Layoffs Have Begun

[anonymous]

This. It absolutely has to do with race and it happens all the time in tech.

Once Indians make their way into management and have power over hiring, culturally they do tend to favor other Indians as a consequence of their family-centric culture and a general human inclination towards alikeness bias.

It’s just easier for them to get away with the tribe mentality because they can cloak it as diversity. And it’s not necessarily just Indians, basically anyone in mgmt who isn’t straight and white can get away with doing this. Indians are just less subtle about it because they especially don’t really seem to see nepotism as a bad thing.

There are ENTIRE IT departments at Merck that are nothing but Indian. Meanwhile the company is continually lecturing everyone about white racism.

Merck wants to outsource even more IT to India and that includes specialized stuff.

 

[anonymous]

There are ENTIRE IT departments at Merck that are nothing but Indian. Meanwhile the company is continually lecturing everyone about white racism.

Merck wants to outsource even more IT to India and that includes specialized stuff.

Oh im so sorry for you. Spoken like the typical middle aged white male who believes they’ve been discriminated on.

get real

 

[anonymous]

Oh im so sorry for you. Spoken like the typical middle aged white male who believes they’ve been discriminated on.

get real

You need to get real, everyone discriminates. I am Indian and watch Indians discriminate against other Indians.

 

[anonymous]

You need to get real, everyone discriminates. I am Indian and watch Indians discriminate against other Indians.

You guys are the absolute worst. How on earth can you still operate a caste system in the twenty first century?

 

[anonymous]

You need to get real, everyone discriminates. I am Indian and watch Indians discriminate against other Indians.

how does that work? No wonder you got laid off..you must be a problem

 

[anonymous]

More coming this time on the MMD side in IT I hear

 

[anonymous]

Hope they will layoff in Canada,
R&D bullying, harassment culture

 

[anonymous]

Hope they will layoff in Canada,
R&D bullying, harassment culture

Talking about the head of Neuro? He’s not Canadian.

 

[anonymous]

Any word on regulatory affairs being affected and when?

 

[anonymous]

Any word on regulatory affairs being affected and when?

There has been some indications and a possible timeline.

 

[anonymous]

There has been some indications and a possible timeline.

I have heard that some groups in reg affairs have received “targets”, meaning reduction in FTEs. It’s been happening across MRL in smaller numbers, done quietly

 

[anonymous]

I have heard that some groups in reg affairs have received “targets”, meaning reduction in FTEs. It’s been happening across MRL in smaller numbers, done quietly

This. Reg affairs has been quietly hit already, starting in Jan/Feb in very small numbers. I think they’re slowly hitting groups in number small enough to avoid a WARN. So far, they seem to have targeted employees that don’t support product work. But not sure how long that can last.

 

[anonymous]

Talking about the head of Neuro? He’s not Canadian.

West Coast. Culture is shit keep cutting good people who deserve to be there. keeps the loyal dead weight, and a poor performing woman.

 

[anonymous]

Invest wisely. Pharmaceuticals always ends in a sad story.

 

[anonymous]

They have already hit regulatory and quality in MRL and MMD. They are coming back for round two.

In the meeting they said there will be rolling layoffs for the foreseeable future.

 

[anonymous]

happening in small numbers under the radar every month across MRL, smart way of doing it to avoid WARN act and not draw much attention

 

[anonymous]

happening in small numbers under the radar every month across MRL, smart way of doing it to avoid WARN act and not draw much attention

More coming in next few weeks, MRL

 

[anonymous]

More coming in next few weeks, MRL

On-going for the past year…As opposed to the larger announced layoffs we see from other major pharma like BMS and Pfizer, Merck taking a more stealthy approach, doing it in smaller numbers across various departments. Most not even announced, done under the cloak of “reorganizations”

 

[anonymous]

On-going for the past year…As opposed to the larger announced layoffs we see from other major pharma like BMS and Pfizer, Merck taking a more stealthy approach, doing it in smaller numbers across various departments. Most not even announced, done under the cloak of “reorganizations”

 

[anonymous]

I am curious as to what Merck execs have planned for the US pharma teams. Drugs are losing patents etc...
Can they really hang on to everyone for the forseeable future?