Will attest to that. We are constantly being babysitted with a thousand reports and teleconferences and there is no communication with the BMS side.
Since when does micromanage promote a positive environment? It's only good for the manager's ego, it gives them a feeling of power, but it also gives them negative reactions. What play book did they learn that from? Apparently, they never learned how to play well with others.
It,s not about a positive environment! To get a new drug to sell, a company has to show data that may seem micro, but if you can,t demonstrate it on paper you sit by the phone like BMS is doing now. Not Fair Right!
neuro is becoming more micromanaging every day. Their stupid metrics are beyond ridiculous. They ask for 8 calls a day, they get 8 calls a day.
this company micromanages like no others. ALL Japanese companies micromanage. We must put a STOP to it.
I am afraid we are doomed. Taro came from BMS and he brought Beshad, Bob Bill, Dean and others with him. The BMS invasion with the arrival of Mark Altmeyer and Pam Harris and other stellar BMS castoffs. Micromanagement is a symptom of this group's underlysing disease, incompetence. Our Japanese masters are no doubt aware of the dissatisfaction of the rank and file. However, their culture is based on being non-confrontational and not admitting mistakes as it would result in a loss of face and honor. So they do nothing. You want a real world example of this managerial approach, look how they have dealt with the recent tsunami disaster that befell their country. The folks at the Diaichi nucear power plant are Otsuka mamgement's role models. Their results will be the same, a corporate core breach and subsequent meltdown of the neuroscience, hospital medicine and oncology busuiness units with long lasting toxic consequences to the pharmaceutical environment.
Was it as bad before they brought all of these BMS people over? I heard it used to be a great Company. It's disappointing as some managers really micromanage, and they will run good reps out.
Taro went to a 3 day seminar to learn the Jack Welch way of running the funny farm. He brought in a big pharma mentality, Altmeyer and the BMS and other former big pharma buccaneers who, while plundering the Otsuka Abilify cash, in turn fired many of the managers and outsourced much of the business. Now the place has loads of brand new Senior Directors, Directors and Associate Directors where once there were managers except with fewer worker bees (many fired). When (currently flat selling) Abilify goes off patent we'll see how long Taro can sustain this big Princeton payroll operating in a wannabe a big pharma world.
Right on target. Fortunately, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has allowed for the microscope to be focused away from the U.S. however Otsuka Japan may be looking for Otsuka America to generate MORE cash and with the exhorbitant expenses (overhead in Princeton) something has to give. Just one correction. It's my understanding that Taro didn't go to a 3-day seminar...he actually paid Jack Welch to be with him one-on-one for at least one day; maybe two.
I knew we were all in trouble when the goal became "we want to be a BIG 10 pharma company" when the market was downgrading all of the big 10 pharma companies. Otsuka always did a good job at being a niche pharma company. The big 10 pharma goal came 10 years too late. Unfortunately, many people will be impacted by this lofty, misdirected goal. Even if Taro realizes this goal is not achievable or may not be the right goal at this time, he has his career to salvage no matter who else is impacted.
Right about Taro paying Welch for being an audience. Absolutely right about OAPI being 10 years too late too. Taro has screwed up before and was bailed out by the very people he fired. His track record has been so far a lot of cosmetics...lackluster and problematic new products, new offices in Princeton, a new American CEO (sales guy with zero understanding of processes), first gig for Altmeyer as a CEO and when he's canned or bails he'll find his experience has left him with a legacy of failure and out of control spending. Pretty sad as Otsuka did quite well with a fraction of the over paid over managed culture we see today.
