- cafead   Mar 05, 2010 at 04:29: PM
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The company sucks. The real problem lies with the corporate culture. Lack of qualified personnel/management at the top of the organization who are yes men to CEO and make millions of bucks even if they bring the worse product in the market. People who knew that these products have issues however they launch them for public to make their bonuses. They layoff qualified people and they hire and promote yes men in the organization.
You are absolutely right...qualified personnel at Merck is a thing of the past...all they care about any longer is how they look to the stockholders, they've lost focus, leadership abilities, not to mention, caring about they're employees, they no longer care no only about they're employees, but have no clue as to how each department is running...they will continue to farm out every postition they can. The quality of Merck has deteriorated along with the lack of knowledge and no how...the board members sit on they're high thrones, making all kinds of money, with not a clue of what is going on within the company, nor do they care, long as they receive they're pay checks and bonus...it is an insult to they're employees...how dare they run this company so ineffectively...no communication what so ever...they make idiotic decissions, and have yes men running the company...the care nothing about they're customers or they're employees any longer. They have insulted and embarrassed the great business Mr. George Merck worked so hard to create.
The way they run the company is apparently not as idiotic as your grammar. It is "their", not "they're". It is "know how" not "no how". It is “whatsoever”, not “what so ever”. If you are going to blast people, perhaps you should try to appear intelligent yourself before doing so.
I am not defending upper management, but how do you expect things to change when you represent yourself so poorly?
Lighten up, I believe everyone gets the point this poster was making.
talk about attitude
your a perfect example
lets go forward with discussion and leave the spelling police at home.
there are more important issues to discuss here
You mean "you're" and "let's"
Sorry, I'm a different person to the one above, but I just can't get past the idea of people criticising the professionalism of the leadership, yet can't string a paragraph together without making basic spelling errors.
Pot, kettle?
Lighten up, I believe everyone gets the point this poster was making.
talk about attitude
your a perfect example
lets go forward with discussion and leave the spelling police at home.
there are more important issues to discuss here
"During my many years at Merck"
I love it when sales folks, working in the field, state that they "worked at the company for many years", as opposed to "working for the company"......I worked "at Merck", as in clinical research in Rahway, for 5.5 years. It was far and away the most scientific, ethical and meritocrical (Ok, made up word) company I worked with over my 25 years in drug development, and now that I'm in biotech Merck is by far the company with whom I would love to partner our programs.
OK, I get it - the life in pharma detailing is much tougher than in past years, with (likely) inflated sales goals for incentive pay/bonuses/commissions, so I understand the reason for all the bitching on this site. Honestly. But please don't think that you really "know" the culture of an entire company from how you may be treated in sales/detailing. I'm not defending how you may be treated, just saying it's kind of like the blind men examining the elephant, and all you know is the trunk.......
Ken Frazier does not care about the people who work for this company....who built this company. His job is to make the Wall Street numbers look good and keep the streak of profitable quarters alive. I hope he realizes the morale problem this company has and will have as long as he is CEO. All senior management now view people as a number and this will take years to change this environment around. No wonder people are avoiding this company for employment. Look at the surveys conducted internally and you will see the turmoil this company has throughout the organization.
You mean "you're" and "let's"
Sorry, I'm a different person to the one above, but I just can't get past the idea of people criticising the professionalism of the leadership, yet can't string a paragraph together without making basic spelling errors.
Pot, kettle?
> Word around the water cooler is he is retiring soon and they are due to announce a successor shortly.