No lay off announcement until 10/28

The Meda reps do.

 

Yes, Meda reps do drive Malibu's.

 

I have never seen layoffs where the first official notification is that you are not retained and your last paycheck is next Friday. I have and been through dozens of layoffs and restructurings. Grown-ups tell you when bad news is coming. Even if the original plan changed because of market changes (self-inflicted) you can say that. The best ones told you the criteria, severance packages and all the top line details so you could make calculations and prepare.

Really low class, rude and paranoid with the immediate wiping of phones and iPads. It was almost childish.

 

agree. It is all very trashy the way it was handled. But what does Heather care? She is BFF with Hillary and counting her millions.

People need to realize no company cares about you or your family.

 

Agreed. This was a disaster. People with decades of service to this company, with excellent numbers and awards, were shown the door.

Normally during a layoff, people are let go because their territory or division was eleminated. With this one, they were let go and their position given to a Meda person.

There were also co-workers that were put into the wrong conference calls. Some were told they had a job, and then were later told they were put on wrong call, and did not. Others were told they were laid off, and after going through that grief, were told- sorry, our mistake, you have a job.

Some districts are destroyed. Some lost amazing DM's, while some lost the majority of their team. Hard working, long time employees, replaced by people that don't even live near the territories.

There were people that attend the Dash, to celebrate their success last weekend, only to be let go a few days later.

Mylan had a great reputation. It was a great place to work. We used to be proud to say where we worked and what we sold. We Sales Reps, have taken a beating for the last several months. We defended our company and outrageous price hikes, because that's what we were told to go. Heck, we even believed the bs they told us.
The truth is, the employees sold the Epi Pen, and sold it well. We with put up the our customers anger (justified), will at the Same time trying not to have our reputations ruined in the process.

Whose fault is it that this has happened? We can all point fingers at the usual suspects, but in reality, it's our own fault. We allowed ourselves to be fooled. Tricked into believing that Mylan was different. "Do what's right, not what's easy".

Mylan should have followed its own advice.

 

Also in agreement with everyone. As one that was displaced, I'm disappointed in the lack of communication more than anything. The Meda reps had months to prepare, and the Mylan reps were assured that their jobs were not in jeopardy. I don't know of one Mylan rep that left the company in anticipation of this move, but yet 30% of the Meda sales force had left.

I understand that layoffs/restructurings are a part of this business, but the blatant lack of transparency is eye-opening. I've met some great people at this company, and I'm sad to go but its probly a blessing. Good luck to all those that remain and those that were displaced.

 

Sorry this happened this way to you all.
No, there are other tacky companies.
In 2009 King Pharma merged with Alpharma. Alpharma reps were told 'there is no intent to change territories etc'

About a month later, everyone was told to sit by the phone and wait for their verdicts.

They are all tacky these days, with not a lot of foresight nor planning. And for those who said it was your fault, with compassion, i say it was. This is your experience and lesson learned to never trust a company again. Realize it's always business and realize it's more important to continue to do whats best for you and your family. The algorithm does not care.

So, next time, care enough - but not too much

-Former Dey Rep

 

This is a perfect model of why so many American auto companies failed. When the companies were struggling, top management continued to get their bloated salaries and bonuses as well as promotions. None lost their jobs. On the other hand, the workers lower on the food chain suffered reductions in force. Those workers who were able to retain their positions were required to take salary cuts. Morale plummeted, quality fell, and big corporations like American Motors failed. (Japanese auto companies when struggling did the exact opposite and thrived). In a past life, Heather must have been CEO of American Motors. She has more money than brains anyway. She should at least make the hollow PR gesture of cutting her salary as workers are losing their livelihoods. With some better household budgeting, maybe she could get by with a $16 million/year salary instead of the $19 million she gets now (plus stock).

 

Former Meda Rep here:

Actually, Meda Reps had been leaving even before the buyout. Aerospan is an unfortunate failure and everyone was shocked how poorly it did. Up against too many much larger competitors who had near 100% coverage and no bad taste. Dymista was flat to faltering and nothing new on the horizon. Dymista is actually a great product but Meda could not get it on enough formularies and kept raising the price like it was a must-have product. Management, like most everyone else's will not go out of the box.

Most Meda reps believed the same BS about doing "more with more". Now it will be "doing more with less", I guess. The EpiPen thing seems like it is going to be hard to shake.

I wish you well but I do have an honest question. How the hell did Heather Bresch become CEO? She was horrible on TV with the dumbest answers you could imagine. It was a mix of half-truths and amateurish positioning statements that fell flat. "I'm a mom, too!" does not work when you make $18mil a year and can get 600% raises. You can afford to send your doctor with an EpiPen to school with your kids.

Good luck to everyone. I am not sure who is better off, the separated or those still on board.

 

Names of Mylan managers that were terminated?