top ten incompetent senior managers at Merck now

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Anonymous said:
Lack of transparency is killing MRL. The best managers are decisive but also inclusive in the decision making process. Getting at least some buy in makes for smoother transitions in the ever changing research environment. Weber, Parmee, etc. have made their decisions in a vacuum without consideration of the people most effected. Not unlike Metters who became the face of BRGOS, they have become the face of layoffs. Everyone is forgetting their contributions to drug discovery; leaving only their legacy of the destruction of MRL.

No transparency = no trust.
No trust = no leadership.
No leadership = no Merck.

Well past time for some serious management turnover.
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Indeed
 












As long as Hunter keeps pushing the idea that MRL should be doing "science that is good enough", the result will always continue to be half-ass experiments that do not allow for informed decisions. This guy continues to strive for mediocrity and is very successful at achieving his goal. Yet, this approach appears to be okay with most everyone responsible for this effort except those of us performing the work at the bench that recognize that improvements are readily obtainable. Voicing an opinion that is contrary to the group think is not tolerated and persists as key incompetency of this manager.
 






Anonymous said:
As long as Hunter keeps pushing the idea that MRL should be doing "science that is good enough", the result will always continue to be half-ass experiments that do not allow for informed decisions. This guy continues to strive for mediocrity and is very successful at achieving his goal. Yet, this approach appears to be okay with most everyone responsible for this effort except those of us performing the work at the bench that recognize that improvements are readily obtainable. Voicing an opinion that is contrary to the group think is not tolerated and persists as key incompetency of this manager.
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nailed it. now get back to work!
 






Anonymous said:
As long as Hunter keeps pushing the idea that MRL should be doing "science that is good enough", the result will always continue to be half-ass experiments that do not allow for informed decisions. This guy continues to strive for mediocrity and is very successful at achieving his goal. Yet, this approach appears to be okay with most everyone responsible for this effort except those of us performing the work at the bench that recognize that improvements are readily obtainable. Voicing an opinion that is contrary to the group think is not tolerated and persists as key incompetency of this manager.
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You are missing the context of "good enough". The goal is to send these assays to China. If they appear to be working "good enough" then Kenilworth cannot be held accountable when they fail.
 






Anonymous said:
You are missing the context of "good enough". The goal is to send these assays to China. If they appear to be working "good enough" then Kenilworth cannot be held accountable when they fail.
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You had your chance and failed. We had no choice but to go to china. The management team is great. No one but no one can do more with the complete idiot we have in R&D. It also is looking we are buying a pipeline. No need to spend money on those idiots anymore. Go MBA. They will save this company.
 






Anonymous said:
As long as Hunter keeps pushing the idea that MRL should be doing "science that is good enough", the result will always continue to be half-ass experiments that do not allow for informed decisions. This guy continues to strive for mediocrity and is very successful at achieving his goal. Yet, this approach appears to be okay with most everyone responsible for this effort except those of us performing the work at the bench that recognize that improvements are readily obtainable. Voicing an opinion that is contrary to the group think is not tolerated and persists as key incompetency of this manager.
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Well said. Agree the contrary opinion gives managers the opportunity to target the outspoken. Many examples of this in the organization. It's not just Hunter - many of his reports.

When will things change? Looks like the bullies will make it to 2015. Lets hope the reorganizers dig into the Ex Dir level. I will update my letter to Santa.
 






Anonymous said:
My vote also goes to rich Tillyer followed closely by John Hunter. Some of the best scientists we had left or we're let go under the "leadership" of these asses.
JH can be blamed for the disaster that is WP. We had the best InVitro and InVivo teams in the company which he decided to dismantle and try to rebuild in KW with the other clown that gets the undeserved credit for accomplishments at WP. And then they replace him with someone that knows nothing's about the invitro side of things, but sure knows how to label drawers and kiss ass. Good luck replicating what we had now that u let go a lot of the unique talent that made it happen.
Unbelievable that RP has let this go on. These people should have been first to go. I'm completely sick of this place.
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Truth can get you canned at Merck. Ask the ones who spoke up and given packages. Much damage done under this regime including the clean out specialist. Unbelievable this crap has continued this long.
 
























I would say Bob Murphy is the most incompetent. The only thing he is good at is acting. He can control his volume, tone and inflection to match the crowd. He keeps an onion in his pocket for the sad stories. He has a family member who has benefitted from every drug Merck has ever made.

I was sitting at a lunch with him a few months ago and most at the table were African American. He changed his dialect from upper Philly to lower Southside Chicago in less than a second. Not only can white men not jump, they can't jive either.
 






Anonymous said:
As long as Hunter keeps pushing the idea that MRL should be doing "science that is good enough", the result will always continue to be half-ass experiments that do not allow for informed decisions. This guy continues to strive for mediocrity and is very successful at achieving his goal. Yet, this approach appears to be okay with most everyone responsible for this effort except those of us performing the work at the bench that recognize that improvements are readily obtainable. Voicing an opinion that is contrary to the group think is not tolerated and persists as key incompetency of this manager.
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And you can't speak up without becoming an outcast. Speechless knowing the VP and EX Dir changes are on hold/ temporary. What is taking Joe this long? The more time fools are here the more damage.....
 






Anonymous said:
My vote also goes to rich Tillyer followed closely by John Hunter. Some of the best scientists we had left or we're let go under the "leadership" of these asses.
JH can be blamed for the disaster that is WP. We had the best InVitro and InVivo teams in the company which he decided to dismantle and try to rebuild in KW with the other clown that gets the undeserved credit for accomplishments at WP. And then they replace him with someone that knows nothing's about the invitro side of things, but sure knows how to label drawers and kiss ass. Good luck replicating what we had now that u let go a lot of the unique talent that made it happen.
Unbelievable that RP has let this go on. These people should have been first to go. I'm completely sick of this place.
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Very true my friend. Send 'em back. How were they placed in charge? The lack of scientific intellect is mind blowing. Pharm is a disgrace filled with a few phony leaders who are smiling robots too scared to speak up. This could be beyond repair because Joe is taking his good old time making decisions. I haven't seen the reputation come to life and wonder if he is here to just let the place burn to the ground. So many good assays/models are not either outsourced to inconsistent labs with longer turnaround at great cost or just closed out.
 


















Anonymous said:
What do you expect from a lawyer other than big talk and heavy bills? Since when is it ok to put a lawyer at the head of a science-heavy enterprise with a mess of a supply chain? What do lawyers know about the medical community? Do you remember his earlier days at the head of GHH when he would actually stand up in EBBs and blame poor GHH performance on US wholesalers? Or his days at the head of legal when he was echoing Gilmartin's "no settlement" strategy? It's actually going to be interesting, at the end of Ken's tenure, to compare his work to Gilmartin's: it's difficult now to judge who's actually worse but there is little chance, in the long history of otherwise Great Merck, to have anybody worse than these two arrogant clowns.
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Finally someone I totally agree with. Please tell me when Ken's tenure is due to be over. This is the first time in 25 years I do not like working at Merck. Can we bring back Vagelos?
 






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