tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post1295804360288848936..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: On Martin Mackay -- when does your record become your record?Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-46477322023042582482013-01-16T10:55:42.153-05:002013-01-16T10:55:42.153-05:00It looks like his record caught up with him today!...It looks like his record caught up with him today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-37560097413096998722012-04-27T09:03:58.376-04:002012-04-27T09:03:58.376-04:00It would seem to me just that, to the extent that ...It would seem to me just that, to the extent that executives are credited and rewarded more than other for success, they must bear the responsibilities of failures. Otherwise there is a failure of logic.Kilomentornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-1986964578295697142012-04-27T05:18:24.214-04:002012-04-27T05:18:24.214-04:00If only these CEOs, incompetent presidents of R&am...If only these CEOs, incompetent presidents of R&D, and companies didn't care about money like this guy, maybe then they could actually create a good product:<br /><br />hxxp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2012%2F04%2F25%2Fbusinessinsidermaybe-mark-zuckerber.DTL<br /><br />(replace xx by tt)uncle samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-24238195052280597562012-04-26T23:37:41.371-04:002012-04-26T23:37:41.371-04:00I definitely (mis)read that last sentence as "...I definitely (mis)read that last sentence as "...such that the reigns of large research organizations...<br /><br />The King is Dead. Long live the King!See Arr Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464185815368499346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-29628960558164861342012-04-26T21:08:55.119-04:002012-04-26T21:08:55.119-04:00:-$ <-- bitter chemist face:-$ <-- bitter chemist faceUnstable Isotopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-7581181530433096482012-04-26T19:22:25.264-04:002012-04-26T19:22:25.264-04:00You are trying to rationalize behavior, in the bus...You are trying to rationalize behavior, in the business world, no less, from your viewpoint and experience as a scientist.<br /><br />WRONG. YOU LOOSE!!!!!<br /><br />As a hired gun, slash CEO slash, why would I care about the company? Or you, PhD looser?? <br />I have been given the chance of a lifetime to rack in as many dollars as I can; and probably I only have 3-5 years to do it!!! <br /><br />That's my chance. I win, you loose. And I don't care!!!<br />Dog eats dog.<br /><br />Good Night. Sleep well and sweet dreams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-63708483801802432262012-04-26T18:26:34.268-04:002012-04-26T18:26:34.268-04:00Any impact he makes won't be visible until the...Any impact he makes won't be visible until the changes of his predecessor's have played out. In your football analogy that takes around 3 years because that's how long it takes for a player to join, play, and leave the team.<br /><br />For a pharma perspective it'd probably be about projects. I'd think it would take at least half the lifespan of a project, and at most twice the lifespan for all of the successes and failures to be "his". So, 5-20 years.<br /><br />Given that no exec ever seems to last even 5 years, I don't think it's possible to do any real analysis.Pamplemoussenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-85692148111350425022012-04-26T15:25:27.289-04:002012-04-26T15:25:27.289-04:00I heard someone the other day apply the apt analog...I heard someone the other day apply the apt analogy that being the manager of sports team is a lot like playing poker. Making the right plays or choices can still end in a loss just as much as the making the wrong plays can mean big wins. It can take many hands to distinguish a marginal poker player from a persistently successful pro. <br /><br />-NCharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-70769866465926101772012-04-26T13:49:42.126-04:002012-04-26T13:49:42.126-04:00How quickly do managers at biotechs/pharmas judge ...How quickly do managers at biotechs/pharmas judge the success of bench level scientists? I think everyone knows dunderhead bench scientists who can continue doing poor work for years and years.<br /><br />I, vaguely, recall some Euro-based big pharm that was recently going on about doing research in small, competitive, groups, and that resources where re-allocated according to progress after 12 to 24 months.bbooooooyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-8595422426797577322012-04-26T13:19:57.035-04:002012-04-26T13:19:57.035-04:00"My question about Dr. Mackay and other heads..."My question about Dr. Mackay and other heads of large pharma R&D: at what point are they responsible for the scientific success of their respective companies?"<br />They are never responsible for the success, that is delegated to others in the form of objectives and as long as the head of R&D achieves his objectives then he is fine and gets his bonus, the others get the chop.Quintusnoreply@blogger.com