"DHR has pushed really hard to lower the average age of their employees." Yes they have. It's called age discrimination.

"I thought bec had 10,000 employees in 2011. Bec has hired 2,000 more people in 18 months"

Yep and that doesn't include the multitude of 'part time' contractors. Of the 12,000, 1,500 replaced the layoffs/fired/retired/managed-out-the-door and 2,000 new jobs. Not bad.

What is really striking is the number of my fellow employees who have less than 10 years tenure. DHR has really pushed hard to lower the average age of their employees. Most positions now require a degree, bright young workforce.

You should see our new products for both Dx and Ls start to roll out 3rd quarter of this year. Time will tell if we have hit the mark. Wish us, the employees, well.

BEC was a publicly traded company before acquisition by Danaher. Danaher is also a publicly traded company, symbol DHR.

Moral integrity on the part of managers an VP's goes along way on talent retention. We never once had an employee leave our site because of BCI/DHR policies, it was always due to terrible management.

Sorry. Company owned by Danaher

Remember. They are a private company owned by a public company. That is the catch.
They don't need to give specific details about Beckman or any other colorant owned by Danaher

"With close to 12,000 employees ...."

I thought bec had 10,000 employees in 2011. Bec has hired 2,000 more people in 18 months??

Your good intentions and your nice words don't match with reality. Your speech has to be hold by your actions. No?
May be you are not informed about the real situation in your company. Not that is your fault, but you talk in a way that we want to believe you, but unfortunately the reality is absolutely different.

Our teams aren’t bound by function or geography; instead, we operate with the understanding that we’re better together."
What kind of bounding is this? Porterville used 1000nds of fake components in all the units. The company didn't open any recall due to the issue. What would need to happen for the company to do something about it?
Another class 1 recall when another patient die for a misdiagnose? Is that fair?
I don't know about the company, but the public we are better without Beckman

Porterville is not Beckman? is this the honesty you are talking about?

Didn't you say something about wellness, honest, two way communication.but toy don't know what happened in Porterville. Are the company sites together or every sure make their own stupid decisions

"Tell us about the fake components on the boards. Be honest. If you can"

Ask those in Porterville about them.

Tell us about the fake components on the boards. Be honest. Of you can

I'm going to give you the phone number of your employee that because of the negligence of the management is gong to live with permanent partial disability on his foot for the rest of his life. He doesn't think that he was better together.

"Our goal within the company is to create an environment of wellness and open, honest, two-way communication. Our teams aren’t bound by function or geography; instead, we operate with the understanding that we’re better together."

It is obvious the person that wrote this is out of touch, probably a VP or senior manager. This person probably had a hand in developing the mood elevator also. In my experience the goals you mentioned are being missed on a daily basis.

You don't give a shit about you're customers, and you don't give a shit about you're employees. Danaher just want to squeeze a much as possible what is left of a death company, and then throw away the waste. Which is the most of it.
Explain to us when was the screen tube of the analyzer on lh 750 design and used got the first time
30 years ago, 40 years? What is the op on the hmx msdos?
That is unacceptable. How much do you pay to the buyer of the equipment under the table. 10%?

If you respect your employees like you say. Why did you force one of them to work with a broken foot and even gave him low performance reviews knowing that he couldn't even walk normally. Why did you tell him that he was not authorized by the company to talk about his disability or show his pictures to anybody in the company? You are a bunch of liars and hypocrites.

Please explain to your costumers how a fake component can have intermittent failures. Then explain to us how can a unit .reads abnormal sample today andthe day reads completely different. Animation to us how the company always clean its hands and always blame the lab operators knowing that their fake components can behave with intermittent failures

Your instruments are time bombs. Nobody really knows how a fake component behaves and the have no guaranty. But please explain that to your costumers.

Lets talk about your products. Tell us about the illegal components on thousands of units that you never recall or reported to the FDA. Please

When you talk about products you are not talking about the troponin test that kill a person.right?

Why you don't show to us the letter the company send to the associates in relation with the visit of the governor of Florida. Where the company clearly demands that no one was allowed to speak to him.
Is that the kind of respect the company has for the associates?
Are you stupid our blind? May be both

Our employees put us on the list of the top 500 most innovative companies* as well as giving us a place on the “Most admired companies in the medical products and equipment industry.” * Beckman Coulter employees will tell you they are proud to work here. They will tell you they believe in what the company does. They will tell you that we stand for something good.

For 75 years the world has turned to us for solutions and we have delivered with quality and innovation. Some major scientific breakthroughs of the last decades were made with Beckman Coulter systems and tests, including the discovery of the AIDS virus, identification of the mechanisms of cancer, and the sequencing of the human genome. We serve the $41 billion Clinical Diagnostics market who count on us minute-by-minute to provide billions of critical test results needed to manage patient care. Our diagnostic equipment provide a host of clinical information including early diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management of diseases such as prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, leukemia, HIV, congestive heart failure and heart attacks.

With close to 12,000 employees and operations in more than 130 countries, we believe in putting our customers first and working together with them to lead the battle against disease. We realize our work makes a difference in people’s lives and so we believe in being accountable to each other. Our goal within the company is to create an environment of wellness and open, honest, two-way communication. Our teams aren’t bound by function or geography; instead, we operate with the understanding that we’re better together.

Once upon a time this was true. Then in 1998 Beckman "Management" under Jack Wareham start to distroy what Arnold, Wallace, and Joe had built. Scott Garret accellerated that distruction and drove a once proud and productive customer focused organization into the ground. Danaher has picked up the remaining carcase and is picking the bones to increase the profits that they can wring from it.

Same way you do the surveys. Forcing the employees
That is how you are in th top 500.
The survey was made in china?

Our employees put us on the list of the top 500 most innovative companies* as well as giving us a place on the “Most admired companies in the medical products and equipment industry.” * Beckman Coulter employees will tell you they are proud to work here. They will tell you they believe in what the company does. They will tell you that we stand for something good.

For 75 years the world has turned to us for solutions and we have delivered with quality and innovation. Some major scientific breakthroughs of the last decades were made with Beckman Coulter systems and tests, including the discovery of the AIDS virus, identification of the mechanisms of cancer, and the sequencing of the human genome. We serve the $41 billion Clinical Diagnostics market who count on us minute-by-minute to provide billions of critical test results needed to manage patient care. Our diagnostic equipment provide a host of clinical information including early diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management of diseases such as prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, leukemia, HIV, congestive heart failure and heart attacks.

With close to 12,000 employees and operations in more than 130 countries, we believe in putting our customers first and working together with them to lead the battle against disease. We realize our work makes a difference in people’s lives and so we believe in being accountable to each other. Our goal within the company is to create an environment of wellness and open, honest, two-way communication. Our teams aren’t bound by function or geography; instead, we operate with the understanding that we’re better together.

..."Whoever is determined to hit a rock on the moon will not get it, but knowing how to manage the deep end."
"If you torture the sages let his companions are stupid."...

Lost in translation...

I loved it. Everybody knows what Bec is, and he haven't even started yet.
Bad publicity can destroy any corporation, no matter the size or the power.
"Do not despise a rival however small, the mosquito can damage the eyes of the lion."

"The dog that has money is called Mr. Dog. "

Tree of silence hangs the fruit of security. "It punishes those who are jealous of you making good."
"When wood gets another sufferer."
"When will the world end? The day I die . "
"The tree of silence hangs the fruit of security. "
"After we've dropped the word, it dominates you. But until you've dropped, are his domineering." Variant: "You are a slave of your words and your own silence."
Variant: "If the word quiet is your slave, your master is expressed."
Variant: "Man is what silent love, and slave of what he says."

"God did not impose an obligation to ignorant to learn, without having taken the oath they know the show."
"Man can not jump out of his shadow."
"Better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
"Stay tuned when your enemy smile : the beast shows its teeth before attacking. "
"Four things never return: the arrow thrown, the word as such, the opportunity and wasted life pass. "
"Cruelty is the strength of cowards."
"The envy of the envied notes virtues and defects of the envious. "
"The first time you deceive me, your fault, the second time, the fault is mine."
"Things are not worth the time they last, but by the tracks we leave."
" Books , roads and days give man wisdom . "
"The past has fled, which is absent, but this is yours."

Do not try to put straight the shadow of a crooked staff. "The ears are useless to a deaf brain."
"Those who really seek God , in shrines drown. "
"Do not open your mouth if you're not sure what you say is more beautiful than silence." Variant: "If what you say is not more beautiful than silence, do not tell."
Variant: "If what you say is not more beautiful than silence not going to say." (Used by the Spanish musical group The last in line in his song "When you have the sea.")
Variant: "When you talk, see that your words are better than your silence."

"Do not despise a rival however small, the mosquito can damage the eyes of the lion."
"There is no animal on earth, nor a flying creature on two wings, but are people like that in you"
"Do not try to put straight the shade of a bent stick."
"To strengthen the heart, there is no better exercise to bend down to lift those who are down."
"Whoever does not understand a glance not understand a long explanation." Variant: "Whoever does not understand a look will never understand a long explanation."

"Whoever wants to do something finds a way, who does not want to do anything finds an excuse."
"Whoever is determined to hit a rock on the moon will not get it, but knowing how to manage the deep end."
"If someone bites you makes you remember that you also have teeth."
"If you torture the sages let his companions are stupid."
"If you have choice, why are you complaining? If no remedy, why are you complaining?"

"Please keep up the great job of wrecking morale and shedding talent that you take for granted."

Yes, no one can fix the current products, let alone introduce new ones, since only a few knowledgeable associates remain (and they are about to walk out in disgust), surrounded by younglings and clueless pointy-haired bosses.

Thanks to the "21% cut savings" the stockholders have the idea that the business is profitable and with out problems. That 21% CUT is like the unemployment numbers of the government. Just an illusion.

Dear Competition

No, let me thank you. We have cut our costs by 21.73% the last three years, have introduced nearly zero new products, proven over and over that we really don't care about our customers yet you our competition have failed to cash in. We thank you and appreciate your lack of success. All hail to the DBS.

My sincerest thanks to Danaher taking control of Beckman Coulter with the DBS. Love it when I go into a potential customer's lab and they begin to vent about spiraling costs, steadily decreasing lack of support, and the hiring of kids that have absolutely no real world experience in a lab. At this stage, it is becoming almost too easy and we truly appreciate it. Please keep up the great job of wrecking morale and shedding talent that you take for granted. Your worst nightmare, The Competition

Boss From Hell: The Racist Boss

by Shaun Belding

The battle to eliminate racism in the workplace has been an ongoing effort for over four decades. As perhaps with all social change, it's been a long and painful process, but the good news is that an awful lot of progress has been made.

While workplace racism used to be one of those things people were just supposed to accept, it is now the exception. In most developed countries, it is nearly universally considered inappropriate.

Unfortunately, however, there are still individuals out there who are either unable or unwilling to change their thinking and their corresponding behavior. When these people are in a workplace that doesn't have aggressive policies in place to address this behavior, it can make for a very uncomfortable working environment.

It's a particularly difficult situation when the person with the racist behavior happens to be your boss. Who do you turn to? What do you do? What do you say?

For starters, understand that racist behavior is simply unacceptable - regardless of circumstances. It is not something that you should be expected to tolerate.

You need to take action though - because if you don't, you're tacitly giving your permission for the behavior to continue. The best way to deal with it is to be absolutely firm, but not confrontational.

Here are the steps:

1. Talk about it
You may not be able to change somebody's upbringing or beliefs, but it can sometimes help to appeal to someone's respect for you on a more personal level. The manner in which you approach this is critical.

You don't want to just run headlong into your boss's office demanding that he become more sensitive. Nor do you want to scold him. Those approaches will just get his back up, serve no useful purpose, and certainly won't end the behavior.

This is a good opportunity to use a good-stuff/bad-stuff combo.

Begin with a positive - a genuine, sincere, positive comment about the boss or your job. i.e. (good stuff) "Hey Boss, I really enjoy your sense of humor - you keep the team in good spirits, particularly when things get stressful."

Follow this with your concern, i.e. (bad stuff) "Um, this is kind of an awkward topic, but I was wondering if I could ask a favor. When you make those comments about ---, it really makes me uncomfortable. I was wondering if I could ask you to not do that while I'm around."

Very often, a boss, not realizing he's been doing something insensitive, will quickly adjust his behavior. It can be an uncomfortable conversation to initiate, but the outcome can be exceedingly positive.

The effort is worthwhile for two reasons: First, it can stop the offending behavior; and second, it can help educate someone as to more appropriate workplace etiquette.

2. Take action!

Needless to say, the above approach won't work with everyone.

With those bosses who simply ignore your non-confrontational attempts, you have no choice but to escalate the issue to a greater authority - whether it be your boss's boss, the company's Human Resource department, or an appropriate government agency.

Don't be afraid to take things to the next level. It's not easy being a "whistle blower" or a "trouble maker," but the only other options are to either accept the behavior, or quit your job and move to another company. Neither of those are fun either.

Good luck!

Hahaha

So what do you have against Mexicans? Your a racist!

This forum is not generic stupid.huh called me Mexican. No te hagas el idiota

"You called me narcissist..."

A narcissist usually thinks that all generic comments are directed specifically at them...

You called me narcissist, because I am not afraid of you.
You are the most dramatic, and paranoiac person. I've ever seen. I am not afraid of your comments. Nobody knows me. Everybody knows who you speak for. You speak on behalf of Bec . Right?
Yes I have a very high self esteem and I like that you are trying to analyze me for the first time. You could avoid all this if you were more involved in your job instead of living in lala land.
You called me narcissist . I call you incompetent

CORPORTE CORRUPTION "THE ABUSE OF POWER" WRITTEN IN 1990
PAGE 56 REFERS ABOUT BEC'S CORRUPTION

Company executives are paid to maximize profits, not to behave ethically. Evidence suggests that they behave as corruptly as they can, within whatever constraints are imposed by law and reputation… the furious rush of corporate cash into the political process — which differs from bribery in that companies pay politicians to change laws rather than bureaucrats to ignore them — is unlikely to foment ethical behavior.

US CRACKDOWN

The issue of how punishments are set is particularly pressing in the United States where politicians are angry that a company convicted of breaking a law in one agency or state can sometimes still qualify for a federal government contract. Congress is considering proposals to require mandatory punishments for bribery, fraud and corruption.

“It is becoming a numbers game, and they are increasingly interested in punishment,” said Steven Shaw, senior counsel at Covington and Burling LLP and former deputy general counsel at the US Air Force,.

Currently, U.S. sanctions officers apply discretion in deciding how to punish a company. They can suspend it for a year or less, or debar it from bidding on all government contracts, commonly for three years or more. Since a debarment by one agency applies across all federal contracts -- a “death sentence” as one participant described it -- an inter-agency sanctions committee also reviews the proposal for any mitigating circumstances.

For example, the company may be the sole supplier of a key part needed by the Department of Defense and debarment would put at risk a whole weapons system. If the company implements a strong anti-corruption compliance program, known as “self-cleaning”, and the offense was limited to one division or rogue employee, the punishment could be more lenient.

In this way agencies can use a scalpel, not a sledgehammer, when deciding on punishment, said Steven Schooner, professor of government procurement at the George Washington University Law School. “We are attempting to protect government not just from corrupt practitioners, but also incompetent ones who cannot perform the work,” he said.

Timothy Dickinson, a defense lawyer at Paul Hastings LLP, said companies prefer incentives to cooperate with the government rather than the sledgehammer of mandatory debarment.

While an international system for debarring companies might be an appealing way to crack down on global corruption, it would run into huge fairness problems since national and international standards differ so widely on everything from investigations to punishments and legal definitions of who is covered by the anti-bribery laws, he said.

“We cannot even agree on what is a state-owned enterprise, or on who is a government official,” he said. In this environment, without harmonisation, cross debarment can be neither fair nor efficient, Dickinson said.

Seven things you should expect to see from a narcissistic employee:

1. Narcissists are likely to also be extraverted and agreeable, but unlikely to be open to experience, conscientious, and emotionally stable.

2. Narcissists may be detrimental in team contexts that require cooperation and a positive climate. Because they are interpersonally abrasive and dismissive, narcissists don’t make good team players.

3. Narcissists may breed competitiveness and distrust among other employees because of their grandiose sense of self-importance and belief that they are an extraordinary performer.

4. Narcissists may be very problematic in any rating system where they are required to provide a self-rating. You can expect the narcissist’s self-rating to be even more inflated than the self-ratings of other employees.

5. A narcissist that is forced to admit he or she has not performed well may disparage those who outperform him or her.

6. A narcissist that receives an unfavorable evaluation can be expected to disparage the unfavorable evaluator and possible even become aggressive.

7. A narcissist may be detrimental in jobs where a realistic conception of one’s talents and abilities are critical. For example, expect the narcissist to be an overconfident negotiator, which can be a huge liability.

Avoid hiring a narcissist if possible. Ironically, as Robert Hogan points out, “narcissists and psychopaths excel during interviews.” And unfortunately, there is very little evidence-based advice on how to manage the narcissistic employee you find yourself stuck with.

If you think you work with a strong narcissist, remember these seven points and anticipate their behavior in certain situations. Be prepared. The narcissists strong personality will dominate weak situations, so even more so than your other employees, make sure the narcissist is working in a strong system with clearly defined and consistently reinforced behavioral expectations.

In a court

Looks like someone is really pissed at BEC. You really must have let BEC make you their bitch to carry this much bile in your heart. When do you heal sister. Come out from under the bridge and embrace the light of the world.

"Successful men are influenced by desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by desire for pleasing methods"

Given that, BEC is doomed to fail, given the propensity of middle management use of lying as a method. And lying does not extend just to employees, but customers as well. However, one has to realize that it all rolls downhill, so the fish must be pretty rank at this stage.

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Albert Einstein's: "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

I am an ignorant just willing to be taught. I am grateful that in this forum people have the time to see my grammar and spelling mistakes and I try hard to learn and correct it, and it is for free. but in my desperate need for knowledge I always find peace in wisdom.
The more you think you know

Successful men are influenced by desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by desire for pleasing methods

That sounds like Bec implementing DHR DBS
Bec management are influenced by desire for pleasing methods
That is a complete failure

I don't understand what loser means. If is about money. I am not. May be I have more than you. If it is about social network, mine is pretty decent. If its about love, In my life I have had plenty. I don't know what you mean. Loser because I have the courage to tell the truth. If that is what you mean when you call me loser. Then I am, and I supposed you are a winner....... Did you ever win something? Do you think will be a winner out of this discrepancy of ideas? I doubt it.........
Neither of us will win. This is not a matter of winning or losing, we are all going to lose. The point is who is going to lose more. The more you have, the more chances you have to lose. Right? Who you think can lose more.

I want you to tell that to 140 million people.
I warn you to stop doing that. You are hiding behind the company, but you are doing it for yourself, is illegal, and is wrong. The law will find out who you are. and you will face a trial .

You said I am a pathetical joke, but I have rights, documents, and witnesses currently working in the company, and others fired because of me.
I am not in a rush. I am currently working more hours than ever before in my life. It is just a matter of justice. I am not going to let it go. If you think that is a pathetical joke. Good. The management didn't think about it on the first place.
Companies are all powerful in this country, and I've seen abuses in other companies.
But Bec are so incompetent that everything they do are mistakes. One after another .No pegan una.
I post a negative comment and tenths of negative comments supporting me appear right after. What are you going to do?
Are you going to intimidate all this people that just know the kind of individuals currently working for this company ruining not just the company. they are ruining everything.
If there were just bad or evil. to me its ok. But pretend to be evil and incompetent is a combination that is unique for bec's management.
The regular employees do whatever they are allowed to do.
They are not responsible for the bad outcome. they are the first line of defense, and they are the ones that have to pay for all the management mistakes. Management don't lose their jobs. Regular employees do. Regular employees do what management force them to do.

I have the unlimited support of resources gave to my by legitimate right that I will exercise to the limit of the law.

you have made yourself a racial joke

a pathetically sad joke