tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post5731021750064021476..comments2024-03-27T01:34:23.434-04:00Comments on Pharma Marketing Blog: J&J Lawyers Go Wild; PR on Vacation!Vladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114063498108633047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-7758175060608948272007-08-11T01:28:00.000-04:002007-08-11T01:28:00.000-04:00It is truly sad that all J&J employees including t...It is truly sad that all J&J employees including the 600 that are just being laid off get a memo regarding the Red Cross situation from Weldon but did not get any empathetic email about the pending lay off. No great explaination and sorry you have to go because we have made mistakes. J&J seems to purchase companies and then take them apart bit by bit until there is nothing left. Has anyone ever done a story about this or other companies employees that have been laid off. How many have committed suicide after? Maybe not the only cause but certainly part of it or the last straw. I know of at least two people who did committ suicide after being laid off. There is no loyalty to the employee any longer so why should the employee have loyalty toward the company?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-50662736950878546602007-08-10T10:03:00.000-04:002007-08-10T10:03:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comment, pharmafraud.I believe I h...Thanks for your comment, pharmafraud.<BR/><BR/>I believe I have taken a stance, unless I do not understand what "topic" you are talking about.<BR/><BR/>Since this blog is focused on pharmaceutical marketing and that is what I feel most qualified to speak on, I don't take stances here on corporate governance and ethics in general, only in so far as it relates to public image and marketing.<BR/><BR/>Also, you are confusing me with Mr. Hyde over at Pharma Blogosphere. He is the one that often mixes it up with Peter Rost.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Hyde may have slipped in here at Pharma Marketing Blog on occasion. Oh, well. It's difficult to control him!PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-84323541094009650322007-08-10T09:49:00.000-04:002007-08-10T09:49:00.000-04:00Godfather, Why are you so eager to mix it up with ...Godfather, Why are you so eager to mix it up with Peter Rost, but unwilling to take a stance on a controversial topic near and dear to your pals at J&J?<BR/><BR/>J&J has allowed a marshland salesman to run the company into the ground. They've had to progressively spend more and more of their resources on digging out of the legal holes that Weldon has dug, until finally, the Lawyers have taken over the company. Any pebble of common sense that remained at J&J is now gone.Scott Bartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478208858767232306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-55303810331915748922007-08-10T09:33:00.000-04:002007-08-10T09:33:00.000-04:00I agree with you 100%, although I come at it from ...I agree with you 100%, although I come at it from a branding/marketing perspective. Not only is the lawsuit going to generate bad PR, but the very premise upon which it's based -- that the little red plus actually should matter to J&J -- is also faulty. And, for that matter, the Red Cross is not blameless on the same inane thinking re logos. I write about it at some length at DIM BULB, at http://dimbulb.typepad.com, if you're interested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-64272371242528470272007-08-10T08:37:00.000-04:002007-08-10T08:37:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comments.I am not taking sides on ...Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>I am not taking sides on this particular issue -- but I feel that NGOs are given certain privileges like tax exemption and need to also act ethically. Just because they do good work, doesn't excuse unethical corporate behavior (they are corporations).<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, J&J may be going too far to protect one asset while destroying other assets.PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-45986551407274902832007-08-10T08:28:00.000-04:002007-08-10T08:28:00.000-04:00When lawyers sue drug companies for injured patien...When lawyers sue drug companies for injured patients it is unethical money grubbing. <BR/><BR/>When drug companies sue NGOs or governments (like India) to enhance profits it is defense of an important human right.<BR/><BR/>Get it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com