Merck Cannot Retain Talent


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All the IT talent is leaving this place! Everyone who knew how to be responsive to customers and provide value has left. What is the purpose of GTS application engineering these days? Enterprise Architecture is a joke -- and if you fire all of the client services people, no one would know. What am I missing?
 






From the day he arrived at Merck Chris Scalet made it crystal clear that he thought the workforce in PA and NJ was too expensive. He always wanted to move it to the South and/or offshore.

I'm surprised it's taking this long to get to his staffing model.

He is more than willing to trade service levels for lower costs, as long as no one touches the costs to implement his boondoggle --- COMET.
 






Merck doesn't want to retain talent. The upper 2 layers are surrounding themselves with mediocre talent at best. They don't want anyone coming in and exposing them for what they are and jeopordize their big fat paychecks and bonuses. They are riding out the storm until Dick boy retires in a year. Then they will start sweating.
 


Merck doesn't want to retain talent. The upper 2 layers are surrounding themselves with mediocre talent at best. They don't want anyone coming in and exposing them for what they are and jeopordize their big fat paychecks and bonuses. They are riding out the storm until Dick boy retires in a year. Then they will start sweating.

Talent is expensive...solution...hire consultants...they're cheaper...sic!

Can anyone tell me who is charge in this place? Also, is there anyone who can make a decision other than to decide what successfull project they can leech onto in attempt to mask their past failures...wait a minute...there are no successfull projects...I meant to say less failed projects.
 


Truer words were never spoken. The bureaucracy and red tape make getting skilled IT and retaining them almost impossible.

Thirded. I used to think "all the good IT people are gonna leave in droves as soon as the economy improves", and then all the good IT people started leaving in droves anyway! There are just too many problems and obstacles for any excellent employee to stand out or be recognized ("awards of excellence" notwithstanding). 12-hour days, vacation blackouts, unreasonable customers screaming, and no protection from management, and then upper management has the gall to talk about "work-life balance".

They don't care about retaining talent, because they have no need for talent. Either they don't understand that quality IT really is important, or they just don't care. It's why I left when I did - there was no future at a company that thinks IT is that valueless.
 



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