What will Mother Merck take away from us next?

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Anonymous said:
yeah ok….so go try to replace this salary and benefits package. You won't be able to do it at 60%, guaranteed. Then come back and talk about juvenile crap. If you can do better, go do it.
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Really? many have moved on to much better pastures. I started a consulting company, and even hired a few people that used to work for me. We laugh every day at the fools that remain at merck....Keep believing your lie
 




Anonymous said:
yeah ok….so go try to replace this salary and benefits package. You won't be able to do it at 60%, guaranteed. Then come back and talk about juvenile crap. If you can do better, go do it.
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Well Genius Here's one for YOU. I just exercised my freedom of choice and interviewed at another company. They loved what I have to offer and offered me the jon on the spot. I will be starting in two months. So if you want to live like a battered spouse, than so be it you are welcome to my position here at Merck. We are all worth a lot more than the treatmetn we have gotten here over the last 4 years.
 




Anonymous said:
Well Genius Here's one for YOU. I just exercised my freedom of choice and interviewed at another company. They loved what I have to offer and offered me the jon on the spot. I will be starting in two months. So if you want to live like a battered spouse, than so be it you are welcome to my position here at Merck. We are all worth a lot more than the treatmetn we have gotten here over the last 4 years.
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I agree. I left Merck after interviewing with a small company that offered me a higher salary. There are opportunities out there guys. You don't have to be beat up by Merck...
 




Anonymous said:
Well Genius Here's one for YOU. I just exercised my freedom of choice and interviewed at another company. They loved what I have to offer and offered me the jon on the spot. I will be starting in two months. So if you want to live like a battered spouse, than so be it you are welcome to my position here at Merck. We are all worth a lot more than the treatmetn we have gotten here over the last 4 years.
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They offered you the 'jon' on the spot?? You couldn't hold it in - was it that obvious to them you had to go?
 












Anonymous said:
What is with the "dumbass" remark?

I don't know which Merck you work for but the insurance benefit is not being dropped nor are we going to an exchange. The deductibles are rising, the copay is gone and the out of pocket max is rising.

Look in the mirror first before you start slinging dumbass around.

Take your bitterness out on those who made all the dumbass decisions.
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Hey dumbass! What we are going to take off of you is your sometime job starting now.
 




Anonymous said:
I feel bad for friends at bad companies and I feel lucky to work at Merck but the overall Merck compensation, future prospects and low morale are driving me closer to leaving and making less money.

Merck should get rid of pension next. Long term retention of employees is not needed in pharma.
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Sometimes less money and more sanity may be the best way to go. Stay, get depressed, eat Prilosec and SSRI like candies for extra $$ may not be worth it.
 




Work at a job that is making you sick so you can have health insurance when you get sick.

If there were ever a viable national health insurance system in the USA, corporate America would implode.
 




Anonymous said:
Work at a job that is making you sick so you can have health insurance when you get sick.

If there were ever a viable national health insurance system in the USA, corporate America would implode.
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I don't think that is coming any time soon...the DumboCrats and Odumbo are making a big mess, and it is going from bad to weird...
 




Anonymous said:
Sometimes less money and more sanity may be the best way to go. Stay, get depressed, eat Prilosec and SSRI like candies for extra $$ may not be worth it.
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I am making about one third of the money I made when I was a drug rep, (I was pushed out in my 50s - they make stuff up when the want you out) and I am so much happier now...

I have a real job, work my ass off, ran as far and fast as I could away from the pharmaceutical industry, and got my life and dignity back..

Just barely made it out of Merck with my sanity...Good luck to those that choose to remain...

FU MERCK!
 




It's truly amazing how some people think.

Why would you not eventuate your compensation package and benefits. Isn't that why you work.

Why do some act on fear. Are you truly fearful that you could not find another job with similar compensation. You are either truly terrible at what you do or fearful and you allow fear to influence your decision making.

Fact: there are other jobs out there. If merck continues to down its current path they will lose talent. Merck is currently trying to protect what it considers it's talent---mid level mgt while slashing its low level employees. It will will bite them in the ass.

You can replace this job if you gave any talent
 




Anonymous said:
It's truly amazing how some people think.

Why would you not eventuate your compensation package and benefits. Isn't that why you work.

Why do some act on fear. Are you truly fearful that you could not find another job with similar compensation. You are either truly terrible at what you do or fearful and you allow fear to influence your decision making.

Fact: there are other jobs out there. If merck continues to down its current path they will lose talent. Merck is currently trying to protect what it considers it's talent---mid level mgt while slashing its low level employees. It will will bite them in the ass.

You can replace this job if you gave any talent
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About 10% of those that leave Merck will make more money. Those are the people that just know how to survive. The rest will all take a pay cut.
 




Anonymous said:
I am making about one third of the money I made when I was a drug rep, (I was pushed out in my 50s - they make stuff up when the want you out) and I am so much happier now...

I have a real job, work my ass off, ran as far and fast as I could away from the pharmaceutical industry, and got my life and dignity back..

Just barely made it out of Merck with my sanity...Good luck to those that choose to remain...

FU MERCK!
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Makes no sense...

Why boot out an older employees with more experience than the 20s? Older employees are in a more difficult position. Mortgage, bills ...often the time of the most pressing financial obligations...

Many are unable to retire due to lack of money for an income. Many have no sizeable 401K or pension and still too young for ss. Some may need to work another 10-20 years before they would be able to retire...
 




Anonymous said:
Makes no sense...

Why boot out an older employees with more experience than the 20s? Older employees are in a more difficult position. Mortgage, bills ...often the time of the most pressing financial obligations...

Many are unable to retire due to lack of money for an income. Many have no sizeable 401K or pension and still too young for ss. Some may need to work another 10-20 years before they would be able to retire...
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What. Keep an older Merck employee that actually knows what they are doing and are seen as peers by md's? That makes too much sense, Merck doesn't understand the value. They would rather pay a B school youngin who will job hop no less than 10 times in pharma. Customers want to see one person not recycled employees. I say keep the greys n balds, they know how to get stuff done and dont complain.
 




Anonymous said:
It's truly amazing how some people think.

Why would you not eventuate your compensation package and benefits. Isn't that why you work.

Why do some act on fear. Are you truly fearful that you could not find another job with similar compensation. You are either truly terrible at what you do or fearful and you allow fear to influence your decision making.

Fact: there are other jobs out there. If merck continues to down its current path they will lose talent. Merck is currently trying to protect what it considers it's talent---mid level mgt while slashing its low level employees. It will will bite them in the ass.

You can replace this job if you gave any talent
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True...you must evaluate. I work with some people who have no idea about budgets, paying their bills, what they make, and financial needs now and in the future..Some are dependent types who count on the spouse to everything for them. The job is a just extra money for the better refrigerator and play cash for them....

You need to be pro-active. If CSO and low pay is the future for reps and you can work with a big cut so be it...for some it means only one less golf lesson or skipping on the nail tips or facial this month. The spouse has a good income....

For others the pay just wont cut the bills. They'll be a the short lived employee or they'll just opt out from day one if the package can carry them to when they get a better job....
 




Anonymous said:
Makes no sense...

Why boot out an older employees with more experience than the 20s? Older employees are in a more difficult position. Mortgage, bills ...often the time of the most pressing financial obligations...

Many are unable to retire due to lack of money for an income. Many have no sizeable 401K or pension and still too young for ss. Some may need to work another 10-20 years before they would be able to retire...
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The old thinking in seeing values in older reps with good rapport is gone.

The new thinking is how cheap can we spend on a rep assuming he/she will leave in a year or so and we don't care anyway.
 




Anonymous said:
What. Keep an older Merck employee that actually knows what they are doing and are seen as peers by md's? That makes too much sense, Merck doesn't understand the value. They would rather pay a B school youngin who will job hop no less than 10 times in pharma. Customers want to see one person not recycled employees. I say keep the greys n balds, they know how to get stuff done and dont complain.
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I say a small percentage doctors want the young ones. Some need to feed their aging ego. Flirting sessions with the rosebuds and stud muffins does it for them. Even though they could be their kids or grandkids! Its the opportunity that will make their day. Lucky for those of us with some greys these geezers are few in number...
 




Anonymous said:
1) Starting in December, TP will only be dispensed to VP level and higher. At Merck (aka "upside down world") wiping is a privilege, not a right.

2) All employees will be issued a large, geeky "Be Well" bumper sticker. Failure to proudly display said sticker on rear bumper of your vehicle will result in a written warning from Security and...you guessed it, your manager and your manager's manager will be notified. Needless to say, compliance (or non-compliance) with this critical process will be an important part of MyPimp "calibration". We're Merck, you little bitches. Arbitrary, douchey process is our middle name. That's how we roll yo.

3) All computer monitors to be removed and replaced with 12.1-inch screens, no exceptions. This was one of our VP's Black Belt projects. Has to do with Merck Sh!tma and cost-cutting. We don't expect you low-lives to understand the essence of this ancient, lethal martial art. Merck Sh!tma magic is why Merck is so successful today. We have so many Merck Sh!tma Black Belts now, we're going to rename Kenilworth to Ninja Palace and Rahway will be the Dragon Budokan. All VPs and up are to be addressed as "Sensei". Don't be playa-haters.

4) 401k matching will be provided only to those that throw a minimum of 4 colleagues under the bus during the course of the year. This annual metric provides entertainment value to the executives, much like the Colosseum did for the Romans. Most of you are only throwing 1-2 colleagues under the bus annually, so you will need to up your game if you expect us to match. If you throw NO colleagues under the bus, we will send you to the Kenilworth Ninja Palace mentioned above. We will have one of our expert Six Sigma Ninjas throw shooting stars at your head.
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HAHAHAHAHA
 








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