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Discussing either/or concerning Summit or Boston is a bit like debating whether it is better to starve to death or to die of thirst. Both will eventually get closed, perhaps when Merck becomes a subsidiary of either SinoPharm or Simcere or something akin to them. Merck is pulling out their very best smoke and their shiniest mirrors but what they really need is a pipeline. And they aren't going to get it from demoralized workers in either Summit or Boston. All this talk about reducing the US workforce by 10-20% had better be accompanied by reducing the work for them by 20%. The workforce shrinks but the bullshit work seems to only grow. It seems to take a lot of busywork to grind away a solid company. People are no longer going to buy into the "be a slave for Merck, the most admired" mentality only to get screwed in the next round of layoffs. That old bridge from success to success, constructed from giddy loyalty, is well and truly burnt. Now Merck will need to negotiate the fast flowing stream of failure. If one looks around the Summit or Boston site after 6:00 p.m., there aren't many folks to be found. In the days of Vagelos, the same wouldn't be said of Rahway.
 




Heard Boston is being kept open because of the 100 year lease. Rahway is being kept open because of all the toxic waste buried on the site. Oss to be kept open for 5 years while they give legal notice for closure. Summit to close and Kenilworth only one building to be kept.

Sounds like bad business decisions to me.
 




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Heard Boston is being kept open because of the 100 year lease. Rahway is being kept open because of all the toxic waste buried on the site. Oss to be kept open for 5 years while they give legal notice for closure. Summit to close and Kenilworth only one building to be kept.

Sounds like bad business decisions to me.
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Boston site can be subleased.
 




Anonymous said:
Discussing either/or concerning Summit or Boston is a bit like debating whether it is better to starve to death or to die of thirst. Both will eventually get closed, perhaps when Merck becomes a subsidiary of either SinoPharm or Simcere or something akin to them. Merck is pulling out their very best smoke and their shiniest mirrors but what they really need is a pipeline. And they aren't going to get it from demoralized workers in either Summit or Boston. All this talk about reducing the US workforce by 10-20% had better be accompanied by reducing the work for them by 20%. The workforce shrinks but the bullshit work seems to only grow. It seems to take a lot of busywork to grind away a solid company. People are no longer going to buy into the "be a slave for Merck, the most admired" mentality only to get screwed in the next round of layoffs. That old bridge from success to success, constructed from giddy loyalty, is well and truly burnt. Now Merck will need to negotiate the fast flowing stream of failure. If one looks around the Summit or Boston site after 6:00 p.m., there aren't many folks to be found. In the days of Vagelos, the same wouldn't be said of Rahway.
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To the last statement - I was there, I did spent many OT hours (nights and weekends) in the
Lab and so YES, it WAS true!!! Certainly didn't regret it AT THE TIME...saddly, now feel quite differently about it.
 








Although I agree with the low morale you are trying to describe, I don't believe people have to be there 24/7 to make the company successful. In fact, we need normal people who understand the balance between work and family to lead and run the company. Many of the clowns who make to the top dont have a life. They are either single or they dont care about their family. And they expect and force people to do the same.

Get a life and make the company successful!!
 




They have put a lot of money into that site the last five years (Awsome solar panel parking garage). Would they walk away from S6? That could not have been a cheap complex to build, but it might be redundant now.

Animal Health and Consumer have around 500 people there that will need somewhere to go. There will be some layoffs there, but I doubt very many compared to the Human Side. Those groups are very nomadic, been relocated five or six times in the past ten years.

Also, the cafeteria is terrible...
 








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They have put a lot of money into that site the last five years (Awsome solar panel parking garage). Would they walk away from S6? That could not have been a cheap complex to build, but it might be redundant now.

Animal Health and Consumer have around 500 people there that will need somewhere to go. There will be some layoffs there, but I doubt very many compared to the Human Side. Those groups are very nomadic, been relocated five or six times in the past ten years.

Also, the cafeteria is terrible...
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Well i agree with that but Merck has been know to make nosense decisions as we all know too well by now. Searle had made a building in Skokie, IL which cost them $5M, then Pharmacia took over and a couple of years after Pharmacia, Pfizer came in and closed the whole site down including that building - the building was only used for about 4 years or so - it was real nice with beautiful labs, nice office space, fantastic state of the art fume hoods, atrium, etc - all gone to waste gathering dust.......
 




Anonymous said:
Discussing either/or concerning Summit or Boston is a bit like debating whether it is better to starve to death or to die of thirst. Both will eventually get closed, perhaps when Merck becomes a subsidiary of either SinoPharm or Simcere or something akin to them. Merck is pulling out their very best smoke and their shiniest mirrors but what they really need is a pipeline. And they aren't going to get it from demoralized workers in either Summit or Boston. All this talk about reducing the US workforce by 10-20% had better be accompanied by reducing the work for them by 20%. The workforce shrinks but the bullshit work seems to only grow. It seems to take a lot of busywork to grind away a solid company. People are no longer going to buy into the "be a slave for Merck, the most admired" mentality only to get screwed in the next round of layoffs. That old bridge from success to success, constructed from giddy loyalty, is well and truly burnt. Now Merck will need to negotiate the fast flowing stream of failure. If one looks around the Summit or Boston site after 6:00 p.m., there aren't many folks to be found. In the days of Vagelos, the same wouldn't be said of Rahway.
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Sooo true. I was up at the Summit Site a few months ago, and its a ghost town. Nothing but empty offices. I'm quite sure they will be moving who's ever left there to other areas.
 








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Not according to the terms with Emmanual College. They would pretty much have to give the building to them and lose their $500 million investment.
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Merck can use $500 million as a tax write-off for next year. If you factor in the operation cost and no deliverables from Boston site for next 2-3 years then it does make sense perfectly to phase out that site sooner than later.
 




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Merck can use $500 million as a tax write-off for next year. If you factor in the operation cost and no deliverables from Boston site for next 2-3 years then it does make sense perfectly to phase out that site sooner than later.
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The same could be said for ANY of the remaining Merck sites since none of them are reaching their goals of delivering PCCs.
 








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