Pface it. Pfizer seems to have no morals and could care less about it's employees.
It's all about the bottom line.
It's all about the bottom line.
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What Jeff Kindler was paid to do
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True. All the above posts are happening because of what Pfirezer has become. I and many of my friends were laid off during the Wyeth raid and most of us are better off. You all have jobs and that's great but every time I see Pfirezer reps in offices they look battered. Good luck hanging in there until you get a package.
Today's Pfizer is completely different than what it was fifteen years ago. The changes for the worse began with McKinnell and we all know where we are today. In the days I am referring to you were proud to say you worked for Pfizer and were treated decently. It is not fun to be waiting for the next shoe to drop in this economy. So that is why when you see a current Pfizer employee they look stressed.
Ithought they were stressed becsue they are constently trained to break the law, go off,label, proactively use Medical and Drug information. After a while that gets stressful for even a rep with no morale character. Knowing their DM can do anything they want and get away with it is a real problem. HR and TR Kelly will rescue them. Now that TR has been promoted maybe he has someone else doing all the dirtry work? What kind of company is that to work for?
You are a delusional nutcase. And why did you hurt that poor congresswoman? I hope they put you in the electric chair where you belong. Nutjob.
And WTF are you talking about. 2 nutjobs are worse than 1. You don't make sense with this ramble.
That was hilarious if you have a bizarre sense of humor.
You are weak and stupid. Grow a set and stand up for what is right. Shooting people is never "hilarious". Truly weak and stupid.
Lets get a couple of things straight here. Nothing that you stated above creates "value" for the stockholder, because re-arranging the chairs on the deck with lower quality chairs (ie
utcourcing product production, and workers in foreign countries) will not create value, but "destruction" in the long run for companies. It has been seen in other industries, that when they go to third rate countries for workers they get third rate quality goods & services... Think of a company called Lucent technologies. This may be the definition of greed, but it is in the short run, not the long run because it ends up destroying the quality of goods/services. As far as capitalism, it would have to create higher quality products for that to ultimately be true.His set is in your mother right now. He was making fun of the paranoid wacko who saw socialism behind every rock as a potential shooter, not the woman who got shot you dumb bastard. Jesus are you stupid.
What is remarkable is to look back on is just how quickly the company moved to eradicate the historic Pfizer culture and values. Let's remeber that the old culture and values took this company from obsurity to the top of the industry. Along the way it transformed the entire industry in many ways. We were widely viewed as the best company with the smartest and best employees. Everyone in this industry wanted to work here. Within 2 years of Jeff Kindler as CEO, all that had changed. Yes, our growth had stalled, but that's not Jeff's fault. What was is fault was the systemtic destruction of the company's best-in-industry leadership and employee base. Ian is continuing Jeff's quest. While I get that we have to skinny down, why would you fire so many great managers and reps, not to mention the leadership in HQ? Once Ian is gone, it will take a generation -- if we are lucky -- to repair the damage. Why would the Board think this is a good idea? Who will be leading us to greatness in the next decade? When will the madness end?
I think all of the "historic culture" was a fantasy. Pfizer had always been a rude and ruthless company full of pompus management.
Mckinnell then set the tone for entitlements with his 86Million Dollar, Pfizer Board approved, severance package. Things have gone downhill ever since.
Ian's job is to get some life back into the stock. He will do what it takes to do huff and puff at it's life line. Then pretty soon, he will live the good life along with Mick close by, play golf and enjoy sunset drinks and toast to the "good old days".
It is sad that many hard working dedicated people who toiled in the labs, the offices and the field will not be able to have the retirement they dreamed or planned for.
Thanks Pfizer CEO's. Thanks for the laughs.
Mckinnell then set the tone for entitlements with his 86Million Dollar, Pfizer Board approved, severance package. Things have gone downhill ever since.
Ian's job is to get some life back into the stock. He will do what it takes to do huff and puff at it's life line. Then pretty soon, he will live the good life along with Mick close by, play golf and enjoy sunset drinks and toast to the "good old days".
It is sad that many hard working dedicated people who toiled in the labs, the offices and the field will not be able to have the retirement they dreamed or planned for.
Thanks Pfizer CEO's. Thanks for the laughs.
Say what you will about the historic culture being mythic, those leaders and that culture brought us to the pinacle of the industry. To paraphrase an old adage -- Are you better off than you were four years ago?
I rest my case.
I rest my case.
No. Lipitor bought this company to it's Pinnacle. The scientist who invented it and the sales force.
My perception was that Pfizer was always one of the classier companies. They got too arrogant and lost track of the things and values that built the company. The health care climate changed. The traditional track of turning plant based discoveries into drugs dried up in the 1990s. The WSJ wrote a seminal article on this. Did you see it? Pfizer didnt adapt fast enough because many thought we could "sell, sell, sell" the company to success. No so. Image Apple still selling desktops, oil companies just owning filling stations and even McDonalds just selling Big Mac. Adapt.
Back in the eighties through mid ninties, most of the reps were mature, well dressed and quite a few even had gray hair. Their dress, their maturity exuded credibility and Class. Drs. had such high respect and would invite us back into their offices to discuss not only drugs but family, sports, etc. Strong, good old fashion relationships were built and it was the Quality of the Calls that were made Not the Quantity. The CEO was also accessable and frequently played sports with reps and socialized with them at events. Everyone felt a mutual respect.
Many of us saw the changes that happened in the mid nineties and knew it would eventually catch up. No longer did Pfizer or other companies value the senior reps when they could pay young college graduates half the salary. Those kids darted through clinics and could collect many a signature but bought little value to the clinics. Entertainment perhaps but little credibility. Many of them were quickly promoted into Management Positions which breeded more signature chasers.
Soon the clinics had enough.
Many of us saw the changes that happened in the mid nineties and knew it would eventually catch up. No longer did Pfizer or other companies value the senior reps when they could pay young college graduates half the salary. Those kids darted through clinics and could collect many a signature but bought little value to the clinics. Entertainment perhaps but little credibility. Many of them were quickly promoted into Management Positions which breeded more signature chasers.
Soon the clinics had enough.
Thats sarcasm and may violate the NO JERKS motto...