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When I accepted the offer to work for Lilly, I was very motivated. I had high expectations for the company as did they for me. Now that I have worked almost eight years in this mess of a corporation, all of my motivation is gone and I could care less about my performance. There was a time when I was proud to say that I worked for Lilly, now I try to avoid mentioning who I work for. I am quite sure that I am not the only one who feels this way. It is such a shame that a great employer has forgotten what made them great to begin with.
 


















Yup - bending over for socialists in the gov't, contributing to Harry Reid's campaign, supporting a wildly unpopular healthcare bill, hiring mgrs because they had good sales data but have no managerial skill, contributing to GLEAM to outreach to gay teens, promoting unqualified people obviously for quota (I mean diversity) purposes - it goes on and on with the terrible decisions - and our results....over promising to wall street and under delivering, patent expiration after patent expiration, failed clinical trial after failed clinical trial - the water's coming in, the ship appears about to sink...Lilly has lost its way....
 






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Yup - bending over for socialists in the gov't, contributing to Harry Reid's campaign, supporting a wildly unpopular healthcare bill, hiring mgrs because they had good sales data but have no managerial skill, contributing to GLEAM to outreach to gay teens, promoting unqualified people obviously for quota (I mean diversity) purposes - it goes on and on with the terrible decisions - and our results....over promising to wall street and under delivering, patent expiration after patent expiration, failed clinical trial after failed clinical trial - the water's coming in, the ship appears about to sink...Lilly has lost its way....
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To you the glass seems half empty, but to me it is half full. What about the stellar updates I made to the main lobby, the in-house museum or the 11th and 12th floors. My contributions will be admired for years to come. Not only that, but I have ensured that my executive staff will enjoy a rich retirement. You have to look at the BIG PICTURE. You detail guys are alway so negative.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$ JL $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
 






Anonymous said:
When I accepted the offer to work for Lilly, I was very motivated. I had high expectations for the company as did they for me. Now that I have worked almost eight years in this mess of a corporation, all of my motivation is gone and I could care less about my performance. There was a time when I was proud to say that I worked for Lilly, now I try to avoid mentioning who I work for. I am quite sure that I am not the only one who feels this way. It is such a shame that a great employer has forgotten what made them great to begin with.
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Don't worry about Lilly, they have continuous recruitment advertisements to replace you.
 






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To you the glass seems half empty, but to me it is half full. What about the stellar updates I made to the main lobby, the in-house museum or the 11th and 12th floors. My contributions will be admired for years to come. Not only that, but I have ensured that my executive staff will enjoy a rich retirement. You have to look at the BIG PICTURE. You detail guys are alway so negative.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$ JL $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Take a look at the stock price since the 1980s, $$JL$$. You are headed back to $10/share, thanks to your exceptional employees. Who are you going to blame when the only employees left are exceptional employees who spend half their time thinking about their PM, a quarter of their time in office politics, and maybe work the equivalent of a day per week - during a good week? http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=LLY&t=my&l=off&z=l&q=l&p=m200&a=&c= Read it and weep. You are reaping precisely what you have sown.
 






A friend of a friend is a retired Director. His stock portfolio is derived from a list of "The top 100 US companies to work for" - which was then filtered to exclude the 80 he didn't like. This is the Pareto principle: The top 20% produce 80% of positive results.

Do you think that LLY was in the the 20% of the "top 100" or in the remainder?

Think about it.
 






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Take a look at the stock price since the 1980s, $$JL$$. You are headed back to $10/share, thanks to your exceptional employees. Who are you going to blame when the only employees left are exceptional employees who spend half their time thinking about their PM, a quarter of their time in office politics, and maybe work the equivalent of a day per week - during a good week? http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=LLY&t=my&l=off&z=l&q=l&p=m200&a=&c= Read it and weep. You are reaping precisely what you have sown.
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You have to focus on the big picture to be CEO. It you were to perform the same analysis on my net worth you would see a continuous and exponential rise year after year. My net worth is the only "Answer that Matters". Chaaaaaaa...ching!! JL
 












How can anyone explain this: both the banking industry and the pharmaceutical industry have done a lot of good, and a lot of damage, to the public. However, when things "go south" the banking industry gets rescued by the government, but the pharma industry does not?

I will give you 1) they both have done illegal things, 2) we need them both, 3) job losses were potentially vast, 4) business ethics may be quite different.
 






Anonymous said:
When I accepted the offer to work for Lilly, I was very motivated. I had high expectations for the company as did they for me. Now that I have worked almost eight years in this mess of a corporation, all of my motivation is gone and I could care less about my performance. There was a time when I was proud to say that I worked for Lilly, now I try to avoid mentioning who I work for. I am quite sure that I am not the only one who feels this way. It is such a shame that a great employer has forgotten what made them great to begin with.
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ditto, I have worked for lilly 25 years. I also had High hopes that have been slowly knocked out of me by bad supervision and constent negativity. My only hope is to get 80 points and get out of there. I also used to be proud to work at lilly. Now most people I talk to feel sorry for me for working there. I am disapointed in Lilly.
 






Ditto. I worked at another local employer before I came to Lilly. One day they introduced a new guy that had been "lured away" from Lilly.

That guy didn't last long in the real world where he had to be competent and accountable. Within a year or so he left and went back to Lilly. Pretty sure he's still there.

I'm sad to say, this story didn't quite register with me until I'd left that employer and been with Lilly for 5 years or so. By then, all my marketable skills were stale, and leaving would mean stepping down in pay.

With perfect hindsight, I wish I had gone back and taken classes even then and gotten out of there... I could have easily recovered... but now I'm stuck hoping against any reasonable hope that I can somehow make it to 80 points...

Of course, my job, and all the other jobs below about 74/10 or so will be long contracted away before I get within a sniff of that milestone. That's the rosy scenario. That's if we don't get bought and shut down.

I too cared when I came to Lilly, and in fact I still care. I suspect everyone else who has posted here also cares -- what happens is Pavlov's conditioning. When you press the lever so often and get shocked every time, you stop pressing the lever. You don't necessarily stop hoping, but you stop pressing.
 






Anonymous said:
When I accepted the offer to work for Lilly, I was very motivated. I had high expectations for the company as did they for me. Now that I have worked almost eight years in this mess of a corporation, all of my motivation is gone and I could care less about my performance. There was a time when I was proud to say that I worked for Lilly, now I try to avoid mentioning who I work for. I am quite sure that I am not the only one who feels this way. It is such a shame that a great employer has forgotten what made them great to begin with.
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MS: Thanks for writing for me.
 






Anonymous said:
Ditto. I worked at another local employer before I came to Lilly. One day they introduced a new guy that had been "lured away" from Lilly.

That guy didn't last long in the real world where he had to be competent and accountable. Within a year or so he left and went back to Lilly. Pretty sure he's still there.

I'm sad to say, this story didn't quite register with me until I'd left that employer and been with Lilly for 5 years or so. By then, all my marketable skills were stale, and leaving would mean stepping down in pay.

With perfect hindsight, I wish I had gone back and taken classes even then and gotten out of there... I could have easily recovered... but now I'm stuck hoping against any reasonable hope that I can somehow make it to 80 points...

Of course, my job, and all the other jobs below about 74/10 or so will be long contracted away before I get within a sniff of that milestone. That's the rosy scenario. That's if we don't get bought and shut down.

I too cared when I came to Lilly, and in fact I still care. I suspect everyone else who has posted here also cares -- what happens is Pavlov's conditioning. When you press the lever so often and get shocked every time, you stop pressing the lever. You don't necessarily stop hoping, but you stop pressing.
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To the contrary: Hate to burst your bubble, but most companies in Indy do not even begin to compare with what we have at Lilly. I know. I went elsewhere and it is a sorry mess, nowhere near as good as what I had at Lilly. I'd be very happy to go back. Everyone does not have your experience or opinion (and you're entitled to it). It is true that everyone is concerned about staying at Lilly until retirement, very sadly so. But, trust me, outside of Lilly in Indpls., it is NOT a pretty picture.
 






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To the contrary: Hate to burst your bubble, but most companies in Indy do not even begin to compare with what we have at Lilly. I know. I went elsewhere and it is a sorry mess, nowhere near as good as what I had at Lilly. I'd be very happy to go back. Everyone does not have your experience or opinion (and you're entitled to it). It is true that everyone is concerned about staying at Lilly until retirement, very sadly so. But, trust me, outside of Lilly in Indpls., it is NOT a pretty picture.
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And to clarify, my skills are better than those of my new coworkers. The scenarios in other local companies are unbelievable - poor management and truly dysfunctional environments. The fear for those who have landed in this mess is that their skills will rot while they look for yet another opportunity elsewhere. Very few good choices in Indy.
 






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