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

Typical Merck moron. Cant you read? S-J was only one of the reasons and not the most prevalent.
Anyway, who gives a rat’s ass, it’s history and done.
Merck sucks either way.

 

I believe this is the best CP post I've ever read.

Especially that part about Merck being "truly disgraceful". The author is the one who should have been CEO all along.

 

Nailed it, huh?

 

Every time I hear anything from one of our "managers", I go back and re-read this post. It reminds me that the truth and the garbage that spews out of the mouths of our esteemed "leaders" are light-years apart.

 

So true and thanks for resurrecting this post. Merck was great once and could be again but it will take sincere leadership. Good luck.

 

Sincere leadership? Where would we find them? They don’t even belong in the same sentence.
It’s all about money and stockholders, and most “leadership” receive a lot of both. They don’t care about the company itself, only what it can provide for them.

 

Sincere leadership? Where would we find them? They don’t even belong in the same sentence.
It’s all about money and stockholders, and most “leadership” receive a lot of both. They don’t care about the company itself, only what it can provide for them.

 

Correct. Let's not forget that Ken Frazier has earned roughly $25 MILLION EVERY YEAR, while destroying the financial lives of tens of thousands of his employees. He is purely a piece of human debris and should be ashamed. Instead, he continues to "manage" this company into oblivion. Most of management and the entire Board of Directors should have been removed many years ago. They're all self-serving scum.

 

tru 'dat!

 

It wasn't about the stockholders. This stock has been a horrible investment. It was all about the human scum in senior management; they've taken billions in pay when they should have been publicly flogged for destroying the lives of tens of thousands of former employees and their families!

 

Agreed.

 

Wow, do I wish I had joined a different company thirty years ago. This one turned out to be a complete bust. Who woulda thunk it?

 

Apparently, the OP woulda thunk it. He's got Merck's number.

 

Look at it this way where else could you do or accomplish absolutely zippo and still get a paycheck all those years!

 

You do have a point there. For many years, it was a great place for horrible sales reps to fake an entire career. Those horrible reps are all that remain now.

 

Of course, you’re one of the great ones. Don’t make me laugh, this gig has been a joke for the past 29 yrs. even if you are one who does what your told to do, metrics, messaging, etc., what do you really accomplish, and how much more do you really accomplish than the slacker?

 

Oh, this post must have REALLY pissed off Merck "management". Nicely written.

 

Young workers should consider working at smaller companies early in their careers because you can get pidgeonholed in same role for years working at a large place at Merck. Management only looks out for career opportunities for only 5%, the few they've deemed top talent. Be careful though if you are getting older. The lack of growth over the past decade has made the culture less than desirable. Ambitious workers look for ways to sabotage and trash superiors because they are in their way for promotion. It's ugly.

 

Talent? in what, ass kissing? Yeah, there’s only so much space on an ass to kiss. It’s becoming a crowded space. That’s why we’re in the shape we’re in; no talennt, ass kissing incompetent jerks kiss the asses of the other ass kissing jerks above them. It becomes an inbred culture.
Biologically, not a good thing, and in business, really not a good thing.