Get ready. Thoughts?
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I vote that we ALL give ourselves significantly exceeds on all the behaviors on our reviews. Especially integrity. The company standard is bottom basement.
I don't need leaders to badly read canned statements in townhalls. I remember I used to think it was crazy that people ignored them. Now I get it. Nothing anyone says involves me. The chess piece doesn't need you to explain the game when you're in control.
And to q&a. ALL q&a is canned. They create the questions. They already know what they'll say. No one goes off cuff. We're too micromanaged for that. It's an unofficial way for them to get feedback by seeing what people don't understand or want more information on. Every townhall, someone asks about rifs but they don't even bring up that question even though I bet it's the most frequent one. And yes. Tough decisions. Right sizing. Transforming the way we work. All code for rifs. They used to not use those words at all before this year. It's because they keep being hammered by investors and then hammered the other way by our complaints. This is middle ground and stupid.
@4maq+1u2mdNMP - Well said.
The Townhalls are a waste of time. Pete will tell everyone about something small we did correctly then talk about the challenging environment in the hopes that will motivate someone to paddle faster. This company especially the endless reorgs in Pharma clearly indicate they are in the dark. Moving it to the water treading medical did not help either. Clearly a 2nd tier player these days who thinks if we keep hiring more of the other companies cast offs we will grow. Im just waiting for my role to be eliminated so I can get a package and then go do what I want. Until then I am coasting and watching all the other ants think they are getting ahead.
See Ratnakar's town hall for the message to be imparted in this one. "tough decisions" and "headwinds" if it's addressed at all.
The company doesn’t ever mention layoffs or reductions in force at that level. I’ve only heard it vaguely referenced once where the outgoing head of finance said “that’s why we had to make some difficult decisions”. He probably would have been let go for that if he wasn’t already on his way out. The company feels like a large money laundering front with how sneaky they are about everything.
Another one
I attended to see if there was any further detail about layoffs in departments other than mine. There was none. They just let the word leak out slowly so no one really understands the full scope.
I’m just waiting to see how the Q&A goes…
Truth. Transparency. Trust.
What a joke!
I would rather spend time for my personal wellbeing than attend these Townhalls. There is no value added for associates. That’s my thoughts. Some people drop everything to listen.