Is the goal to get everyone to quit?

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the point behind this long argument. If you've left the company and think it was an awful place, then why are you wasting your precious time posting about it. If you're still with the company and don't like it, then I suggest you spend your time looking for a job instead of complaining.

I agree that it's a wave of change. We have a new CEO and he's working on making the yo changes, but it won't happen overnight. Stu was a financial genius but he didn't care about the people nor did he know how to effectively manage them-- hence the change in leadership.

Again, naivety perfectly demonstrated. The fact is the people that are complaining on this site are looking for positions elsewhere or are planning their "exit strategy". This string, and others, serves 1) as a place to vent frustrations in the meantime, and 2) discuss/debate serious management issues with Integra. NEWS FLASH: the internet is full of blogs and other public domains where discussions are conducted; if their presence annoys you then don't participate.

And anyone that thinks that one (1) person can change an entire company and it's ingrained culture is kidding themselves. You can rewrite all the corporate policies you want, change the evaluation process, have as many annoying pizza party's as budget allows, but the truth is once a culture is created it is almost impossible to change. That's because it's the attitudes and conduct of each individual employee of Integra that, collectively, creates the corporate culture. Not a bunch of written policies.

 

[Anonymous]

Again, naivety perfectly demonstrated. The fact is the people that are complaining on this site are looking for positions elsewhere or are planning their "exit strategy". This string, and others, serves 1) as a place to vent frustrations in the meantime, and 2) discuss/debate serious management issues with Integra. NEWS FLASH: the internet is full of blogs and other public domains where discussions are conducted; if their presence annoys you then don't participate.

And anyone that thinks that one (1) person can change an entire company and it's ingrained culture is kidding themselves. You can rewrite all the corporate policies you want, change the evaluation process, have as many annoying pizza party's as budget allows, but the truth is once a culture is created it is almost impossible to change. That's because it's the attitudes and conduct of each individual employee of Integra that, collectively, creates the corporate culture. Not a bunch of written policies.

Clearly they annoy you. Please read up on the changes Jack Welch made in GE in the 70s, in addition to Fred Hassan's strategy for Schering-Plough's transformation (now part of Merck, as planned), and how these CEOs managed to turn their organizations around. These are just 2 names off the top of my head, there are many more. (Check out Steve Jobs, James Goodnight, etc.) And why go far? It was Stu who made Integra what it is today.

 

[Shareholder]

Over a year later from these posts and we are still in the same place. Hello!!!! Anyone out there? HR and certain other ppl in top management (recon/neuro) are ruining this place - moral, etc. Sales ppl and the supporting teams bust butt to make Integra profitable, while HR and exec leadership are destroying the work.
Stop spending excessive and unneccesary money in marketing and for marketing when your ppl are mediocre at best. Stop hiring and promoting the wrong ppl into VP or "head" positions! Stop launching products with very little planning...Stop!!! Think about promoting and developing internal talent that deserves the promotions. Invest in pipeline. The vision should be clear!

Shareholders beware - watch out for these ppl (Padma and her selections), presidents running divisions (The Bobs), and all the selections "the Bobs'" have made. Push hard for a management shakeup!

 

[Anonymous]

This place is a joke. No NSM, no mcp implants, constant back orders on NeuraGen and Panta implants and TFS2 launch debacle. And reps getting fined for mismanaging inventory with a system that the company admits isn't very good, which is why they've been looking to get a new system for a year now. Prices keep going up and new CMS ruling crushes reimbursement. Get ready for another wave of huge turnovers. Good job Integra, way to limit Uncertainty.

 

[Anonymous]

This place is a joke. No NSM, no mcp implants, constant back orders on NeuraGen and Panta implants and TFS2 launch debacle. And reps getting fined for mismanaging inventory with a system that the company admits isn't very good, which is why they've been looking to get a new system for a year now. Prices keep going up and new CMS ruling crushes reimbursement. Get ready for another wave of huge turnovers. Good job Integra, way to limit Uncertainty.

My notice goes in Monday. Merry Christmas everyone!! it's been an ok run, but tired of the lack of resolve of field issues and minimal communication to those of us in the trenches.

 

[Anonymous]

I was also lied to regarding the projected first year realistic income...a $30,000 lie. At the time the comp plan was decent, simple and based on territory sales revenue at the time it could have been computed by my ten year old. Check this out...during my final interview the VP of sales actually nodded off, I thought his head was going to slam down on his desk. Like most of us I am an energentic type A went in with a lot of passion and had quit, clear concise answers and although not perfect I am not a boring guy. This fellow clearly had a rough night.

 

[Anonymous]

Over a year later from these posts and we are still in the same place. Hello!!!! Anyone out there? HR and certain other ppl in top management (recon/neuro) are ruining this place - moral, etc. Sales ppl and the supporting teams bust butt to make Integra profitable, while HR and exec leadership are destroying the work.
Stop spending excessive and unneccesary money in marketing and for marketing when your ppl are mediocre at best. Stop hiring and promoting the wrong ppl into VP or "head" positions! Stop launching products with very little planning...Stop!!! Think about promoting and developing internal talent that deserves the promotions. Invest in pipeline. The vision should be clear!

Shareholders beware - watch out for these ppl (Padma and her selections), presidents running divisions (The Bobs), and all the selections "the Bobs'" have made. Push hard for a management shakeup!

PADMA has to GO! She made some tehnical improvements but moral shifts in disaterous ways. She brought in Teresa who has brought a dark cloud to Recon!

Read this with a wisdom!