Curious what one laid-off Merck rep [1] thinks about the company's latest cost-cutting move? He (or she) is not calling it "Plan to Win" as Merck is, that's for sure. No, the wounded one waxed poetical on CafePharma's company board: "'Twas the night before layoffs and all through the house," is how the tale of woe begins. Our favorite stanza? "Oh it was a nice run, Merck once had great style/But then along came the results of the Enhance Trial/I thought a nice long career was gonna be mine/Now I'm riding my bike to the unemployment line."
- read the rest [2] at the Pharma Marketing Blog
- get more [3] about the "Plan to Win" moniker at Seeking Alpha
Related Articles:
Merck to cut 1,200 sales reps [1]
Analyst predicts a long delay for Merck's Cordaptive [4]
Merck wins the 'silver' for worst news week [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/merck-to-cut-1200-sales-reps/2008-05-06?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FP0
[2] http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2008/05/twas-night-before-layoffs.html
[3] http://seekingalpha.com/article/76016-merck-layoffs-lower-drug-sales-too-many-reps?source=headline1
[4] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/analyst-predicts-a-long-delay-for-merck-s-cordaptive/2008-05-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&cmp-id=EMC-NL-FB&dest=FB
[5] http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/merck-wins-the-silver-for-worst-news-week/2008-05-05?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FB0