Is this a good gig in 2016?

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anonymous said:
Secrets? OIG investigation is complete, massive fine to be paid, you will now be under a CIA. Have fun!
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er, just go look for news on alexion today..... something about alexion drug sale practices target of internal investigation.

You have to admit that's a bit funny considering your post. Comedy, it's all about timing.
 






Wow, named patient sales model and they can't determine if the sales figures are correct? There has got to be a lot more to this or else the company would have released the 10-K by now. So much for the last 2 or 3 years options.
 






anonymous said:
Wow, named patient sales model and they can't determine if the sales figures are correct? There has got to be a lot more to this or else the company would have released the 10-K by now. So much for the last 2 or 3 years options.
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The 10-K is the year end report. The company has delayed the filing on the 3rd quarter 10-Q.
 






Very interesting, looks like a lot of truth about the company has been told...
https://www.thestreet.com/story/139...-firings-amidst-drug-sales-investigation.html

Of course, according to obvious ALXN people writing on this blog, those who criticized the company were just 'poor performers' and 'bad hires'. So glad to have left idiots behind who acted so arrogantly in treating the company like their personal fiefdom and this certainly helps justify the critique of ALXN on these pages.
 
























Funny isn't it. As soon as the truth starts to come out the Alexion acolytes have gone very quiet...what do you have to say for yourselves now? You are an embarrassment to your profession and the Pharma/biotech industry, helping to create a negative image of others who are trying to do the right thing.
In criticizing others you were either too arrogant to accept what was going on was wrong or too stupid to notice it. Either way, it doesn't exactly give you much credit.
 






anonymous said:
Funny isn't it. As soon as the truth starts to come out the Alexion acolytes have gone very quiet...what do you have to say for yourselves now? You are an embarrassment to your profession and the Pharma/biotech industry, helping to create a negative image of others who are trying to do the right thing.
In criticizing others you were either too arrogant to accept what was going on was wrong or too stupid to notice it. Either way, it doesn't exactly give you much credit.
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What is embarrassing is to see low class people like you that make statements like that before any any charges are brought up or actual stated wrong doings prior to the filing of the 10-Q and/or updates from the investigation.

Here is a novel idea. Let's wait for actual facts.
 












I worked at Alexion for 8 years and recently got out. During that time, I met some really great people, gained a great deal of experience and benefited financially from Alexion’s growth. Work / life balance was always an issue. I was required to work more than I really cared to, but it was pretty much the same as other public companies in the 21st century. All that being said, I saw some of my colleagues get absolutely crushed by this company. 80+ hours per week, nights, weekends, no backup so no time for vacation. I did not experience that and would not have put up with it, not for any amount of money.

The work / life balance got better over time. In the beginning, we were severely understaffed. People had responsibilities that would be the equivalent to 2 or 3 jobs in other companies. The company grew, hired more people and that aspect got better. However, a new problem emerged. We had all these new people but nobody had a clear understanding of what their role was in the new organization. In addition, the new hires were disproportionately director level and higher. They were strategic thinkers and more accustomed to leading rather than rolling up their sleeves and doing the work. The work day changed from 12 hour days of doing actual work to 10 hour days of sitting in meetings trying to figure out who was going to do the actual work. Despite the longer hours, I found it more satisfying in the beginning.

Upper management is very much out of touch with the level of effort and associated costs associated with enterprise-wide projects. There was no prioritization, projects were underfunded and we took on more than we could reasonably handle. The end result was project overruns, some out and out failures and most of the time, projects being completed without realizing all of the benefits that were expected. This lack of prioritization is what lead to the work/life issues mentioned earlier.

So, would I recommend Alexion as a good place to work in 2016? For me, it was time to move on. Prior to recent events, I would have recommended Alexion as a good place to work for others. After all, most of the new hires that I knew in my last days there seemed to be pretty happy with the place. However, given recent events, I would be cautious and wait to see what the fallout is. I would also be very cautious of your work/life expectations. If you want a 40 hour a week job, Alexion is not for you. In the end, I think Alexion will be fine and maybe an even end up being a better place to work. However, there will likely be some tough times ahead in the short term.
 












anonymous said:
Maybe you can go back to reading TMZ for your daily scandal update.
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In reality, let me guess that some of the old timers know exactly what everyone is talking about but are not saying. I will hypothesise that anyone who has their strong suspicions of potential bad behavior doesn't need to read anything to know whether it happened, or not. Is that a loose enough statement of theorizing any possible wrongdoing that may or may not have taken place?

How's the cool aid going down? I'd be pretty pissed if I worked my ass off for a company who gave me stock and then maybe or maybe not acted in a bad way to drive down the value of that stock by over 40% in 12 months while the CEO decides to leave and gets $3.5m in cash plus equity...Hardly seems fair to the everyday folk like yourself who keep on defending the company. What would you get tomorrow if you turned to the company and said you wanted to leave for personal reasons? A nice fat payoff?
 






anonymous said:
In reality, let me guess that some of the old timers know exactly what everyone is talking about but are not saying. I will hypothesise that anyone who has their strong suspicions of potential bad behavior doesn't need to read anything to know whether it happened, or not. Is that a loose enough statement of theorizing any possible wrongdoing that may or may not have taken place?

How's the cool aid going down? I'd be pretty pissed if I worked my ass off for a company who gave me stock and then maybe or maybe not acted in a bad way to drive down the value of that stock by over 40% in 12 months while the CEO decides to leave and gets $3.5m in cash plus equity...Hardly seems fair to the everyday folk like yourself who keep on defending the company. What would you get tomorrow if you turned to the company and said you wanted to leave for personal reasons? A nice fat payoff?
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I prefer waiting for the facts to come out before trying to make conclusions based on rumors.
 












anonymous said:
And maybe you should stop trolling Cafe Pharma and adhere to the company's Code of Conduct for once yourself. Face it the gig is up, just wait for the facts many people warned of the obvious internally over the years.
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Perhaps you want to then contact the board moderator and let them know you are upset with someone calling you out for making stuff up (which you falsely label as facts) and how you think you are adhering to the Code of Conduct in making up things without having a factual basis to begin with. You should be ashamed of your poor behavior.

Tell us again as to whom is the troll.
 






anonymous said:
And maybe you should stop trolling Cafe Pharma and adhere to the company's Code of Conduct for once yourself. Face it the gig is up, just wait for the facts many people warned of the obvious internally over the years.
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Maybe you could show us where the Code of Conducts shows us that we are to make up things or consider rumors as facts.

Go away, troll.
 


















Only 2 more business days left in the year. Will the 3rd quarter financial report be reported by January like management said it would? The anticipation is so exciting! Oh where oh where will the stock price go?
 






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