This company is headed downhill, and it feels like large-scale layoffs are just around the corner due to poor leadership. In my year here, I haven’t encountered a single leader who truly thinks things through or speaks up. There are some talented people, but they tend to steer clear of the messy internal politics.
If you are being interviewed, look for all the cues and save yourself from frustration.
@OP
This company has changed so badly after Bard leadership took over the control. Just left the company after 20 years, no regrets, most good peoples left for competitions and better work environment. BD has become the new circus of incompetence.
@OP
You are right Just left this company after 20 years of service, I am not nostalgic but I got memories and BD use to be a company with true leaders who knew the new path to open, today they are just incompetent and blinded. This company is not doing anymore the right thinks, they just congratulate themself on increasing prices on consumer products by 30-40% and in the same time jeopardizing current business opportunities. No wonder why the stock roll back at 10 years ago level.
my old boss spoke up, landed him on the chopping block. the a--hole that told his direct reports to work off the clock and was reported to HR by several? he's still with the company
100% agree. Place is full of circus clowns who want to scratch each other’s back. New ideas are not welcome. Talent level is C- overall. Bad leadership, fire drills galore.
IDS layoff coming?
BD is now at point of no return, a stage 4 patient. Sorry to sound pessimistic, but this patient will not survive.
Inefficiency is everywhere—product BD makes, HR and IT BD has. This should be a management case study on how to ruin a good company just by hiring few bad apples at the top. Most VPs in BD don’t even qualify for a senior associate role.
For a manufacturing company with no manufacturing at the headquarters, 90% of the positions at FLKS could be moved or eliminated and the plants would see a net positive impact. It's no more than a vanity project now with the SwissCo strategy in place and positions being shifted ex-US, once they have enough replacements at "centers of excellence" outside of the US they'll likely shut the ivory tower down as a big 'change to win'
Shhh! Management has deployed some diversity hires to downvote posts here. Since those nincompoops are busy downvoting here, all of a sudden their teammates started feeling better and productivity increased. 😝
every joker we fire can save jobs of 5 genuine employees while improving operational efficiency
Hiring freezes also communicated out to different business units this week.
Many employees are waiting for, praying for, hoping for a package. They want to leave so badly but don't want leave without it. I wish they would offer early retirement and ask for volunteers. They would be so surprised at who raises their hand and how fast they would leave. I would be the first to volunteer!!!
This is a place where skill or value delivery is the last criterion to promote someone to leadership; 99% of the time it is su-king up to boss and tenure in BD decides promotion. Hence, no surprise.
Real challenge is how you convince a stupid leader that he is stupid and ruining once upon a time great organization. Unless stakeholders pitch in, no chance of survival.
Parata Pharmacy Automation business is also a joke. A revolving door of leadership and now new hires with no pharmacy knowledge or understanding. So many layers of dysfunction. It could be great but too many layers and so slow and decisions on strategy do not make sense. If the leaders do not understand pharmacy then how can they set the strategy?
I completely agree. I'm part of the Life Sciences group that's set to either spin off or be sold. Honestly, I'm hoping for an acquisition by a larger, more established company. Given how disorganized things are internally, I just don't see a successful spin-off happening.