truth is that employees on both sides never figured in the equation. I never knew a company could be so terminally shafted in such a short time!
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Baxalta here. Completely ruined us. Totally different businesses that have nothing to do with each other. Why would you combine an ADHD company with a plasma/rare disease company? Let’s throw in dry eye and short bowel disease to create an even bigger mess. Let’s hire people from the outside that sold pills to run the plasma and factor business because that will work out well. A complete mess. Complete and utter mess!!
 






Yes - I remember a time I loved working for this company & I’ve seen a lot of CEOs come & go over the years.
I saw FO present at the EU Summit last month & the consensus was “flat, uninspiring & demotivating”.
I don’t know at this point whether I want Takeda to buy us or I just want Fleming gone. Either way something needs to happen. Morale is rock bottom. Seeing an email go out to the Oncology Business Unit (and everyone else at the same time) to tell people that they’d been sold was despicable. Would it have really killed FO to have had a team call before the announcement? Senior leaders only knew about it minutes before the email. Communication is the worst I’ve seen it.

I was sad today when I realised I wasn’t actually sad about the company being sold. I should have been. It once had a great culture & spirit. Now people are overworked, undervalued & struggling to find a purpose in what they do.

Shire’s Biggest mistake in 30 odd years? Putting FO in as CEO.
 






Shire’s Biggest mistake in 30 odd years? Putting FO in as CEO.[/QUOTE said:
ABSolutely! I am a Shire Alum of over 15 years. Couldn’t agree more. (However I am grateful for the opportunity to have met some really great people from our other franchises!) Outside of that, It seems like FO has ruined several great businesses. It’s just so sad.
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anonymous said:
Yes - I remember a time I loved working for this company & I’ve seen a lot of CEOs come & go over the years.
I saw FO present at the EU Summit last month & the consensus was “flat, uninspiring & demotivating”.
I don’t know at this point whether I want Takeda to buy us or I just want Fleming gone. Either way something needs to happen. Morale is rock bottom. Seeing an email go out to the Oncology Business Unit (and everyone else at the same time) to tell people that they’d been sold was despicable. Would it have really killed FO to have had a team call before the announcement? Senior leaders only knew about it minutes before the email. Communication is the worst I’ve seen it.

I was sad today when I realised I wasn’t actually sad about the company being sold. I should have been. It once had a great culture & spirit. Now people are overworked, undervalued & struggling to find a purpose in what they do.

Shire’s Biggest mistake in 30 odd years? Putting FO in as CEO.
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^^^ This!
 












Shire was by far the best company I’ve ever worked for. About 2 1/2 years after Flemming took over and many management changes
it became a nightmare, I don’t see it
ever recovering. It became a get rich quick
scheme for the Shire 20 and many lives at
Shire and the companies they acquired have
been turned upside down. Unfortunately, the worst is yet to come.
 






Sad state of affairs. I'm sure that the European employees are treated better than we are here in the US... At least they have better employment laws than we do. Watch next year the personal/sick days will drop lower, I'm sure they'll take some other benefit away like they did with gym reimbursement this year. Eventually the week btwn Christmas and NY too. Flemming and Perry don't give a fuck about anyone but themselves and they have golden parachutes.
 






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