Is Pops a racist?

[anonymous]

Makes sense to me

 

[anonymous]

Yeah that town hall speech was terrible. We don’t need anymore elite white men on the board. How does he still have a job after today

Nor do we need any blk men on the board!

 

[anonymous]

I don't think he's a racist. Just a woke virtue signaler. Kinda like Alkermes in general. Maybe they'll wake up one day and realize iver 50% of their employees don't buy into the liberal Boston BS woke game and it is extremely demotivating. Who knows.

Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding!

 

[anonymous]

The ONE job of any CEO is to make money for the shareholders. Period...full stop.

Rich is demonstrably bad at doing this and Sarissa knows it. Decades of evidence (and Friday's closing price of $25.60) prove this. Why would Rich even think he deserves to keep his job?

 

[anonymous]

If anyone has not yet read the Sarissa press release from July 6th you absolutely should. Here is the link again:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...a-Capital-Comments-on-Alkermes-Annual-Meeting

My favorite part is when they refer to Rich as "low class" and "self-serving" Ouch! And so on the money!

 

[anonymous]

Rich has lost the support and respect of the field. That is the beginning of the end for him.

 

[anonymous]

Rich...you have already missed the opportunity to make a graceful exit. The question now is: How much more ignominy do you want to heap on yourself before you accept the inevitable?

 

[anonymous]

Rich...you have already missed the opportunity to make a graceful exit. The question now is: How much more ignominy do you want to heap on yourself before you accept the inevitable?

That's right. Most CEOs exit under a huge golden parachute...Rich's exit is beginning to look more like a perp walk!

 

[anonymous]

Time for a leadership overhaul. Pops, Nichols, Ferguson all need to go. I’ve never seen lower EQ in a leadership group. Corresponding result is a sales force that is completely disillusioned. Field has zero input regarding anything and that is why the Lybalvi launch has been a complete mess. Compliance and legal won’t approve anything so we are at a complete competitive disadvantage.

 

[anonymous]

WAIT! WAIT! Isn’t Pops a white man? Can’t be so that he’s an inadequate leader.

 

[anonymous]

Time for a leadership overhaul. Pops, Nichols, Ferguson all need to go. I’ve never seen lower EQ in a leadership group. Corresponding result is a sales force that is completely disillusioned. Field has zero input regarding anything and that is why the Lybalvi launch has been a complete mess. Compliance and legal won’t approve anything so we are at a complete competitive disadvantage.

The sub-level EQ you mention is rampant at every level. These "leaders" and their minions couldn't motivate people to get out of a burning building.

 

[anonymous]

Pops is not a racist. He's just a rich virtue signaler. I'm not a racist, "we just appointed 2 minorities to our board". Didn't say much about their abilities, experience or anything like that. I think that speaks volumes.

 

[anonymous]

The board appointments are virtue signaling yes men for him. Because when it comes to hiring people on the commercial side, he’s hired nothing but white men.

 

[anonymous]

Oh wow - he called a black person black and a white person white?? The nerve of this guy!

Didn’t Archie Bunker talk about Black Elmo and Regular Elmo?

 

[anonymous]

Crazy honky cracker

 

[anonymous]

Pops is an oily creep.

 

[anonymous]

Pops is an oily creep.

with our stock price continuing to drop he better do something to save money and save face with investors and Wall Street . May I suggest eliminating useless positions like the kams??

 

[anonymous]

with our stock price continuing to drop he better do something to save money and save face with investors and Wall Street . May I suggest eliminating useless positions like the kams??

AMEN!!!

 

[anonymous]

Can any of the KAM haters do math? Let's say a KAM costs $300k / year all in with benefits. How many are there? 30? 40? So maybe they are $10-12mm per year in expense. That's 1% of Alkermes total spend. More? OK, round up. 2%? Regardless of their impact, or lack thereof, a board is not going to focus on such a tiny operational element, and eliminating them (whether it is a good idea or not) is not going to solve the bigger picture problems that Sarissa is ranting about. Stop screeching and start thinking. Jeez.

 

[anonymous]

Can any of the KAM haters do math? Let's say a KAM costs $300k / year all in with benefits. How many are there? 30? 40? So maybe they are $10-12mm per year in expense. That's 1% of Alkermes total spend. More? OK, round up. 2%? Regardless of their impact, or lack thereof, a board is not going to focus on such a tiny operational element, and eliminating them (whether it is a good idea or not) is not going to solve the bigger picture problems that Sarissa is ranting about. Stop screeching and start thinking. Jeez.

Are you serious? This company stopped paying for internet service, lol. I think 10-12 million would be a nice savings. Cut the useless kams.