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anonymous said:
0 of 9 left in my district , 0 of 20 precovid Takeda just walked away from a major metropolitan area.(6 million)
Good luck to whoever is left not sure how they can cover the area.
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There are probably 100 Trintellix Scripts written by Primary Care Providers. Let’s face it, they don’t need us because we don’t make an impact. Large Urban areas are controlled by large hospital systems that will not let reps in the door.
 












Yesterday was the best day ever! I’ve been hanging in this shit show just waiting for a severance. That’s it. Dream come true!! I’m really sorry for those of you that didn’t get cut and are still stuck in a horrible, despicable company. Good luck! You will need it! And why do you think MN is still there? Because they know people run when he’s around and it will be another way for them to get people to quit without paying out. For those of you who have him, I’m sooooo sorry! Just kiss his ass and tell him how great he is. A lot! Then hopefully you’ll be fine. Don’t let them break you!! Manipulate the manipulators!!!!!!!!
 








anonymous said:
There are probably 100 Trintellix Scripts written by Primary Care Providers. Let’s face it, they don’t need us because we don’t make an impact. Large Urban areas are controlled by large hospital systems that will not let reps in the door.
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Wait until you see all of the vacancies posted. They have lots of positions to fill. This place is insane.
 








anonymous said:
I agree. I was hired in the inaugural training class in 1999. For the first 8 years, Takeda was the absolute BEST place to work. The culture, benefits and pay were amazing. Things went downhill after the TAP acquisition. Not because we merged. The TAP folks were great people. It began to decline because we had too many reps and we lost patent protection on Prevacid and Actos within about two years. $9 billion in sales gone and nothing in the pipeline to replace that revenue. Leadership went into protection mode. Then we had our first ever layoff in May 2010. It was a leadership bloodbath. We lost our best and brightest. The people who built the culture we all loved were replaced by corporate cronies without the experience or the perspective to help us rebuild. Seven months after our 2011 NSM, where they spent two hours telling us we would NEVER have another layoff, they let go of almost 800 more reps. Our faith in leadership was summarily destroyed and the culture we all loved went up in flames. Takeda became another big pharma. Gobbling up other companies to fill gaps in the pipeline. Life at Takeda became one big KPI algorithm exercise. It wasn’t terrible but it sure wasn’t the visionary company started by great people like Alan, Sam, Rich, Graz, Bryan and Steve.

I still have the lucite Takeda Promise block on my desk. I am forever grateful to Takeda for the opportunity to experience the culture and the success we enjoyed for so long. Takeda paid me well. Thanks to Takeda, I have been able to provide for my family, pay for my kids college and sock away enough in my 401K to retire. Sad to see this come to an end this way.
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Largely spot on. The first layoff in 2010 was so poorly handled. RSDs not calling managers or responding back to those who were affected for references. Robotic scumbags. Too many people were engaged and committed and summarily tossed to the curb like garbage night. Received zero support when in the wheelhouse for another opportunity b/c retained managers and RBDs couldn't think for themselves. Not all, but far too many. Certainly hope that doesn't happen this time around. Lower you expectations if seeking any support when competing for a future opportunity b/c you may not get anyone to step up and respond to reference requests when being considered for another role. They care so much about "patients" and so little when it actually comes time to step up and provide a basic level of support. Culture are a fantasy in large organizations. Culture at the local level is what matters.
 












anonymous said:
63 openings across country. Exactly how are they filling those spots? Are displaced reps allowed to apply, I don’t quite understand the rationale!
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This is just sad. Look, I understand the need to reduce the head count. It’s business and we had too many reps in this current environment and the future is a small sales force requirement. However, to lay off this many reps (and many great reps) then turn around and post 63 openings simply tells you all you need to know about this place. Their “culture” call yesterday was a joke. They just don’t get it and are too ignorant to see how moves like this define their culture. We are a number here and that’s it. They really don’t even care about your performance or what you contribute to the organization. If they did and really knew who their “good” reps were they would have used this as an opportunity to cut the ones that wanted to go and eliminated the ones that were just a warm body in a territory. Instead they let go according to them “the beloved specialty rep” and promoted the primary care rep that barely leaves their house. Some people were wanting out and others were really hoping to stay and working to be positive and change the culture. It’s business and I know they have to cut while balancing the legal side of the layoff but these people are to incompetent to figure out how to minimize risk and keep talent. Or the more obvious is they simply don’t care. I get the business side. I really do. However, I don’t see how the top leaders look in the mirror at night knowing how their was no human input given and how unfair many of these layoffs have been. Until they address that component (which takes a lot more effort) their culture will never be right. As long as they keep lying and having senior leadership telling lies they will never change the culture. So in a very long answer….why the hell would you even want to apply for an opening in this division? It’s still in trouble so you buy yourself a year or two at best. Move on and get away from the toxicity. I promise this isn’t normal.
 
























As a former employee I can tell you that the grass is sometimes greener in your next landing spot. Takeda has been going downhill for at least a decade. Good luck to all those setting out on new journeys, for those of you staying I would consider being proactive.
I honestly had to do a double take that Ramona is still in charge there. That is a legitimate LOL. ALL she has done is fail.
 








anonymous said:
As a former employee I can tell you that the grass is sometimes greener in your next landing spot. Takeda has been going downhill for at least a decade. Good luck to all those setting out on new journeys, for those of you staying I would consider being proactive.
I honestly had to do a double take that Ramona is still in charge there. That is a legitimate LOL. ALL she has done is fail.
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20+ years of decline and it was alot worse before Ramona came on board. Takeda needs to change its ways or just shut it all down.
 




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