I meant "Stop your lying and fear mongering". Just beating you to the punch.
They're not allowed. Think McNeil.
That sounds like the biggest piece of bs I ever heard - 1% of WP is union. It is higher than that jumbo.
I hope you dont work in stats or accounting.
Around 12,000 currently at WP. The union the OP is referencing has about 1600. These numbers are accurate (for now). YOU don't know your facts!
Which is why post#3 is misleading regarding "No warning letters".
We were told:
We're not doing indiscriminate cuts in research and development, we're doing surgery around where we should invest.
Then R&D gets hammered. No one really knows what is going on because it changes weekly. Summit opened, Summit closing. By next year it could be opening again. Who knows anymore. Working quarter by quarter is the new theme. I don't think anyone feels really confident they will be here in 9 months.
The union runs production. Not unqualified right out of school overpaid pencil pushers.
Your Draconian points of view are inaccurate:
Interoffice mail was outsourced to non union contractors.
Your second point is absurd. Maybe that is how things were in the 80's and early 90's, but not now.
Not to mention selling Danville then having to buy it back again for 4X the cost. These are the blunders which have cost this company, and the people responsible are the management team.
Blaming the people in the trenches is stupid and does nothing but create more stress and animosity!
Our union is protecting our jobs!! Quit spreading false reports!!!
I'm betting you are not actually employed by Merck and have no idea how their unions operate.
It's exactly like that. I work in Rahway and we cant get anything done because the union is so inflexible and management so scared of being grieved.
Sad but true.
I'm betting you are not actually employed by Merck and have no idea how their unions operate.
It's exactly like that. I work in Rahway and we cant get anything done because the union is so inflexible and management so scared of being grieved.
Sad but true.
It's real hard to go out and sell compared to making a product in a sterile core isn't it
As for batch records they are inadequate to follow and make a product
We union folk handle millions in product everyday when is the last time the company asked a salesperson manager or director to actually touch a product?
Never
In some areas, the union workers were very hard to manage. My friend was a union supervisor in the sterile unit and literally had a stroke because of the stress.
Also remember that WP did not manufacture the greatest stuff when then have been issued numerous warning letters and 483's. Just for comparison, the manufacturing plant in Wilson, NC has not had a single warning letter!
I have heard stories that would curl your stomach, so I think it may be best for a fresh start.
