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Does anyone like working for Amgen anymore?

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Sure! Kevin, George and all the others everytime they check their bank accounts or hop on the company jets. They use everyone, get rid of anyone that is a threat and keep getting richer. Money is the root of all evil.
 












What is all this talk about the "ethical" reps being gone leaving no one but the "contract robots"?
Last time I checked, the "ethical" reps were the robots!! You know, the ones who mirror their detail after the dvd role play the company sends them!!!

Have fun giving a Rheum a strong clinical detail and pretending you know more than he does...I am sure that will work!
Price is everything now-a-days! The contract is everything! Open your eyes!
 




Best and Brightest ..... WHAT?

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Bullshit. You are not a manager. You are probably some loser that we didn't hire and you are working in some little piece of shit company as a low level assistant. Your pissed because we only hire the best and the brightest and you aren't it. Get off the board and get your boss a cup of coffee. Moron.
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Are you kidding us in the BioTech Industry with that line that Amgen only hires the best and brightest? Believe me, I've seen some of the resumes of those that are hired in the TO marketing group, and they are ANYTHING but the best. Their backgrounds are weak at best with some even coming from industry backgrounds other than pharma.

With all the problems Amegn is having (5.19.07), it's not hard to see that they really don't have a "talented" management staff that is anywhere near the "brightest or best".

If Amgen did they would have avoided most of the FDA, Medicare, Sales relations, and marketing problems they've created for themselves.

Amgen's only salvation will be to now use the "downsizing" to come, as a way to "weed out" these less experienced employees .... and hire people with SOLID EXPERIENCE in the BioTech/Pharma business. This includes getting rid of alot of the "20-30 year old" know nothing, inexperienced snots they have in the company.

Amgen needs to hire for experience ... not the old tired "young and cheap" approach. Look where its got them!
 




I love my job. I am in the field and spend most nights away from home but I am responsible for me only. Not for the 25 people who I supervised in my previous job. Every job has good and bad , but for me, I am here for the long haul. If I start to feel differently I can make the choice to look else where. We all have that option. Life is to short to be miserable. This is the job for me.
 




Amgen is still a great company to work for. People should be grateful for everything the opportunities that the company provides to its employees. Take a minute to reflect on how Amgen has helped you better your life outside of work.
 




Anonymous said:
All the ethical people are gone, they either quit or were fired. Which has magically turned out to be a BIG Plus +++++++ on thier Resume.
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im just glad i got to use the Amgen name for more money and a better job before these idiots ran the name into the ground. get out while it good once the name is gone you resume will be worth shit.
 




Anonymous said:
Bullshit. You are not a manager. You are probably some loser that we didn't hire and you are working in some little piece of shit company as a low level assistant. Your pissed because we only hire the best and the brightest and you aren't it. Get off the board and get your boss a cup of coffee. Moron.
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The only people who believe that "the best and the brightest" crap are the overindulged little pups who've been hearing it from mommy and daddy since they dropped out of mommy's hoo hoo. It's right up there with "you're a rock star" and "everyone's a winner". I'll bet you have a shelf full of "participant" trophies in your room too.

The best and brightest took the VTP and left Amgen two years ago. We had a great run with the company and knew when it was over. Now my biggest worry is whether to open a Cab or a Pinot with dinner. Thanks Amgen!
 




Anonymous said:
No one's been happy here (except the consultants/MBA's/excessive Directors/etc) since the George M. induced big-pharma restructuring back in 2001.
Wall Street isn't stupid. You can't bloat the expense side of the balance sheet with more entries than the 3-4 fold increase in revenue and expect net income to look good. Secondly, G.M. is the poster child of over promise and under delivering (check his comments from the old Glaxo days @ GSK website)
One of their little sycophant cronies (J Daley) recently said: " it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get up" well I don't believe the stockholders should give these clowns another chance to get up and lose us more of our hard earned money!
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Funny how this is spot on and still true. Being an executive director is great here. You make more than double of that of a director thanks to RSUs, performance units. These are huge. Don't forget the free limos and first class tickets. Once you're global services, you get perks for the entire family and your fequent flyer multiple is that much higher. Remember these 100s of thousands of miles are tax free and worth 10s of thousands. I also love my iphone.

All you reps and managers are grunts and think small. Because you think small, you will never make ED.
 




The test of a Great person is success at home with your family and not work. Work is only a means to an end . Because when the shit hits the fan your family will be there for you and your collegues will have list your number just like Obama lost John McCains.
 




Anonymous said:
Funny how this is spot on and still true. Being an executive director is great here. You make more than double of that of a director thanks to RSUs, performance units. These are huge. Don't forget the free limos and first class tickets. Once you're global services, you get perks for the entire family and your fequent flyer multiple is that much higher. Remember these 100s of thousands of miles are tax free and worth 10s of thousands. I also love my iphone.

All you reps and managers are grunts and think small. Because you think small, you will never make ED.
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You are a jerk and the problem with the company is that its full of jerks like you.
 
















As the poster said above, there are good financial benefits to working for Amgen; trying finding 10% 401K match elsewhere that vests immediately.

The grass is not greener anywhere else and at this point, no one is hiring really, and there will be alot of cuts moving forward.

Be happy you have a job, be happy you have a salary, at a nice 401k benefit, you get some form of bonus (think of those who don't), and you have health insurance. Meanwhile you're still getting valueable experience....constrast that with none if you don't have a job.

I say, thank you Amgen....its been a good ride with tough times and tougher times expected ahead. So it is what it is...and I'm in the NBU.
 




Anonymous said:
Be happy you have a job, be happy you have a salary, at a nice 401k benefit, you get some form of bonus (think of those who don't), and you have health insurance. Meanwhile you're still getting valueable experience....constrast that with none if you don't have a job.
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So those are my two choices? Working at Amgen with nice bennies or no job at all? Get real. Other companies pay competitive salaries and have comparable benefits. And they have the best benefit of all -- not being fucked up like Amgen. Unless you have no game and are unable to get another job, then sit tight and ride it out. Seeing the writing on the wall, I left a couple of years ago. Better pay and a working for bosses I actually respect. Best move I ever made.
 








Anonymous said:
So those are my two choices? Working at Amgen with nice bennies or no job at all? Get real. Other companies pay competitive salaries and have comparable benefits. And they have the best benefit of all -- not being fucked up like Amgen. Unless you have no game and are unable to get another job, then sit tight and ride it out. Seeing the writing on the wall, I left a couple of years ago. Better pay and a working for bosses I actually respect. Best move I ever made.
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I just don't understand why people post on a company's board for which they haven't worked in a couple of years. Let it go....It's our problem now.
 




Amgen is a horrible place to work. I would rather scrub a toilet with a toothbrush than work at that hell-hole! If you enjoy being stressed-out, then Amgen is the place for you!
 




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