Thanks for nothing Novartis. From Alcon

[anonymous]

All their red tape, corporate structure and ridiculous polices have ruined us.

 

[anonymous]

MB starting to make some moves to position Surgical/VC (Alcon) for sale. See the Super Bonus and what it would actually do for the new Alcon. Showing growth, exceed 100% total company attainment, make the overall number without EC and the door could open. Nothing would be better than getting out from under the NVS umbrella.

 

[anonymous]

All their red tape, corporate structure and ridiculous polices have ruined us.

Proper ladies and gentleman do not cast dispersions on another person. If you don't like someone just be polite and keep your thoughts to yourself.

 

[anonymous]

Proper ladies and gentleman do not cast dispersions on another person. If you don't like someone just be polite and keep your thoughts to yourself.

I really hope whoever wrote that is joking, which I'll assume you are. I like your humor.

If not, welcome to Cafepharma you may want to read a few threads. FYI- the entire website is based on NOT keeping your thoughts to yourself and none are polite.

Novartis is a joke.

 

[anonymous]

Get out of the surgical business ASAFP. This is beyond ridiculous.
Every single customer/account meeting I walk into the first thing I hear is something along the lines of, "does Novartis have any idea what they're doing to your surgical business. They have no idea what Alcon does." This is real and it is everyday.
Joe and NVS: a LenSx is a 300K+ piece of equipment. You may want to know what it is, what it does and why it's important. Alcon is embarrassed by having its name next to Novartis.

100%

 

[anonymous]

Nice work Joe. Really well done, everything is going just superb over here at Alcon.
Thanks again for the Jeff George experiment. He was outstanding for our business. Must have been nice for his dad too. I'm assuming you owed him a favor or lost a bet?

We also appreciate all the great GM, VP & RD choices on the Eye Care side. Nothing like appointing people without ophthalmic experience to run an ophthalmic company. I'm not kidding when I say not one of them even knows what we sell or how it functions in the eye. Customers won't even let them in the front door. Good times.

Really looking forward to the IRIS/SAP launch in surgical. Do you have any idea what is about to happen? The back orders will absolutely cause cases to be cancelled and when that happens Hospitals and ASCs will take their business elsewhere. Yep, it's a disaster party all over Alcon.

You've directly allowed & enabled all this. I'm sure what's happened to Alcon under your watch will someday be studied in business classes of how not to run a company. Thank you, you're legendary in your ineptitude.

This needs to be at the top of the posts again. Well said.

However, Jumpin' Joe did not have much to do with the acquisition. He is just the captain of the Titanic, and we are band members playing on the deck.

It is greed, arrogance management tyranny that is ruining Alcon. This whole Alcon acquisition was whipped up by a bunch of Swiss fascist, children of the brown coats that fled Germany to avoid prosecution after WW2. They do not care for the people who work for them. Just file your expense reports on time, and do not question authority because they have "vays" of making you comply.

 

[anonymous]

How apparent is it now Novartis has no clue how to run a small specialty company. Freaking ruined. Haven't made numbers since you guys purchased us, can't forecast jack and we are bleeding talent b/c you run everyone off. We were doing just fine before you had to come in and pay about $1,000,000,000 too much for us. Nestle must laugh at you guys every single day. We were killing it when those little Swiss chocolate makers let us run our own show. Totally hands off and everybody made $$$$$. Thanks for nothing, sure do know how to ruin a good thing. And so far as I can tell that's all you know how to do. Jackasses.

Good luck ever understanding the surgical business. It probably like a magic show to a 4yr old.

Magic show to a 4yr old.

 

[anonymous]

Dear Novartis, JJ, & JG;

Really nice job, well done & you should all be so proud. Obviously you're plan was to ruin just about everything at Alcon. Executed to perfection. I'm sure your strategy will be a case study for future generations to study and marvel at. Thank you for joining our sweet little company which over performed nearly every year until....

Thanks for nothing.

Sincerely;
Every single employee at Alcon

Another classic.

 

[anonymous]

Novartis is hands down by far the worst company I've ever been a part of.
I thought all this chatter was a bunch of BS by disgruntled employees. It's not.
Never knew such a large company with vast resources could be in utter disarray.
Chaos, plain and simple. Wish I had stayed where I was but I got sold a bunch of lies to make a change form a really good situation.

If you're considering Novartis or any of its companies be very careful, ask a lot of tough questions and listen very carefully. Call others in similar positions. Call anyone at Alcon.

 

[anonymous]

O Novartis, too proud to admit incompetence in the device side of the business, too arrogant to understand a small specialty pharma company and too blind (which is ironic) to see what they've done to both. All your money and resources can't buy competence, humility or hindsight. What a waste.

 

[anonymous]

At least we were able to shoot down the "open office environment" plan. Sure, spend millions of construction dollars to have everyone sit next to each other. I'm sure we can get a lot of work done in such a noisy environment while having the perv sitting across me staring at my blouse and having the person next to me cough every 2 minutes. Just another of brainless half-ass Novartis idea that would have lowered productivity even further.

 

[anonymous]

Please sell us to someone else before you burn us down completely.

 

[anonymous]

Please sell us to someone else before you burn us down completely.

They don't work that way. You need to be totally destroyed before they'll let ya loose. Sorry. Just the NVS way

 

[anonymous]

O Novartis, too proud to admit incompetence in the device side of the business, too arrogant to understand a small specialty pharma company and too blind (which is ironic) to see what they've done to both. All your money and resources can't buy competence, humility or hindsight. What a waste.

They are just terrible.

 

[anonymous]

Isn't it interesting that Alcon managed to have a very successful/thriving surgical, pharmaceuatical and vision care business model for decades. However, once Novartis took over (and they did take over) that's when everything went south. Alcon never had an issue running all three business units but BIG PHARMA had to come along and screw it all up. The only winners in this debacle is Nestle and all the jokers who brokered the deal with NVS and then got out.

If you ever have the pleasure of someone from Novartis riding with you in the field ask them some questions about ophthalmology and listen to the "answers" you get back. All deflection just like a politician. They won't even bother to do their homework and will embarrass themselves in front of customers. It would be funny if it wasn't so damn sad.

 

[anonymous]

Actually we can thank Novartis for a few things. Because of all their really smart policies, procedures, and cost saving measures we have more back orders, contract issues and billing problems than any other point in out history.

Simply put Novartis has no clue how to run any aspect of a surgical business.

 

[anonymous]

Actually we can thank Novartis for a few things. Because of all their really smart policies, procedures, and cost saving measures we have more back orders, contract issues and billing problems than any other point in out history.

Simply put Novartis has no clue how to run any aspect of a surgical business.

+1

 

[anonymous]

Novartis please just get the hell out of our business.
Someone on this thread wrote that Alcon surgical is to Novartis what a magic show is to child.
It's even worse than that. At least a child believes in magic. No one knows what Novartis believes in.
Go away, just stop, leave. We hate you so much.

 

[anonymous]

Novartis please just get the hell out of our business.
Someone on this thread wrote that Alcon surgical is to Novartis what a magic show is to child.
It's even worse than that. At least a child believes in magic. No one knows what Novartis believes in.
Go away, just stop, leave. We hate you so much.

has all of Alcon afilaites moved to SAP yet?

 

[anonymous]

What is a company?
A company is a market-free zone. It's a hierarchy.
If you look at Novartis, it's a miniature Soviet Union with central planning.