Awful Quiet at B+L

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For a new CEO and Chairman hired to shake things up and make things happen it appears that nothing is happening at B+L. Maybe from the inside things are being stirred up but from the outside looking in it looks like nothing is happening.
 






Having worked there I can tell you the place is a black hole of despair.

The negativity that place generates is so massive that anything positive inside the organization collapses upon itself under the gravity of their negativity.

It even consumes positive things from the outside like crystalens and then implodes that upon itself.
 






Anonymous said:
Having worked there I can tell you the place is a black hole of despair.

The negativity that place generates is so massive that anything positive inside the organization collapses upon itself under the gravity of their negativity.

It even consumes positive things from the outside like crystalens and then implodes that upon itself.
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This is too bad. Since the salaries given out to employees probably do not match profits there is likely a constant fear that eventually the company will have to find a way to balance the budget (maybe through job losses). Also a constant fear of the company being sold is probably higher than at most companies because it is owned by a private equity firm.
 






Even if profits were high it would not matter as WP would take all the profits for its other business and eventually sell the company anyway.

That is why B+L is just a job for the moment and the employees do not feel they are working for a stronger more secure future at a successful company. Not much the employees can do to change the future one way or the other (low profits lose, high profits lose). The definition of a no win scenario.
 






They're sheep who have long since been sheared.

Their wings were clipped a long time ago.

They're all hat and no cattle.

The current management team has been optimized to achieve our current level of success.
 






Anonymous said:
They're sheep who have long since been sheared.

Their wings were clipped a long time ago.

They're all hat and no cattle.

The current management team has been optimized to achieve our current level of success.
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It does not even look like there is hay in the barn (no indication of new products for this company). There are just a few drugs in clinical trials nothing else indicated.

WP seems to have given up on R&D and is now using B&L simply as a generator of cash on only the currently sold products. Zero plans for future innovation or new products.
 






WP seems to have given up on R&D and is now using B&L simply as a generator of cash on only the currently sold products. Zero plans for future innovation or new products.

BINGO!!
 












Anonymous said:
It is quiet. Something will likely happen soon. I am guessing some kind of reorganization.
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Change at B+L will have to happen from within as there is little chance of a sale of one of the business units in the next year due to the business climate. Now is a good opportunity to make a change that will create efficiencies, expedite product approvals, streamline the business, and focus the business on accomplishing goals not just within the required time frame requested but ahead of schedule.

If the turn around happens this year then next year at this time B+L will be looking pretty and could file an IPO or be sold to a good company.
 










































Anonymous said:
Probably a message that they are cutting half the sales force. It seems like the perfect Christmas gift!
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I am with you on this one. The silence is down right frightening. I think we could be getting a nasty Christmas suprise. Too many reps here and not enough profit to support the increased sales force. Has anyone see any real data about where we are on goals/sales for the year?
 






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