any Pfizer FTE reading this crap? get back to work.. we have a company to save!
you wankers.. good pay.. good add ons.. never worked in the real world have you?

Pharmanet is literally the only company open in the Delaware Valley after this crazy blizzard. They have no respect for the safety of their employees or any real world situations. The entire city of Philadelphia is basically closed, all schools are closed, they just have no regard for employee satisfaction in any way.

consultants? just offer them a job as PFe employees and save half the money paid to them and half the money in supervisiing them.

Actually, pfizer employees are all overpaid and never able to produce anything. Any work pfizer ever produced are all done by these consultants. The overhead for pfizer employee is so high, that overhead alone is enough to pay FSP companies and still have left over.

when will PFE leran that all these FSPs & other service providers cost more than if they hire the workers to do the jobs with FTEs- but then they would need fewer managers and directors and we cannot have that - more workers, less management, lower costs - no way - that is not the PFIZER way.

Pharmanet is the worst paying CRO in the industry.

Yes sick of Pfizer

Problem with PFE outsourcing strategy was simple - it cost too much. They paid the contractor high hourly rates, then paid the company that employed them a hefty commission and then had salaried managers / directors to supervise the contractor. Instead why not hire a person to do the contractors job and pay taht person a decent salary & get rid of the overheads? The root cause is the phobia to show more FTEs

All these contractors made enough money off PFE for so many years along with the people awarding the contract - they now cannot get a job that will pay them 75% of what PFE gave them. Good riddance!

I hope you find something soon.

Funny that you call EP a bunch of bumbling idiots. I have been employed by EP for years. I am thrilled with this opportunity and am paid higher than most of my collegues.

I wonder if you got canned from EP/pfizer and are bitter....that is what it sounds like to me. Look at you performance and how you could have effected your layoff.

It clearly is not what it once was. There are fewer jobs now and lots of competition. Expect to make less money as people are accepting less - so they can stay employed. It will be a sad reality for some to find other professions as more and more will lose their jobs and realize they may have no other choice. This may be a good thing in the long run as (finally-hopefully) the poor performers will get pushed out of the industry. Good luck.

I am having a horrible time finding pharma work after being laid off as a study manager last June. I NEVER thought it would take this long. Is anyone else having this problem and any suggestions??? I am seriously considering changing professions.

I hear a major contract with BLC Consulting in New London is off the table in a few months. Any truth to the rumor? Where will all that work go -- more outsourcing? What was the reason for the split?

Still no word on whether the EP contract will get renewed. If I were you I'd stay away. I was laid off last year and regret ever working for EP/Pfired.

Still no word on whether the EP contract will get renewed. If I were you I'd stay away. I was laid off last year and regret ever working for EP/Pfired.

Have just received recruiting call from EP recruiter, but after reading these posts and having had some bad experiences with smaller CROs in the past, I am very concerned and fearful that this will be a bad match for me. Need a job after 13 years in the industry at Sr. level but am not comfortable with this at all. Any feedback appreciated.

Can I ask if you were a Sr CRA at Pharmanet? Higher pay range? They are hiring now, but at lower levels.... Hmmm...

Run little ones, run while you can. The pesticide is coming.....

[quote]Oh please - LS couldn't save them at Pfizer, what makes you think she can save them now? Funny thing is that it just shows exactly how naive EP is. LS doesn't have nearly the contacts someone who lived outside of CT would have. They are just a bunch of bumbling idiots - tripping over one another.[/quote]AMEN to that!

LS, AL, IW....the list goes on. But me thinks the buck has stopped here. At least LS was smart enough to get out with a package.

Oh please - LS couldn't save them at Pfizer, what makes you think she can save them now? Funny thing is that it just shows exactly how naive EP is. LS doesn't have nearly the contacts someone who lived outside of CT would have. They are just a bunch of bumbling idiots - tripping over one another.

You mean that LS isn't going to save all of the formerly outsourced PFE ladies and gentleman?

[quote]He or she said that everything will be fine --- don't worry.Dr Shroom.[/quote]Exactly correct. You will be fine if you have a second job as a greeter at WalMart. Otherwise you are screwed.

He or she said that everything will be fine --- don't worry.Dr Shroom.

[quote]Abolutely no free rides is what I'm hearing, at least none that Pfizer will pay for. Hear even the spineless jellies in NL are scrutinizing everything because they are being scrutinized themselves. Also lots of pharma contracts being canceled with CROs because they are all cutting corners. Biotechs seem to be the only ones with money these days and most of them are being gobbled up by the big pharmas. Dust off your nursing knickers - may be needing them again soon.[/quote]Wow, could you put that in English?

Abolutely no free rides is what I'm hearing, at least none that Pfizer will pay for. Hear even the spineless jellies in NL are scrutinizing everything because they are being scrutinized themselves. Also lots of pharma contracts being canceled with CROs because they are all cutting corners. Biotechs seem to be the only ones with money these days and most of them are being gobbled up by the big pharmas. Dust off your nursing knickers - may be needing them again soon.

I think it's coming. Just makes sense. If not immediately then plan for the end of the year. You can't drop a program without cleanup. But I hear that Pf is looking very closely at utilization at some sites so no free rides.

I think it's coming. Just makes sense. If not immediately then plan for the end of the year. You can't drop a program without cleanup. But I hear that Pf is looking very closely at utilization at some sites so no free rides.

No, but I was told to expect one after the announcements last Wednesday of the TA exits! You?

Anyone get a call today regarding your services no longer being required?

What was that song that Kermit used to sing? "It's not easy counting all this green....."

agreed

[quote]you are all c***s anyway[/quote]We may be c****s to you but we are also your paycheck! Don't fool me EP home office. Every hour I work you get a cut of. So if I'm a c*****r then you are a c**t.

With what just happened at PharmaNet, I'm looking! Last thing I need is a call this afternoon that my "services are no longer needed"!

As the workload decreases so will the need for EP. Not even the Pfizer Pfriends can help them this time around. Too many people onto them.

I just heard that there is another round of layoffs coming to EP...

Not so fast, I am a recent victim of streamlining measures at PharmaNet

you are all c***s anyway

GO J-K, GO J-K. GO J-K

I'm safe.Even if I'm not, I'm still rich.Jeff

[quote]BS- Nobody called today,[/quote]I believe they were referring to the last massive lay-off, idiot EP front office person. There will be more. If you really need a job then start looking. No one is safe.

BS- Nobody called today,

[quote]I am so discouraged about this lay off. I had not one ounce of forewarning. It totally broadsided me. Earlier in the day, everything was great, then I get a phone call at 4 pm saying my services were no longer needed, with absolutely no explanation. Neither HR nor the lawyer had any input either. I am seriously considering leaving the pharma research business. I am considering pharma sales, but have no prior sales experience. I really don't know what to do![/quote]What was the reason given for your lay off? did you get a package? what kind? Which site and dept?

I am so discouraged about this lay off. I had not one ounce of forewarning. It totally broadsided me. Earlier in the day, everything was great, then I get a phone call at 4 pm saying my services were no longer needed, with absolutely no explanation. Neither HR nor the lawyer had any input either. I am seriously considering leaving the pharma research business. I am considering pharma sales, but have no prior sales experience. I really don't know what to do!

Anyone know what was meant by the line in the newspaper article that Execupharm was evaluating the staff performance at Pfizer or something along those lines? Loved how professional we sounded "We have a lot of staff there" - next time lets just say we have a "whole bunch"!

Maybe Jefferson Starship can beam all of the idiots out of the program?

I recently heard that a very large CRO is going back to a design that they used years ago. Much more customer focus, dedicated teams, single point of contact who led the team. I can see it swinging back to the CROs if they can get there quality back to where it once was.

Run, run, run, runaway....Jefferson Starship. Just watch as the future unfolds. Outsourcing is in full growth mode. Watch for Pharma companies to increase outsourcing studies at increasing levels. Why? You say?..Companies can develop compounds without having massive outlays of cash for benefits, and downtime if the pipelines ebb and flow.