Thanks for screwing us with ESPP.

[anonymous]

You couldn’t have waited a day to announce the takeover news so that we could get our ESPP at the lower price? Merry f-ing Christmas.

 

[anonymous]

You couldn’t have waited a day to announce the takeover news so that we could get our ESPP at the lower price? Merry f-ing Christmas.

Sorry, me and the missus are about to get PAID! I wasn’t really thinking about you peons.

TW

 

[anonymous]

Guess you can stfu now about the purchase price

 

[anonymous]

Guess you can stfu now about the purchase price

it’s confirmed that Amgen will be buying. They have a hiring freeze

 

[anonymous]

it’s confirmed that Amgen will be buying. They have a hiring freeze

I’m talking about the ESPP purchase price, not bs rumors

 

[anonymous]

it’s confirmed that Amgen will be buying. They have a hiring freeze

i heard the same

 

[anonymous]

Guess you can stfu now about the purchase price

Hey, moron, do you know how ESPP works? If they had delayed the announcement by a couple of days, we would have gotten the stock at a cheaper price & thus made more money.

 

[anonymous]

it’s confirmed that Amgen will be buying. They have a hiring freeze

Clearly you don’t understand the Irish laws. Everything is transparent. We will know that bids are submitted before the board votes on any….so, no, it is not confirmed that Amgen is buying us.

 

[anonymous]

Clearly you don’t understand the Irish laws. Everything is transparent. We will know that bids are submitted before the board votes on any….so, no, it is not confirmed that Amgen is buying us.

Regardless of the laws, I know that Amgen will be making the buy

 

[anonymous]

Regardless of the laws, I know that Amgen will be making the buy

You know jack. It’s Novartis. This will coincide with their current restructure and cost savings plan.

 

[anonymous]

You know jack. It’s Novartis. This will coincide with their current restructure and cost savings plan.

With Chris Fox steering the wheel

 

[anonymous]

I wish novartis would get in on bidding. They pay the best out of "big pharma".

 

[anonymous]

I wish novartis would get in on bidding. They pay the best out of "big pharma".

No they don’t, not near what we make.

 

[anonymous]

No they don’t, not near what we make.

That falls into the “it depends” category. Look at their current postings and the ranges listed (they are doing pay transparency now). I used to work there a few years ago. The top regular specialty reps make close to what we do in base. Bonus is about half & RSUs suck. BUT if you are on older side, the retirement is pretty kick ass. They just dump a percentage of your salary into your 401k at the end of each year. At 45 it goes up to 7.5%. That is on top of 401k match. No ESPP, though. RSUs are crap. Our salesforce did get a 100k in RSU retention bonus for 3 years in 2017, though. That was pretty sweet. You pretty much can’t get fired there, though. Lol! Their rheum rare disease team makes much more than the regular specialty salesforces. It’s a higher different pay band (between rep & manager). They are starting to expand for the new rare renal team. All but one TLL hired & hiring the 2 RDs right now.

 

[anonymous]

Pay transparency? They list salaries with a 100k swing. That’s ridiculous and not transparent

 

[anonymous]

Hey, moron, do you know how ESPP works? If they had delayed the announcement by a couple of days, we would have gotten the stock at a cheaper price & thus made more money.

You must not know how ESPP works. The announcement had nothing to do with the stock price you are getting. In fact it was based on $76 or something in this last go around if you weren't in at a different price beforehand. All depends on your cycle.

 

[anonymous]

Is TW trying to bury threads here?

 

[anonymous]

With Chris Fox steering the wheel

That will be interesting.

 

[anonymous]

You know jack. It’s Novartis. This will coincide with their current restructure and cost savings plan.

Think you have the inside track, asshat

 

[anonymous]

You must not know how ESPP works. The announcement had nothing to do with the stock price you are getting. In fact it was based on $76 or something in this last go around if you weren't in at a different price beforehand. All depends on your cycle.

omg, idiot. Our ESPP is 85% of the lower of the price you locked in at OR when they are purchased. The stock was below $70 when it was announced, so we would have gotten it for around $60 instead of $76 (unless you were locked in lower in a previous cycle which many if not most weren’t).