Running lean and I'm feeling burnt out. Meanwhile, there is no opportunity to expand outside of what I have been doing. I have been rejected twice for growth opportunities of interest within. Questioning maybe it's time for me to actively look for new employment.
Layoff July 2024
The layoff affects the US employees and no Irish employees. Multiple reasons can be quoted, and the employment landscape is different. Example:
https://www.matheson.com/insights/detail/key-distinctions-between-the-employment-law-landscape-in-the-us-and-ireland
The employment laws are different and they favor Irish employees. There can be other factors, for example, some companies handle layoff in the US using part of organization that is abroad. In addition to different employment laws, suing the Irish organization by a US ex-employee is practically almost impossible. Expenses and time required are prohibitive to an average employee.
Consider this for a next position in international organization.
Layoff of 170
Make sure you understand the benefits offer. Unless you already have another better job.
Ask for a list of these 170. And who is processing the event. Do not get impressed by lowly HR supposedly helping you. They help the company to fool you.
These are general things on layoffs. Knowing more details could be helpful
The culture has changed completely, the leadership has no vision and can't make decisions, they encourage us to churn out profitable ideas while lying to our faces that "patients first"
I work for a company that everyone is excited about, great group of people, and we know we have a solid future. I have worked as a pharma rep at Bayer and many larger pharmaceutical companies. Here at Esperion we are dedicated to growth and we have the best medications NEXLETOL and NEXLIZET which will be a big hit, taking 50% from the PCSK9 spot in the industry, script sales are accelerating fasting than we anticipated
Do not give any presentations. They may pickup the information, use it and offer you nothing. This should become general rule everywhere. If you give presentation, it should be only on your published work repetition, not even literature review since they will ask you for opinion. If you do not have publications to present again, you may either politely decline, or do literature review with comments exactly as published papers. Watch out the stock options and other incentives.
Bayer shows the way:
https://www.biospace.com/article/bayer-eliminates-nearly-half-its-executive-positions-in-major-overhaul/
There are many vice-presidents and directors at Biomarin, who just go to the meetings and avoid real responsibilities. These should be pruned, not the lower level people who do the work. Check the next layoff list.
If you manage a project beware of too many stakeholders. This is like a project in a project, managing stakeholders that may have opposite agendas and expectations. Some are more important than others. Some want to be important and try to impose their demands upon project manager. You cannot ignore any, since they can have connections and try to hurt you later. This stakeholder management adds unnecessary workload and causes a lot of stress. Not to mention it could negatively affect the main project. Thousand Oaks is a nice location, but not the people.
