Ok I have sat back and read these posts and I am new to Shire...so my 2 cents worth. It's a meeting. It's not vacation, so let's put our big boy/girl pants on and suck it up. I've been in pharma/biotech for over 20 years. I have been to worse meetings and I have been to May one other meeting that was better. The industry has changed, accept the changes and stop you whining or change jobs. As far as the certification, have you thought that maybe this is due to the industry that we work in and this is a requirement by all those dang lawyers. Yeah, it was stupid, but that is what is required for you to have a job, don't want to do it, nobody is holding a gun to your head to stay here. We are suppose to be adults that are professional, I truly understand where everybody is complaining, but this industry has changed. Accept it!