The New Reality of (what's left of) Merck Employees

I demand my own safe space in the cafeteria, free snowcones, crayons and coloring books, pansies on my desk and a silencer on my phone. I am so stressed!

 

This isn't about safe spaces. This is about managers ruining the lives of tens of thousands of families…and getting paid hundreds of millions of dollars to do it.

 

Glad I'm not part of the shithole culture at Merck anymore. Bottom line: douchebags protecting douchebags.

 

You are so full of shit that you make me chuckle. I just hope you have been fired and eating spoiled beans. Turds like you stink up everyone's habitation.

 

This is the kind of moron that Merck LOVES----dumb as a brick and blind as a bat.

 

That Kenny---what an actor! First, he acted like a CEO, having presided over the biggest train wreck in Big Pharma history. Now, he's acting like a racist….but no one believes he's acting. Let's face it, Kenny was in Obama's corner and let's face it, race was the reason why.

 

Vaccine Group is ripe for reorganization. We are shifting to a heavier Pediatric Bag, due to Zostavax competition...We just are looking at revenue opportunities before final decision passed to consultants.

 

I must agree with the original post. I was pushed out after the age of 60, made it longer tha the norm.

 

Merck did not buy Keytruda directly. When they bought Organon this was a product sitting on the shelf that had never been launched. Merck later found out what a treasure they had.

 

Say u say? Sounds like you are jealous and actually believe salaries cited on Glassdoor.

Fact is, rarely do Merck reps get hired at biotechs due to lack of skill sets.

IF you are the rare chosen one you will soon realise that even as a bio sales rep you will earn more than Merck sales Director. Now that's funny.

 

Vaccine groups decision has already been made and packages offered to upper management. Should be announced between now and Thanksgiving. Good luck to all.

 

PC sales/management also in the cue around 10-9. Those in the know had this info in June and went to safer divisions (what few there are) or outright left the company. This is similar to a looming hurricane analogy, the smart ones move along, the others shelter in place. Some survive but others lose everything and will need to rebuild. Will you be able to find a job that pays the same?

 

Not a pharma guy, but this board is unquestionably the best board on CafePharma, this thread in particular.

I worked for IBM for many years, and from what I'm reading here, even though it's about a completely different industry than IT, it's eerily similar to the board we had while I was at IBM.

Same shit - different industry. Although I cant do anything for anyone at Merck, I can offer you my most sincere empathy and words of encouragement. You may not think so now, but eventually you will land on your feet. (Most IBMer's that were crushed by IBM did just that) The difficult part is that you may have to endure some harsh economic/financial conditions in the short run. Long term? Not so much.

Hang in there and remain upbeat and strong. You're better than Merck and will always be so. God Bless and best of luck to all.

I'm your brother in mind and spirit, a very proud Ex-Beemer

 

Nice words but I disagree, you and your IBM amigos went through hell but were able to land on your feet again. That is because the IT sector continued to explode. To the contrary, you are giving our delislinger sales reps false hope, our industry in consolidating and Merck reps will not land on their feet, rather, their ass.
Speaking of IBM, Merck is such a dinosaur they still use IBM stinkpad laptops for our field rep minions.

 

OK, sounds credible. You saying cuts are happening next week? I will monitor and check your prediction next week oh wise one. I know a guy who left in August and he confirmed he was also told by a VP to get out before mid October.

 

The downsizing is going to be announced next. Friday