Today's "layoffs"

I wonder how many asymmetrical alignments AHEM..."layoffs" are happening today.

 

Numerous selected districts have conf calls at end of day stay tuned.

 

Just the prelude to July.

 

Wow, is this true? If so, must be how they can avoid the 60 day WARN period. Good luck to all!

 

Four within two of my districts that I know of. Doesn't a WARN have to go out if there are a certain number of people getting cut? Probably gonna come in right under it every other quarter. All sounds pretty shady.

 

This is Kenny's business model. Prune, prune, prune. One branch at a time. It gives him something to talk about at the quarterly earnings reports. This will continue until no one is left and/or the few, the happy few, will be transitioned into a contract force. Not a matter of if, just when. This is not a growth model, it is a consolidation model. Be well.

 

WOW--Did this come without any warning, or did reps know? How many affected? Only PC or other divisions too?

 

I hope you still plan to keep the lunches that these laid off reps set with us.

 

Time to get a new CEO........its way overdue!

Its the only way to right this ravaged ship.

 

New business model, keep layoffs under WARN total so 60 day notice will not have to be given. No CTLs will be effected. Some CTLs will have only 7 reps, isn't this a great ROI.
This has been planned since December. What a great waste of money to train all these reps and send them to two different meetings (Belsomra and Awards Meetings) and tell them how GREAT things are at Merck and then fire them today. How can you trust anyone at Merck.

 

I heard the total was close to 100 and all on the diabetes side. Be well.

 

You know, it really is interesting how upper management continues to preach how each time this happens the field force is optimized. Evidently not or they would not continue to do it. They just want us to keep our foot on the pedal until it is our turn. Trust and value? There is no trust and now I am seeing very little value. Be well my friends.

 

Are they keeping the contract sales or letting them go earlier than planned?

 

I'm not seeing anything happening... More rumors.

 

Nothing on West Coast..

 

where? National or pockets?

 

Eliminate team one and then have a Zetia Bel team and a Januvia Bel team. It's a good start to a rapidly idiotic alignment and excess sales force. Then you have the gall to throw metrics on the sales team who can't see 50% of the targets which the company deems as important customers.. What gives?

 

So where and what exactly happened? Or is it just stirring the pot?

 

It happened. Ask any pc rep that sells Januvia.

 

Texas