Numerous additional IT layoffs and notifications in FC the past two weeks. Looks like FC IT being shut down.

Check out the rumor mill post

http://www.biofind.com/rumor-mill/discrimination-past-applied-biosystems...

details, please!!!

looks like CA (Carlsbad) is hit- another rumor surfaced this morning

so??? completely irrelevant (or maybe that was your point?)

Well my fine friend, the Luminex people have been informed.

You can check CA for yourself:

http://www.sfgate.com/webdb/jobcuts/

Has anyone heard of Qtr end layoffs in CA and TX?

What a surprise- One of the biggest advertisers in that fine journal won a contest. Oh, The honor, must be the best company $ can buy.

Evidently, LIFE doesn't suck all that bad. It made the top 30 in The Scientist's best place to work 2009 survey.............

It's #1 for those that enjoy working for jerks and ripping off their customers with over-priced hype.

Evidently, LIFE doesn't suck all that bad. It made the top 30 in The Scientist's best place to work 2009 survey.............

My answer to the question? Who cares. Maybe they will buy 10 more companies in 2009 so they can screw those up too and open up more markets for small comapnies to fill. LIFE sucks and then hopefully they'll die. Stock price in the 20's coming.....

My answer to the question? Who cares. Maybe they will buy 10 more companies in 2009 so they can screw thos eup too and open up more markets for small comapnies to fill. LIFE sucks and maybe the GL will die.

http://marketing.appliedbiosystems.com/mk/get/3500SERIES_MLANDING

"All primary consumables contain novel, integrated radio frequency identification (RFID)-tagged labels that enable viewing, tracking, and reporting of critical information"

iiiiaahhhhuuuuu, ABI finnaly found a way to force us to spend over 5 bucks per sample only on reagents! I'm so thrilled!!!!

Runs on Windows Vista and has comsumable control...
No more using polymer after expire date...

Maui has been launched as 3500 at ESHG last week. Basics are:
8 or 24 cap capillary electrophoresis, new consumables format, new software, faster run times, easier to use. Marketed to all CE customer segments, Dx instrument option for Europe, 3130 series discontinued end of year

It will be sold in both 8 or 24 capillary option

I've heard it pleasures GTL when he's in the same room...no, wait, that's BB.

I've heard it's blue.

"not new. your info is very very old."

I'm aware of that.
Do you have something new to share abou it?
Like specs, perhaps....

It's just a CE sequencer, but for diagnostic use.

So then, what is maui?

not new. your info is very very old.

Does anyone know anything about LIFE's new "maui" instrument?

"We understand that this person is leaving to infest another local company."

Does this mean that Austin mfg production will slow because the products will be made correctly and have accurate data?

Apparently there is some drama in Austin. Rosetta Genomics received a bad batch of material from LIFE's predecessor and they are not very happy about it. It all traces back to the consistent fabrication of data by a supervisor there. We understand that this person is leaving to infest another local company.

The 40 layoffs posted for July were in addition to 75 in January. This isn't old news, it's new news, and it's not over.

Also, I believe that the Pleasanton site is too small to fall under CWARN, so it needn't be filed by Life Tech, and wouldn't be listed on the web site. Thus - no definitive data on Pleasanton.

"Do not feel sorry for the people that did not see the train wreck comming."

...nice...

LIMS is the next one on the blacklist......

"Around 35 People in IT infrastructure Dept in FC has got pinkslips today i.e. on MAY 19 2009 ..."

Six weeks left to meet the Q2 RIF quota and make the merger savings a semi-reality. Do not feel sorry for the people that did not see the train wreck comming.

Around 35 People in IT infrastructure Dept in FC has got pinkslips today i.e. on MAY 19 2009 ...

Can't find anything about Pleasanton on there. Plus those FC positions have been gone for a while.

Can't find anything about Pleasanton on there. Plus those FC positions have been gone for a while.

...the pending layoffs that Life Technologies has declared to the State of California under the CWARN act. See
http://www.sfgate.com/webdb/jobcuts/

Here's the display if you query Life Tech for July:

Layoff date Company name City Number of employees affected
7/30/2009 LIFE TECHNOLOGIESFoster City 40

By the way - such a filing isn't necessarily correct -- this filing has been posted for months, and can be amended after the fact with no penalty. Example -- Kaiser Permanente is laying off almost 800 people in IT, but still hasn't amended its original filing, which appeared on 5/15, the same date that it was to be effective:
Layoff date Company name City Number of employees affected
5/15/2009 KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS Corona 183
5/15/2009 KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS Pasadena 191
5/15/2009 KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS Walnut Creek 102

How Pending?

Nobody in Pleasanton has heard of them.

Any news of the pending layoffs in FC and PL?

It's times like these when we need the calmed, composed, and thoughtful demeanor of Psych Dave

Guess he's being cocky ?

Gee I bought a new car, my kid is going to go to a private school,golly ! But hey, I don't work at LIFE anymore. I must be a sad pathetic little man. LOL

Do you really think any company is safe? Look at the number of threads relating to downsizing - it is a pretty vicious industry. I wouldn't get to cocky or in debt.

I'm making porn films on the side so I have a second career !

If you are involved in producing a consumable product for LIFE in CA, TX or Warrington U.K. consider yourself gone. Do not buy a new house, car or send your kids to private school.

While its not impossible that you are telling the truth I find it difficult to believe. FC has been told that most of it's production will be moved out but why would Austin & Pleasanton be threatened? Both produce products that would take major effort to relocate.

Not sure how much Warrington does but I do know they produce all of the HID Kits and the allelic ladder - moving those elsewhere would require major investment and effort.

The people at Ambion are a hard working group and produce great products. There are some small issues, like everywhere else, but nothing that should take away from the great work that comes out of there each day.

True - but what does that have to do with anything?

Gee I bought a new car, my kid is going to go to a private school,golly ! But hey, I don't work at LIFE anymore. I must be a sad pathetic little man. LOL

Do you really think any company is safe? Look at the number of threads relating to downsizing - it is a pretty vicious industry. I wouldn't get to cocky or in debt.

Gee I bought a new car, my kid is going to go to a private school,golly ! But hey, I don't work at LIFE anymore. I must be a sad pathetic little man. LOL

"FC and PL campuses Ghost Towns by year end?"
If you are involved in producing a consumable product for LIFE in CA, TX or Warrington U.K. consider yourself gone. Do not buy a new house, car or send your kids to private school.

"FC and PL campuses Ghost Towns by year end?"
If you are involved in producing a consumable product for LIFE in CA, TX or Warrington U.K. consider yourself gone. Do not buy a new house, car or send your kids to private school.

Heritage ABI Sites all seem to be pulling out all the stops to look good to the new company. Whether it will work in the long run is anyone's guess but it would be interesting to hear how the heritage IVGN sites are reacting?

California is not the only place with issues.
Wholesale data cooking is occurring in TX.
A total smoke and mirrors paint job in the name of 5S.
A site director with a dubious past.
A comical supporting cast.

You need to just get the f**k over whatever injustice you *think* happened to you in your time at Ambion. Posting up comments all the time rehashing your baseless accusations are just making you look more ridiculous each time. The people at Ambion are a hard working group and produce great products. There are some small issues, like everywhere else, but nothing that should take away from the great work that comes out of there each day.

You are a sad, pathetic little man.

California is not the only place with issues.
Wholesale data cooking is occurring in TX.
A total smoke and mirrors paint job in the name of 5S.
A site director with a dubious past.
A comical supporting cast.

Your comments are on the dot. FC is full of these people. NMR queen, SB who sleeps in every meeting, SM the so called poymer guru and the list goes on and on........

Most business decisions are based more on politics and have very little to do with logical or cost effective.
Cost prohibitive? Only seems to happen in layoffs ie. decide who is "expensive" or "complaining" to layoff and then decide what poor souls they need to layoff at lower pays to keep the appearance of "non-discrimantory". That is why very productive people get laid off and some incompetents at that level get kept. If you compare the productivity of who is laid off at each experince level the more expensive or political ones go - despite the level of productivity.

Why make oligos in the US at all? The oligos they make money on are parts of assays and/or kits, so they can get away with an extra day turnaround and do everything in China.