It's hitting the fan on November 8th

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You heard it here first. What JL has to announce on the all company conference call will take everyone by surprise! The final elimination will be announced then....... and then some! Be prepared.
 












Is John leaving now that Lilly has successfully weathered the YZ storm as a result of this leadership and strategy? The great pipeline that he and Sidney produced will be rewarding stockholders for centuries to come. His critics have been silenced by his unquestionable success and humble attitude.
 






Anonymous said:
Is John leaving now that Lilly has successfully weathered the YZ storm as a result of this leadership and strategy? The great pipeline that he and Sidney produced will be rewarding stockholders for centuries to come. His critics have been silenced by his unquestionable success and humble attitude.
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I heard John is to be a nominee for dual Nobel Prize, Peace and Chemistry.

Last one was Linus Pauling.
 




































December sounds more correct. I am hearing that 1,340 will be reallocated. For IT, this is likely to be the final death knell. It probably means a deal with IBM is about to be inked. There aren't 1,340 IT left and this will cause cuts in other areas. They are currently working on the consolidation of management for this large cut. A cut in directors and managers is about to take place. Managers are under extreme stress now because they know it is coming. It will get dicey in November as the masses start hearing more about the cut. The plan they formulated a few years back is falling apart. They just want to get more employees out the door now. Remember when Heim lied by saying, "I don't understand all the anxiety out there. Most of you will still be here."
 






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December sounds more correct. I am hearing that 1,340 will be reallocated. For IT, this is likely to be the final death knell. It probably means a deal with IBM is about to be inked. There aren't 1,340 IT left and this will cause cuts in other areas. They are currently working on the consolidation of management for this large cut. A cut in directors and managers is about to take place. Managers are under extreme stress now because they know it is coming. It will get dicey in November as the masses start hearing more about the cut. The plan they formulated a few years back is falling apart. They just want to get more employees out the door now. Remember when Heim lied by saying, "I don't understand all the anxiety out there. Most of you will still be here."
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Actually this has been the plan all along. Eliminating all the management ranks in IT will save a bundle. IBM will take those who possess any marketable IT skills and bypass the rest. Now that IT is primarily run by contract workforces who have their own tier of management, Lilly IT is only overhead that adds no value. A Six Sigma team calculated the impact of eliminating IT management about 18 months ago. The numbers clearly stand out. Symphony was supposed to eliminate levels, but the whole director vs sr director thing is a complete joke. The plan is to only keep the VPs and sr directors. All other levels will be discarded. The only question is, will they announce this before or after Christmas break?
 












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Actually this has been the plan all along. Eliminating all the management ranks in IT will save a bundle. IBM will take those who possess any marketable IT skills and bypass the rest. Now that IT is primarily run by contract workforces who have their own tier of management, Lilly IT is only overhead that adds no value. A Six Sigma team calculated the impact of eliminating IT management about 18 months ago. The numbers clearly stand out. Symphony was supposed to eliminate levels, but the whole director vs sr director thing is a complete joke. The plan is to only keep the VPs and sr directors. All other levels will be discarded. The only question is, will they announce this before or after Christmas break?
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Eliminating all IT is damaging to Lilly as well. Part of running a successful corporation is a reasonable IT strategy, counting on external IT vendors to deliver this strategy is the same as counting on building contractors to manage your physical facilities, a bunch of excess building occurs. I am not saying existing IT management should be retained, just that Lilly needs to maintain control of the IT architecture and systems used to run the business. Six sigma needs to look at more than the cost of internal IT management, they need to consider what benefits would be lost if all of Lilly IT management is eliminated.
 






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Eliminating all IT is damaging to Lilly as well. Part of running a successful corporation is a reasonable IT strategy, counting on external IT vendors to deliver this strategy is the same as counting on building contractors to manage your physical facilities, a bunch of excess building occurs. I am not saying existing IT management should be retained, just that Lilly needs to maintain control of the IT architecture and systems used to run the business. Six sigma needs to look at more than the cost of internal IT management, they need to consider what benefits would be lost if all of Lilly IT management is eliminated.
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You're preaching to the choir. Go tell Mr. Heim.
 






Anonymous said:
December sounds more correct. I am hearing that 1,340 will be reallocated. For IT, this is likely to be the final death knell. It probably means a deal with IBM is about to be inked. There aren't 1,340 IT left and this will cause cuts in other areas. They are currently working on the consolidation of management for this large cut. A cut in directors and managers is about to take place. Managers are under extreme stress now because they know it is coming. It will get dicey in November as the masses start hearing more about the cut. The plan they formulated a few years back is falling apart. They just want to get more employees out the door now. Remember when Heim lied by saying, "I don't understand all the anxiety out there. Most of you will still be here."
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Ex-IT FTE here. I've been out over a year now, but if I remember correctly (check me), USIT under Heim was at about 2000 FTEs last summer. The stated goal was a 40% reduction by EOY 2011, or about 800 heads. That would leave about 1200 if that goal has been reached. Sounds like the target has changed. I guess HR rebaselined their IT restructuring project (again).
 






The IT group at Lilly has sucked for years and years. They have been routinely scourned by every other function in the US. May as well outsource the whole damn thing. It could not be any worse.
 






























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