To the poster who sounds so secure about getting the same severance, no one is being a pessimist, I am being a REALIST and preparing myself for possibly not getting the same package. If you want to live in a PIPE DREAM and believe EVERYTHING people are telling you then by all means GO AHEAD! Hopefully we will get the same severance, but NOTHING is a guarantee. Did you sign a contract? I don't think so. In light of what s going on in the pharmaceutical industry these days, you DON"T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. So call me a pessimist if you want and keep living in dream land. Oh, and by the way, their severances were taxed damn near 50%, where do you get 35%?? Get your facts right before posting BS.
The Question should be.. Why would anyone want to stay with a company that thought that insecure piece of crap Tim Keane was a good guy and should be retained. This guy should have been ivestigated by HR for his bullying tactics of good hardworking succesfull people. Tim Keane was once seen throwing hotdogs at baseball fans in Chicago. Nice move .. He also was seen so drunk at times with his boy from the midwest region driving from dine around to dine around slobbingly throwing money at pretty young reps who worked for him. This is just the beginning right TIM. What all the times you made your managers pay for the tip at manager dinners so you could bring home dinner to the wife and kids on the company dime. Plenty of people have seen both and more....guy is sub human. Im not bitter just better to be outside of a company that would tolerate any of his low ball tactics . Hey what about the time you kept reward money only to give it to your buddies so they could pay for your golf and nice.