This is the week that Genentech Died

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anonymous said:
Does anyone remember the cryptic videos Billy A sent out back in 2017? Here you are now reaping the results of his perspective at that time. He loathes sales and has been working on this master plan since he replaced Ian.
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I never forgot what someone who were close to BA from his GIO days told me a few years ago. He told me BA once said it to him privately, "These sales people are just a bunch of shallow self-entitled thieves. Don't get me started with their expense reports. We'd probably be better off without them. That would solve most of our problems". I just brushed it off since it was almost too crazy to believe it at the time when BA was like an easy going leader on stage. Now I can appreciate what I heard.
 












Genentech's secret sauce has been long gone. Art took it with him when he left. Corporate greed took over and the leaders have been getting successively worse ever since. There goes a great company. We are witnessing the final chapter of Genentech. Roche is wiping off the last trace of the biotech founder. RIP GNE.
 






anonymous said:
Do tell. Those of us that took the package and walked can't wait to hear the latest shit-hole move by the moronic "leadership".
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So what is the final dagger? Current GNE-er here, and this is too cryptic for me to understand (or maybe I'm too far out of the loop to know what you're referring to, which is likely).
 












Herb Boyer here. While you're at it change the company name to Roche, rename DNA Way to Basel Ave, and erase any reference to Genentech. This is NOT the company I helped found. And Bob is rolling in his grave.
 












anonymous said:
So what is the final dagger? Current GNE-er here, and this is too cryptic for me to understand (or maybe I'm too far out of the loop to know what you're referring to, which is likely).
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They are setting up all TAM’s (former Clinical Specialists), CRM’s and FRM’s for layoffs. They actually believe these folks don’t know what they are actually doing, gathering all of their customer relationship contact information etc. Google Spreadsheets are the central deposit. The TAM’s know what is going on, and weren’t born yesterday. I regret ever coming to this inauthentic place, and watching the absolute entitled egotistical brown nosers receive promotions and accolades based on nothing. I have never seen such a bunch of average people in leadership positions. It’s actually quite bizarre. I will be taking the new package after they blame Covid for the next transformation. No one in leadership has a clue.
 












anonymous said:
Get our while you can! Too many Castro Dicksters and chick tricksters in the helm!
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OH Hell YEAH! Us former employees at Genentech can spilll so many beans to husbands wives, significant others etc......Especially in Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and about 5 other states (That im aware of).
Karma will bite big time! It was sooo sad to know what was going on, and what still may be going on, especially at DM level and BEM BAM DAM whatever you call them.
Hope you can sleep well!
 












anonymous said:
OH Hell YEAH! Us former employees at Genentech can spilll so many beans to husbands wives, significant others etc......Especially in Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and about 5 other states (That im aware of).
Karma will bite big time! It was sooo sad to know what was going on, and what still may be going on, especially at DM level and BEM BAM DAM whatever you call them.
Hope you can sleep well!
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Those people sleep like babies. They're sociopaths.
 






anonymous said:
I never forgot what someone who were close to BA from his GIO days told me a few years ago. He told me BA once said it to him privately, "These sales people are just a bunch of shallow self-entitled thieves. Don't get me started with their expense reports. We'd probably be better off without them. That would solve most of our problems". I just brushed it off since it was almost too crazy to believe it at the time when BA was like an easy going leader on stage. Now I can appreciate what I heard.
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Heard much the same thing from him when he was running BioOnc during CIP 2010. I knew then that he had zero respect for the field sales organization.

The proof is in the pudding.
 






I’m still sad about being shown the door. I landed a great job and the severance was more than fair. There really is no rhyme or reason to the decisions that are being made. Now cutting headcount? Sure, you can understand that. That’s business. Being told your “mindset” doesn’t fit into the “new ways we’re engaging our patients&customers” is laughable. Be honest.......”we need to trim jobs. You are someone who can’t file a lawsuit against us”. Good luck my friends. It hurts, but life goes on.
 






I was at Genentech 19 yrs. It died when Roche bought the place. I know Roche put up the money but, when it was run by real thinkers, scientist, etc., the place was fun, exciting... The entire mood around Genentech changed when Art, Richard, Sue and others left. As you can tell, research paused and other companies caught up to use. We started hiring subpar managers, yes people if you will. I'll never forget Art correcting a VP on stage at the NSM when he said he was glad a cancer drug failed. Art corrected him and said, it was a bad day for patients. Patients were lost and money became the focus. Genentech has been gone for 8 years. You all had to see this coming. It turned into a diversity nightmare. Now lets see how diversity people work together. Diversity is code for, LBGT, African American, etc., non-white male. I know someone will disagree so please tell me where I'm wrong and prove it!
 






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