worked there too. RC is definitly a major reason for the deterioration of the ATCC from what was once a respectable org to his own private sand box. Privately held all he has to do is stroke the board and they take care of him. He once blew about $5M of ATCC money on a misguided effort to go GMP, without having a single human use product in the inventory. Then after about 5 months abandoned the effort, fired the QA/QC staff and went on to "more success".

"why do you find venting towards these people healthy"

Why?? To prevent others from making the huge mistake of joining this stinking craphole of an organization! Most people who come here get stuck in this tar pit, never to escape and get a real career. Many don't realize their plight, or they don't care (37.5 hours per week! Yeah!!). If you have any ambition, forget this place, as it will suck the very life out of you.

why do you find venting towards these people healthy

Remind me again, what quality staff was fired?

Can anyone tell me about the ACS (ATCC Cell Systems) branch of ATCC? Is it being effected by the re-org?

The irony of the fear-mongers doing their utmost to undermine the talented is that once they "succeed" in ridding ATCC of that talent, those individuals actually look even more capable to their next employer! I cannot thank RC enough for how widely known is his "talent" for thwarting the efforts of those with skills in building business relationships and products that have a tangible ROI. RC's reputation made the accomplishments I managed to eke out during my tenure there way more impressive than they would be coming out of another organization.

Being re-orged out of ATCC is in reality a badge of competency one should wear proudly when seeking post-ATCC opportunities! I venture to say that voluntary termination at this late date might carry with it a bit of a stain - sorry, but your best strategy for leaving now might be figure out how to get yourself involuntarily terminated, at least for the few who have achieved anything that a real business might find of value, that is.

Those of you who have tucked your heads in the sand and waited for sunnier climes or played RC's little evil games willingly may have thought you were playing it safe, but in reality you've locked yourself into your own little cell of hell and threw away the key.

The promotions were ordered by Noodle Boy of course. Neither noodle works very well for him anymore (meaning both the penile and senile variety).

Did anyone else notice the sickening number of Senior Managers that received promotions? So, we cut costs, destroy the quality of our products, fire quality staff all for the benefit of providng DC, KP, MK and GV with big fat increases in their salary. . . Viva ATCC! . . .

Managing by fear is just the flipside of not possessing talent. People in positions of power who are without talent often know it, which feeds their inherent insecurity. This insecurity drives them to invent complex organizational structures and processes that provide a smokescreen for their shortcomings. And God forbid that anyone of real talent should rock their world. They will spend all their energy scheming to undermine the capable, with the goal of making themselves look like a savior to those of influence.

Sound like anyone we know? It starts at the top, and is also a lesson that has been well learned throughout the ranks in Manassas.

Just have a look at http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/5-traits-of-bad-bosses-192202212....

I think the percentage of leaders down to the lowest level supervisor at ATCC who exude these 5 qualities is pretty danged high!!

Employees who read this thread and expect their lives to miraculously change are setting themselves up for disappointment. Just because you work in a place that is lead through fear doesn't mean that you have to endure the fear. A decision to take no action is a decision and a choice. Your choice, your desire. Put your feet where your keyboarding is and put ATCC into your past or own up to the reality that you feed off the fear.

No competitors really, as their collections are the outcome of a by-gone era when researchers actually shared their biological materials. ATCC hasn't produced or offered anything new or interesting in 20 years, unless you count the ways they have fleeced researchers of their grant money.

ATCC increase their cell line price folds. I hate them. Any company is their competitor?

It doesn't seem that MC, DC, or MK are the types of people to think up these nutsy plans of late. They're probably just 'tools' carrying out Dr. C's machinations (or dementia).

Whoever is going to dissect Dr C, don't forget MC, MK and DC. They deserve it as much, if not more than Dr C.

The condition of C's noodle has no merit when describing it objectively for a jury.
What did he make you do with his noodle?

That comment just shows your ignorance regarding sexual harassment.

Yeah, Dr. C. has made some weird and borderline sexual harassment-type comments to me and co-workers in the past (dress, hair style, etc.). We have generally laughed them off since there's no chance of follow-through. At his age it must be a pretty limp noodle.

How many sexual harrassment lawsuits against Dr. C in the last 5 years? More than 3?

I hear Dr C will soon be doing his own reorganization and MC is on the way out.

CEO not taking his Aricept?? Sr. management off their Zoloft?? Maybe the entire staff needs to take some testosterone, as no one there seems to have any balls.

ATCC is a terrible place to work. Customers should be very wary of any "product" from this place. No one should deposit any biological with this place; it is not a repository. It is an insane asylum.
These people are off their meds.

The entire Senior Management Team should be hanged, drawn and quartered for this cluster f*#k of a reorganiztion.

I will dissect Raymond like the fetal pig that he is. Soon my knife will open his diseased body

Do not make Raymond mad! He will become a Penn State University Football Coach!

When RC fires all the Chinese, he can hire another truckload for one third the price.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. Stupid Chinese.

Stupid worthless Raymond; dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
Stupid worthless Raymond; dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
Stupid worthless Raymond; dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
Stupid worthless Raymond; dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
Stupid worthless Raymond; dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.
Stupid worthless Raymond; dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.

It is so amazing that ATCC managers pretend this thread does not exist.

Every day is "play pretend day". They should be in jail for stealing IP.

"The beatings will continue until morale improves." per MK.

Re-organization in the Marketing group happened as well: they let go their most creative person (JS) and are losing their web designer (CM). The exit of any talent that came in since 2011 will continue until only the brain-dead (or near-dead) remain.

So, Miguel C is the idiot behind this latest reorganization that dissolved our R&D departments . . . Wow, I wonder how long it will take for Dr C to have him walked out after the company is FUBAR by BioProduction?

You were mentored by Dr C??? You have got to be kidding me. I am sure he didn't mean to. And what, pray tell, future did he prepare you for? Dying to know. Unless you too, are one of the highly overpaid "geezers"........

IRS FORM 990 from 2010 lists the BOD as:
Raymond Cypess ($900,682)
Diane Griffin ($26,500)

Strange.
So, strange

Dr C. only has "lap-dogs". No salt dogs.

The Dr. C has no dogs. This post is wrong.

Working for kind, benevolent Dr. C. makes Human Trafficking sound like a welcome vacation....

Well, if that is true, then it is up to those licensors and customers to initiate litigation against ATCC (even if it's not true, by golly!!).

So, if somebody steals yer crap, it is up to the person whose crap got stolen to raise a stink about it, is that it?

Yes, yes, I think I'm getting it....give me another tough one.

I have learned much good knowledge from benevolent Doctor C.
I feel much grateful acknowledgment for Doctor C mentor my career and make me successful for high technology future. So much, I owe benevolent and kind Doctor C. Thank you Doctor C.

Please feed us.

The Old Geezer should leave and go to the Sea with his salty sea dogs.....He also has another Chinese company making cell lines BioX Cell. Many Chinese. Much money.

I've heard that the old man is a genius in his own way.

Can you confirm?
Does he do the EZ or the Long Form?

Lots of changes going on AGAIN. Same thing different day. When will Dr C and his geezers go away? The old man works one day a week! Can he not just go away already.? How many years has he taken advantage now? How much is enough money? Are they even looking for a his replacement.??

Be realistic. If they are going to hell anyway, why waste the time or money to put them in jail? Don't we have better things to do with our money? Just let them go for a few more years with the satisfaction of knowing they will spend an eternity burning.

Why is the obvious simple solution to things always the hardest to see?

Hahahah good one!!
Jane from http://www.taxiportoseguro.net

Why is it that BioX Cell is getting sued and these ATCC clowns who run the same scam are getting away with their shtick scott-free?

And the CEO is making nearly $1mill/year in a psuedo-business subsidized by tax payer dollars via the NIH?
What a joke this craphole is.

ATCC is the biggest scam perpetrated against biomed research over the last 20 years. Its just like a corrupt "Goodwill" or "Salvation Army" Store. These people belong in jail before they go to hell.

I am so very proud of all of you for continuing your unethical business practices through yet another year.
Your reward is in hell.

RC didn't get where he's at by working.....

Raymond Cypess - $900,682/year, eh?

Pretty good for sleeping through meetings, avoiding any HR needs, and generally creating confusion and fear among the staff.

Does the $900K include his personal driver, the multiple cars purchased for him, the many "business" trips to Boston, or the annual junket (aka vacation) to Isreal??

Raymond Cypess - $900,682/year

If anyone in academia who deposited their hybridomas at ATCC knew how ATCC is ripping off academics, this place would be dead in the water. They hid the facts for a long time.

You're referring to the post about "Stolen Hybridomas and IP" by BioX Cell?

So ATCC has the same business model?
Rip off the cell lines, and sell them for profit without paying royalties?

Sounds pretty similar.

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IT IS TRUE, AND IT IS UP TO US, AND WE ARE.

ALMOST AS BAD AS BIO EXPRESS FOR STEALING CLONES.

Good success to you then. No surprise that ATCC is being run without a shred of integrity by RC, FS, KP, and MK. I have seen their colors up close and the picture is not a pretty one. Once BP's ouster came to light, couldn't get out of there fast enough.