May not be a lot of people but shipping and storing and manufacture in ky is way cheaper then any other warehouse beckman owns.....

"I dont think anything will happen in Kentucky this year..."

Unless I missed an acquisition somewhere along the line, aren't there only less than a dozen Beckman employees in Kentucky?

I dont think anything will happen in Kentucky this year.Not so sure about 2013.thats provided whats left of Beckman survives 2012.

Any truth to the rumor of layoffs in kentucky?

Will the last person please turn of the lights when they leave the building?

À pimple that is worth 30% of danHer's total revenue!!! I think danaher were over confident buying Beckman.

BCI is a "pimple on the a**" of a large company like Danaher. They have to run it through the standard reengineering, replace the management and high paid employees, and move it forward with a loyal team and a much better cost structure.

More an abcess than a pimple. Danaher has never played their game with a company this big, screwed up, or a company that is as regulated. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Call me a coward but I choose to take my money and run, I will be sitting on the side lines and seeing how my decision plays out.

BCI is a "pimple on the a**" of a large company like Danaher. They have to run it through the standard reengineering, replace the management and high paid employees, and move it forward with a loyal team and a much better cost structure.

'the 2010 release of the new molecular diagnostics platform (DX-N?) to the distract wall street annalists. No doubt BEC will eventually try to market this instrument but you have to wonder if it will be a day late and a dollar short'
so whats up with this

How long do you give beckman? How much of beckman will survive? it's sad after working there for almost forty years.I am a retiree and I worry about my benefits for 2013 and beyond!I hope someone rights the ship.

Because SG was the best that they could attract to take over the mess that LR and JW created and Scottie understood the game.

That's it in a nutshell.

People are fond of bashing S.G. but the damage was done before him. Really the ship started taking on water around 2003. This is when J.W. was caught lying about future of the LSR robotics market. The saddest part of that was that J.W. walked away from some potentially great deals to keep focus on the robotics division. Hmm.. wasn't S.A. in charge of that robotics mess in 2003? Funny how S.A. hung on to run the current LSR division for DHR. Kinda makes you think.

Back in 2008, all S.G. had to do was talk about the money BEC would make off the 2010 release of the new molecular diagnostics platform (DX-N?) to the distract wall street annalists. No doubt BEC will eventually try to market this instrument but you have to wonder if it will be a day late and a dollar short.

Back to talent retention - Who needs talent on a sinking ship.

Danaher is a fine company to work for. Let me laugh. The sales for Beckman instruments continue dropping all over the world. Word on the street is they are keeping less then 40% of their US accounts. The USA used to be Beckman playground.

Danaher can keep deluding themselves thinking the DBS system is one size fit all, they bought a company that was in big trouble and they are finishing killing it.

"Unfortunately,your all a bunch of little guys!"
Another troll. How (yawn) original. Best not to engage.

Doys,
Danaher is a fine company to work for.Look at that stock price.All the companies aquired by Danaher were run by losers.If they ran a tight ship Danaher wouldn't have been able to snatch them up.It's always the little guts who pay for executive incompetence.Unfortunately,your all a bunch of little guys! The same pattern just keeps repeating itself no matter were you run too.So get the vaseline and grab your ankles.

What danaher wants is not talent but loyalty to danaher. They cleaned house at Leica. They did too at radiometer.

It has nothing to do with talent. If you are still at Beckman you should look for other opportunities and not work for a company that isn't worth it

.Oh but than we wouldn't attract the best talent.If that were really true why are so many companies run by guys like SG who goes from failure to failure! Can anybody tell me that?

Because SG was the best that they could attract to take over the mess that LR and JW created and Scottie understood the game. LR, JW, and SG all walked out the door with more money than they could reasonably spend in a life time. That money came out of the pockets of the employees and to a lesser extent the shareholders. DHR is just the more refined next step in that cycle. This is the MBA business model, milk the assets and get away with the gold. If you really enjoyed being screwed like this you know who to vote for next November. The same game on a bigger field.

Now it looks like Bec was getting rid of folks because they had already figured out the fallout from IL break up.

Danaher has discovered that the words "Beckman" and "talent" when used together are an oxymoron. Hence their strategy to get rid of folks.

Danaher keeps those stock prices moving,so if you work for them and don't like it I think its time to move on.The real question is their benefits any changes occurring for 2013? All companies espouse the same crap philosophy.It used to be take care of employees and the company will reflect that in growth,innovation and ultimately profits.Look at Apple and Google.That all changed when shareholders became the driving force behind CEO's obligation.Not the company they run but how much the Board of Directors was willing to pay in stock options and golden parachutes.So why would they care.Make it truly pay for performance with sliding scales of reward and no stock options .Oh but than we wouldn't attract the best talent.If that were really true why are so many companies run by guys like SG who goes from failure to failure! Can anybody tell me that?

Danaher's MBa are so sure f themselves. Customers value companies who treat their employees well. And they all see it's not the case with Danaher

Unfortunately the majority of customers could not give a damn about the way companies treat their employees. If that was the case the sweat shops in the Far East would be shut down. It is the unions job to ensure employees good working terms and conditions.
All customers want is good value for money. The question is does Danaher give customers this?

Danaher's MBa are so sure f themselves. Customers value companies who treat their employees well. And they all see it's not the case with dnaher

Why not move it all outside US?

The talent that was at Beckman is gone - get over it. People have moved on to better companies.

The right translation is "we are mating so well'
Have you seen Beckman Coulter LOGO? you can say it means DNA, or just say 'two white snakes mating there'...

"贝克曼工人被拧紧"

You can say that again!!!

How do you say 'Were Better Together' in Mandarin?

贝克曼工人被拧紧

Sticky up ur a..y!

"China played big for my division and cost millions in job loss for suppliers as well. But don't blame China, Danaher has been in Shanghai and South China (Zhuhai) for 10+ years."

How do you say 'Were Better Together' in Mandarin?

Come on doys you see that stock price.Get level headed and just buy the stock. Forget about your jobs,benefits,and any future just keep buyin that stock.Dont Be Stupid!

This is just another Romney acquisition...acquire and gut the place for profits.

Danaher's top executives (I was in DHR management) and the teams that are placed into each company that Danaher buys, portray that "it's just the start of a better company" now that we own you...

Kaizan to Danaher is eliminate most all of the jobs and then consolidate factories, slash market offerings & make profit and recoupe investments!

Take a look at what the score is on the Glass Door website for Danaher. Very bad!

Beware to those that would seek employment at such a cruel place to work!

Out of 40+ Comments regarding Danaher, they have the lowest score in the fortune 300 US publically traded companies.

Danaher does not care for a second what will happen to the women & men that helped make the dynamic company viable to buy. Danaher is cash rich through what the Rale brothers did, make promises and then lie to everyone. Danaher is an American tragedy for those people who fell into Danahers plans!

China played big for my division and cost millions in job loss for suppliers as well. But don't blame China, Danaher has been in Shanghai and South China (Zhuhai) for 10+ years.

"Come on people look at that Danaher stock and those huge dividends they pay. The MBA's must be doing something right."
If thats your criteria those ladies that hang out on the streetcorners must be friggin geniuses

Come on people look at that Danaher stock and those huge dividends they pay. The MBA's must be doing something right. You know that those inner circle meetings produce great end results. We didnt go to school for all those years to become Mighty Big A..holes. We know whats right for you all. Just dont be jealous. You go right ahead and write that book and put it next to book about Arnold Beckman's life.You know the Phd who actually invented things.Can't think of anything those MBA's from Danaher invented. Oh yeah the DBS system,which was stolen from Toyota,who took it from Deming.

B/C they will find-out that Danaher will not let anyone into their inner circle of "strat plans". Danaher will have these off site meetings and if you are in a management position or of some capacity and your not invited to that strategy meetings it's over for you. The other method of disposal is to let you fail by intention. Once the communication stops from your management, you will be invited to attend a week long Kaizan event where you will have to arrive at 7:00am and be in this event for 50 - 60 hours. On the last day of the event you will have to report-out to the entire company on what your specific contribution was to the event. If you do not impress the Danaher robots with their MBA's you will be top-graded (fired). I am in the process of writng a book on the subject on how Danaher treats it's workers. Look for it soon!

Topgrading is more of that GE/Jack Welch bull fertilizer. You remember GE- a failing company that just needed one of the biggest government bailouts in history to survive? Its very simplistic so that consultants can sell it and run and so that management can understand it. It treats the little people as interchangeable cogs so the MBAs like it. But as usual based on a lot of wrong assumptions. Either they are to dim to learn from failure or its a HR tool to "control expenses" thats dressed up as something else.

I worked at Videojet (Danaher) for 5 1/2 years from 2005 to 2011. I had 5 directors as bosses in that time frame. Two (2) were fired (Top Graded) and the others quit!

Danaher is the worst company. Be prepared to either live at work or get top graded! I was a senior engineer with managment responsibilities. I left on my own! Ha I left my group high and dry!

BC is over as you once new it to be. Every person, even the top technology contributors face being top graded.

"Danaher Beckman have maintained the best talent! All the deadwood has been replaced.The most intelligent hard working people are the only ones left.They promote from within and offer superior benefits and opportunity! So why is everyone jealous? DBS is the way to go! Lets go Danaher! Lets go Beckman! "

I don't care who ya are, that's funny right there!! LOL

Danaher Beckman have maintained the best talent! All the deadwood has been replaced.The most intelligent hard working people are the only ones left.They promote from within and offer superior benefits and opportunity! So why is everyone jealous? DBS is the way to go! Lets go Danaher! Lets go Beckman! Lol

"The infallible Danaher Business System is driving Beckman associates away in droves"

This is just the straw that broke the camels back, Beckman senior and mid level managers were doing a fine job at this on their own. Beckman and now Danaher has/had employee support systems in place to help but they don't work if they are only "token" systems. Management has to take feedback seriously instead of making up excuses why employees are leaving.

The reason danaher says that retention is a top priority is because they've bought enough companies and have screwed enough employees over the years that they know what to expect from beckman. Lip service and taking away significant benefits will not get danaher where they want to go period.

TB is one clueless MBA paper weight. She sucks up the DBS kool-aid.

[WTF?! The "bright young outsiders" have invented their own secret language in order to prevent communication, make themselves sound important, and identify others as "one of their own".]

Yes, DBS is aptly named (Danaher B*ll Sh*t).

>> WTF?! The "bright young outsiders" have invented their own secret >> language in order to prevent communication, make themselves sound >> important, and identify others as "one of their own".

>> Why not simply say "...seeking to purchase complementary >> companies to increase profit"? Or would that mean that others >> might actually understand what they're saying, and that would >> take away their "I'm Important" aura?

Translation only needed by insiders in denial

Let's face facts.... Elvis and all the real talent left the building years ago!

The Beckman management still remaining are the absolute bottom of the barrel when it comes to talent.

This once great company is almost dead and nothing will save it now.... R.I.P.

"SOP is to strip the business down to the essentials while seeking adjacent profitable offerings to enhance the channel effectiveness."

WTF?! The "bright young outsiders" have invented their own secret language in order to prevent communication, make themselves sound important, and identify others as "one of their own".

Why not simply say "...seeking to purchase complementary companies to increase profit"? Or would that mean that others might actually understand what they're saying, and that would take away their "I'm Important" aura?

"Suprising that Danaher has retained some of the VP's"

Danaher deliberately replace all senior managers with bright young outsiders over time, be patient.

"The real question is if DHR will start to buy products for BEC to sell or start selling parts of BEC off. If you are in top management the question of throwing good money after bad comes up. My guess is BEC will be a 50% smaller company 5 years from now."

SOP is to strip the business down to the essentials while seeking adjacent profitable offerings to enhance the channel effectiveness.

- been there

"Suprising that Danaher has retained some of the VP's"

Since DHR didn't have a clue about diagnostics they couldn't let everyone go at the same time. The VP's leftover can't seriously be thought of as future leaders due to age/incompetence issues. They will be replaced if BEC doesn't turn around soon.

The real question is if DHR will start to buy products for BEC to sell or start selling parts of BEC off. If you are in top management the question of throwing good money after bad comes up. My guess is BEC will be a 50% smaller company 5 years from now.

Danaher, Beckman and Olympus, all these companies disserve each other.

When was BH's last day? I knew he was going but didn't realize it had occurred. Suprising that Danaher has retained some of the VP's as one would expect they would rebuild with Danaher hand-picked staff.

"Move it all back to Fullerton."

LOL