Beckman Coulter Galway - Workers on tenterhooks over future of 180 jobs

December 9, 2011 - 7:15am
Outcome of review to decide plant's fate, The workforce at a city-based biomedical multinational company is frustrated at the continuing uncertainty over the future of their jobs with Christmas on the horizon.

Employees of Beckman Coulter, which is based at Mervue since 1972, nearly 40 years, were told earlier this week that the outcome of a review of the US company’s Irish operations would be conveyed to staff this week.

MD of Beckman Coulter Ireland, Piers Devereux, emailed staff on Tuesday and said an announcement on the future of the Galway and Clare plants will be made this week. One of the plants faces the axe.

The announcement on the review of operations is already about a fortnight overdue – well placed sources at the Mervue operation say an announcement could be made before close of business today (Friday). However, any decision to close Galway or the County Clare operation near Tulla could be delayed until next week or even next year.

The uncertainty for the Galway operation surfaced about two years ago when Beckman Coulter acquired Olympus, which has a base about 15 miles from Ennis just past the town of Tulla.

Then Beckman Coulter was acquired by Danaher, a diverse US technology giant, about a year ago. Danaher announced earlier this year it was seeking an 8% reduction in its global workforce.

One source at the Mervue plant yesterday said the decision on whether Galway or Clare would be closed is “fifty-fifty”.

one guy used to through

one guy used to through chairs across the room

Wassat mean bro, some sorta new jiggin?

Yeah it's a pretty mad place,

Yeah it's a pretty mad place, when I worked there one guy used to through chairs across the room. Of course I'm sure he's gone by now.

"Some of the managers are of

"Some of the managers are of the women!!"

You sound like an enlightened chap. Were they mean to you?
I'll bet you rue the day the wimmin folk got the vote.

Old Boys Club? Some of the

Old Boys Club? Some of the managers are of the women!!!

And some of them women are the worst managers I've ever worked for.

Fianna Fail- A very

Fianna Fail- A very appropriate analogy as they were one of the biggest "Old Boys" clubs in Ireland- Yes , even bigger than BCI. The motto of one of their ex-leaders was " Una Duce Una Voce" ( One leader one voice).This is exactly the situation today. The rot with this company goes all the way to the top although I don't believe TJ is guilty of such.
When will Danaher get wise to the situation and do something about the clumsy processes and section leaders who are just too afraid to make a decision and move on with developing the company?.

Danaher are one part of the problem and DBS wont solve all the problems experienced in the world of Medical Diagnostics. Lets face it though the rot was well established with BC long before the takeover.

That is an easy one, Fianna

That is an easy one, Fianna Fail. Thick as pig shite, he is be perfect for them.

It is about time someone took them toys of that old boys club.

It would probably help non -Irish readers to understand this posting if you explain that Fianna Fail is an Irish Political party.

Where else would someone like

Where else would someone like 15 get to where he is?

That is an easy one, Fianna Fail. Thick as pig shite, he is be perfect for them.

It is about time someone took them toys of that old boys club.

I can't abide the game, the

I can't abide the game, the place is a stuck in a time warp.

Where else would someone like 15 get to where he is?

Ireland needs to get off its

Ireland needs to get off its arse and get some work done. Everything is late and there is petty bickering that makes each and everyone of them seem the fool.

Watch your old boys club slowly start to be pulled apart.

It wasn't eaten. :-)

It wasn't eaten. :-)

All of these guys are O.K. as

All of these guys are O.K. as long as you play their game .It's difficult to find anything good that came from the Danaher takeover but if there was anything, it was that these little groups became more transparent. Should be interesting to observe Flanders, Crusty , Side-show Bob and the rest of the gang over the coming months.

P-Diddy ain't such a jerk,

P-Diddy ain't such a jerk, but there are some proper cartoon characters.

Flanders struts his stuff, it's painful, it gets worse when he speaks.

From what I heard of BC in

From what I heard of BC in Clare it's a real old boys club .It is run by PD with the cast from the Simpsons. If you want to get on then " Pucker Up" and prepare to kiss " Ass" .

Going by what it says on this site it Looks like there is a real "S-it Storm" brewing at the moment. Cover up and get ready for the fallout.

Want to know why your shit

Want to know why your shit head boss continues to piss down your back and tell you it's raining?

Get them to take this test:
http://www.arkancide.com/psychopathy.htm

Now you know!!

Matt ate my hamster

Matt ate my hamster

The company is fubar!!! In

The company is fubar!!!

In fact it is so fubar it has brought NYSE:DHR down 4.5% in the last few months.

No real R&D left in the organisation never mind in Clare, not that what goes on is Clare is actual R&D, has not been for a long time. Dear R&D Leader guided the troupe like only he could.

Better not to work for a

Better not to work for a dying corrupt company. It is already on last stages. I'll say in life support. Who knows how long can it survive? Maybe it merges with another acquisition, just to make it attractive for investors, and then DHR will get rid of it.
They are assuming the big mistake in buying such a piece of shit

Wake up you deluded fool,

Wake up you deluded fool, Ireland is not safe.

There are redundancies, through natural attrition.

As soon as the penny pinchers find a cost effective way of removing or joining sites.....

The top management has already been consolidated, it is now a one Ireland Organisation, just a matter of time.

Safe? who is safe working for

Safe? who is safe working for a piece of shit like bec?
Nobody!!! Don't sign anything without consulting a lawyer

Rest easy, Ireland is safe.

Rest easy, Ireland is safe.

Will there be more layoffs in

Will there be more layoffs in Ireland, or is it escaping this time round?

What happened with the site consolidation?

More like Onan the Barbarian

More like Onan the Barbarian

So you saw someone flogging

So you saw someone flogging the "dead ant eater". Could it have been a member of senior management.From what I hear they are a bunch of wa-kers. Perhaps he was fantasizing about his bonus or reading one of those "skin mags" recommended by LC in his Summer reading list.

I love Danaher

I love Danaher

Danaher can't be that bad.

Danaher can't be that bad. Beckman management were the type to piss down your back and tell you it is raining.

So surely an improvement, no?

Danaher makes me cry! Boo Hoo

Danaher makes me cry!

Boo Hoo

October 24, 2012 - Danaher

October 24, 2012 - Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) today announced Steven M. Rales, Chairman of the Board, agreed to sell 15 million shares of Danaher common stock that he owns pursuant to Rule 144. Mr. Rales is selling these shares in connection with his personal financial and estate planning. Following the sale, he will continue to own in excess of 43 million shares of Danaher's outstanding common stock.

From By TheStreet Wire 10/25/12 - 09:00 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of A+ .

Then:
By TheStreet Wire 11/16/12 - 09:01 AM ESTNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of B+ .

You just got screwed by the Danaher Bullshit System

Look . this is how Danaher is

Look . this is how Danaher is fooling people.
Lets say. Today Danaher Corporation (DHR) pushed the Conglomerates sector higher today making it today's featured conglomerates winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.6%. By the end of trading, Danaher Corporation rose 91 cents (1.8%) to $52.90 on average volume. Throughout the day, 2.9 million shares of Danaher Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.7 million shares.
Then the next few days it looses all the earnings, then they start all over again.
Take a look at it, for the last month or so, they keep playing the same game . My God a single penny of decency please

Agreed. Beckman Coulter is

Agreed. Beckman Coulter is broken beyond repair.
I consider my self an ignorant but the wisdom of the illuminated said.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made

Corporate stupid ignorants

As Beckman Coulter is

As Beckman Coulter is assimilated into the Danaher BS System, Danaher is beginning to realise that Beckman Coulter smells a little ripe.

The fish rots from the head down and BC is rotten to the core.

It is going the way of Eastman Kodak, AoL and others.

I want to be a leader

I want to be a leader fighting for legal rights.
If you consider the information here posted by a demented lunatic
you should meet my legal counselors.

What is that supposed to mean?
Stop talking in circles and spit it out.

Any way. this is just the

Any way. this is just the begininning. WE have no rush.
There are a lot of topics we want to share with the public about life science, hematology, specially in Miami

Thanks and I consider myself

Thanks and I consider myself a leader or speaker who stirs up the passions. Specially when talking about a compqany that has no respect for people. I want to be a leader fighting for legal rights.
If you consider the information here posted by a demented lunatic
you should meet my legal counselors.

The power of the truth

The power of the truth

Tome over

Tome over

What in the name of Christ

What in the name of Christ are ye rabble-rousing over?

Is all this being posted by some demented lunatic arguing with themselves?

Its read like some bi-polar wing-nut posts something on here, forgets about it and then has a go at themselves, repeat ad-infinitum.

In my humble opinion, this

In my humble opinion, this Bec spelling instructor should send his subordinates to learn English. In a meeting with him, we told him that people in the assembly lines didn't read or speak any English, and he pretended to be amazed.
Come on! HE is such a fake person. They all know, but they want to keep their lie running.. To me he has the Napoleon syndrome. But when he comes here to the post he wanted to be the super lettered person. the most prepared, he wants to participate in all the topics. By the way in all your patents. DO you have one how to screw a company? You do it so well

Easy try to defend something

Easy try to defend something online instead of doing it for real.
Then showing it to his boss the great job he its doing at last on the internet while he was supposed to be working to fix the problems
This person is paranoid and only tries to prevent leaks of information against the company for obvious reasons.
The question is how to stop the general opinion about acompany that hasa terrible reputation? First he tries toccheck grammar, then the content, then intimidation then he calls the administration attention to prevent or at least try to prevent adverse comments. Ignore him. If he can't persuade you from posting he will try to find out who you are, and then he will attack you in a more particular way

And flag all adverse comments

And flag all adverse comments against BEC since her isVP he is the only one defending that crappy corrupt company. The Ginny thing is that he took English lesions by mail. He may be ask the secretary to check the spelling and grammar for him, most of the time

I canbet a $100 that the last

I canbet a $100 that the last comment was from cinty the traumatized defender of corruption. Then he is going to call you troll, and finally he is going to start crying to the administrator. Give it up

There were some proper

There were some proper dumbass ducks working in Clare while I was there. One PM reported into her husband. Most of the regular folk were quite plesant, but some of the management were ignorant fuckers.

What a nice person you are I am sure all your co workers gave you total respect when and if you ever worked there.
You may have done better if you had received some spelling lessons.

There were some proper

There were some proper dumbass ducks working in Clare while I was there. One PM reported into her husband. Most of the regular folk were quite plesant, but some of the management were ignorant fuckers.

LC trilateral commission the

LC trilateral commission the hidden hand of the government. BCI bailout rescue. We all serve the same purpose

Danaher a bunch of nice

Danaher a bunch of nice Harvard kids pretending to be honest and aggressively profitable. they don't even know how to change their socks

Agreed it is not the Beckman

Agreed it is not the Beckman people you should be worried about.

But those 'Anonymous' surveys, you know the ones with the unique user name and password....

Anywhere in Clare counts

Anywhere in Clare counts

How likely is it that the low

How likely is it that the low bid IT talent left at beckman that can barely configure a printer magically gets all CSI when it comes to tracking web traffic? And why bother? Its not like you need a reason to get rid of an associate if you feel like it.

It is not the BCI folks that I would worry about, it is the Danaher IT group.

How likely is it that the low

How likely is it that the low bid IT talent left at beckman that can barely configure a printer magically gets all CSI when it comes to tracking web traffic? And why bother? Its not like you need a reason to get rid of an associate if you feel like it.

Boy, That shut down the

Boy, That shut down the Danaher comments!

Can Beckman/Danaher find out

Can Beckman/Danaher find out who is posting on this board?
Is it anonymous?

Do not post to this site from any device or via any network that is controlled via Danaher or BCI IT. You can be sure that it is trapped and recorded. I am sure that reading this site via those devices and paths is also captured and reported. You can be terminated for violation of their IT Policies.

Accessing and posting to the site from outside the DBCI world is much more difficult for them to track. The Rumor Mill has long stated that they do not record the addresses of posters. There is also the issue of protected free speach at least under the US Constitution. I would not under estimate what they can do with tracking cookies, trojan horses, etc. Make sure that your firewall is up to date and working. There is always a risk. If you post via public WIFI sites, it is more difficult to track.

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