Lots of evil people and negative energy. May GOD save your souls, you MFs!

Fark site and lots of crap!

"How is morale nowadays from inside LT? Productivity took a big dive after the news leaked. Who would want to go to work put in 150% knowing they may not have jobs in a few months.?"

For me, the morale is higher than ever before. As a result of the transaction, a few smaller companies will be created, and thus more jobs. For example, I used to manage a bunch of testers in Singapore. Now, the job scope expands and I got to manage software engineers as well. It's sort of promotion to a director from senior manager.

Poised for the orgasmo-turd. Its been piling high in this one chaps. Open wide!Say please!!! Its coming!!!!!

Why would LIFE spend 18MM and god know how much to lease the SSF facilities while trying to sell the company at the same time? Better to not do anything at all.?

Because on paper you've sold the FC site and can use that revenue to bump up Q1 numbers and then the lease is for 18M, which is spread over 30 years (or whatever large number of years), which only gives minor (relative) hit for the next 120 quarters....That way when the sh1t hits the fan and everyone realizes what a horrible lease it was, you're long gone, right GL?

"How is morale nowadays from inside LT? Productivity took a big dive after the news leaked. Who would want to go to work put in 150% knowing they may not have jobs in a few months.?"

Morale has ALWAYS been bad at LT,unless of course your one of the brown-nosers.

What do you think will happen to those jerks who work in business development, in- and out-licensing, legal, and patents if the company gets acquired? All canned?

How is morale nowadays from inside LT? Productivity took a big dive after the news leaked. Who would want to go to work put in 150% knowing they may not have jobs in a few months.?

Why would LIFE spend 18MM and god know how much to lease the SSF facilities while trying to sell the company at the same time? Better to not do anything at all.?

Here's what I don't get. Let's say you run a half-decent biotools company. You don't have Apple's P/E or cash stash, but you've got a decent P/E and pay your shareholders dividends. One of the companies that competes with you in many product lines announces very publicly that they're putting themselves up for auction. Why wouldn't you anonymously leak that you're in the bidding war. When their CEO calls, tell him you're working on that bid and it will be there soon. Yes, you'll get it before the deadline. Yes, we're really interested. I know those other guys have dropped out, but we're really in this thing. Then FedEx him a box of dog poo, an offer of 10 cents a share and watch as it turns into one of the true financial fiascos of 2013.

If thermo buys life, life will have its reputation ruined

Based on what I know, Life probably will not be sold in one piece.

The software and corresponding V&V was restructured this week in Singapore. From now on, there is no division called software V&V. All the synthetic bio staff, including testers and software developers report to me now. Employees working of PCRs or related stuff to another senior manager.

"No surprise there, considering he runs LT like a commie dictatorship."

Life Tech makes Zimbabwe look well run. GL aspires to running something as well as communist dictatorship.

Two wrongs dont make a right.
Maybe all the second rate instruments from life and the second rate equipment from thermo can be smashed up in the same skip and recycled. Thats called streamlining.

If thermo buys life, life will have its reputation ruined

April Fool's was yesterday...

"Thermo buying Life is the worst case for employees as they can only recognize a benefit from the transaction with massive layoffs, cutting virtually all Life sales, distribution, and as much of the other overhead as possible. Plus force moves of most functions to Pittsburgh where salaries and overhead and much cheaper."

That would be a good thing, I've been waiting quite awhile to watch Life Tech disappear into oblivion, seeing some of those assholes in the unemployment line would make my year.

"If thermo buys life, life will have its reputation ruined"

Life already has a shitty reputation, if anything Thermo will have to contend with the stench of Life Tech on it.

If thermo buys life, life will have its reputation ruined

Thermo buying Life is the worst case for employees as they can only recognize a benefit from the transaction with massive layoffs, cutting virtually all Life sales, distribution, and as much of the other overhead as possible. Plus force moves of most functions to Pittsburgh where salaries and overhead and much cheaper.

"GL makes friends in China."

"by personally picking up 50 SOLiD machines and carrying them away on LIFE private jet, making space for Illumina products."

Lol...those Solid's are in Hong Kong. It looks as if GL was in Shenzhen.

If GL runs LT like a commie dictatorship, he'd fit in perfectly with Wang Jian...maybe Wang Jian asked him if he wanted to join the party...lol.

"GL makes friends in China."

by personally picking up 50 SOLiD machines and carrying them away on LIFE private jet, making space for Illumina products.

They already have 454. Why would you pay to buy the same thing twice?

So to own and dominate the instruments, the IP, the methods and thus the price and the entire market. 9B is a small price to pay for a 100B YoY return that you can tie up.

"GL makes friends in China."

No surprise there, considering he runs LT like a commie dictatorship.

GL makes friends in China.

http://www.genomics.cn/en/news/show_news?nid=99479

Why would Roche want Ion Torment? They already have 454. Why would you pay to buy the same thing twice?

"And the employees. Anyone left has been screwed over, seen their friends screwed over or expecting to be screwed over. Many of those left are merely vacant stooges of a toxic management, those management are clueless, directionless and brainless and absolutely have to go."

Management is definately a joke, I think when/if my time comes to be shown the door I'm going to punch a few of my idiot supervisors right in the damn face, but as brain damaged as they already are, would they notice?

Whomever buys this company will need to work very hard to build back the trust and loyalty that our customers....

And the employees. Anyone left has been screwed over, seen their friends screwed over or expecting to be screwed over. Many of those left are merely vacant stooges of a toxic management, those management are clueless, directionless and brainless and absolutely have to go.

Whomever buys this company will need to work very hard to build back the trust and loyalty that our customers once had and have now lost. Quite often we deliver malfunctioning instruments, we ship half of the items we are supposed to ship or the wrong items. Is this a one time mistake? this is what they used to think but the fact is that we don't fix our mistakes (although they have been getting reported) and customers see this. So now, clearly, not only we are more expensive but we suck too, consequently the customer is going to the less expensive and somewhat reliable competitor. Simple as that.
The sad part is up there in the exec levels they know this and I don't they care! as long as the happy momentum lasts no need to fix anything and when the momentum ends...just sell and move to the next target?? I guess this is the only explanation I have to explain why we are so persistently dysfunctional.

"The previous poster is incorrect. Coverage for my family continues till the end of the month. LIFE is a business. Layoffs are parts of every business or organization. So for those who were unfortunately released, just deal with it and move on."

I am the "previous poster." Since this actually did happen to me, and I have confirmed by direct contact with other people who were laid of when I was tha I was not the only one to experience this, the "previous poster" is not incorrect. Just because it may not have happened to you does not mean that it did not happen to anybody.

Whomever buys it should close the distribution dept. immediately run it out of their own existing distribution center, morale is so low at Life's DS that it's only a matter of time before it drags the whole company down due to excessive errors in picking product and shipment. Has anyone seen the errors coming from International lately?

Looks messy, what would be the best scenario if you worked for LIFE.

One thing that can be taken to the bank (other than GL's payout) is that there is no "best" scenario anymore. Everything is messy, just in different ways. Nobody wants to buy and run LIFE as an intact company. The ONLY way it stays semi-intact is if this whole buyout scenario is abandoned. In which case, look for the stock to take a bigger hit than Illumina's did after the Roche bid pull out.

The same article claims that LT is a "diagnostics" company. So slow the roll on what brilliant insights this article expounds.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1312221-roche-mulls-bid-for-genetic-sequ...

The article states that whoever is the buyer will probably have to buy all and divest what they don't want for tax reasons. i.e. TMO buys all of LIFE and punts Ion over to Roche or maybe the other way around. Roche keeps Ion and then sell the rest to TMO. Looks messy, what would be the best scenario if you worked for LIFE.

Its more like Ion goes to Roche and keeps the new facility post-sale and the rest of the business gets broken down for whomever takes it.

Life Tech isn't going to exist pretty soon so anyone with the capability should leave, happy or not. They actually announced that Ion Torrent will be walled off from other employees in the South San Francisco site (even though sharing the same site). If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know (both in terms of the sale and Life Tech in general) then you're utterly hopeless.

Roche is supposed to make an announcement after trading today that they are the new owners... take it or leave it

Life Tech isn't going to exist pretty soon so anyone with the capability should leave, happy or not. They actually announced that Ion Torrent will be walled off from other employees in the South San Francisco site (even though sharing the same site). If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know (both in terms of the sale and Life Tech in general) then you're utterly hopeless.

Walled off? Shades of Starlight.

Life Tech isn't going to exist pretty soon so anyone with the capability should leave, happy or not. They actually announced that Ion Torrent will be walled off from other employees in the South San Francisco site (even though sharing the same site). If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know (both in terms of the sale and Life Tech in general) then you're utterly hopeless.

Or staying away from Life Technologies, they are the source of the negative energy.

I would start by staying off this site... it is nothing but negative energy!

Its purely up to you. don't limit yourself!

yes I do.... 40+ is not too old. start looking today and go at your convenience not anyone elses...

"All of you layoff last year are either low skilled or lazy"

Probably an actual low skilled lazy ass who is just in denial. Just because MC takes your picture and broadcasts it on the flatscreen in the warehouse does not mean you are well loved.LOL

"All of you layoff last year are either low skilled or lazy"
Just another troll and not a very skilled one. Best approach is not to feed.

Thanks for the advice below. So at 40+ with a career as a scientist I should just explore what makes me happy and that will put my kids through college, pay the mortgage, etc.

You don't honestly believe that right?

Such anger and negative passions.... Life is too short. If you are unhappy find something that makes you happy and close this chapter of your life...

I hope you find what makes you happy whether it is at Life Technologies or somewhere else. Follow your passions and you will find what makes you happy

"Not foreigner, just voicing the view of the educated silent majority."

Educated and Life Tech in the same sentence, that dog dont hunt.

"All of you layoff last year are either low skilled or lazy. Instead of whining, do some reflection, gain more skills and work harder. I worked hard and the company compensated me justly."

What's to say they were laid off and why would they give a shit about Life Tech if they were? Your post "sounds" foreign so thats why you were "compensated justly" because Life Tech only looks out for foreigners.

Not foreigner, just voicing the view of the educated silent majority.

"All of you layoff last year are either low skilled or lazy. Instead of whining, do some reflection, gain more skills and work harder. I worked hard and the company compensated me justly."

What's to say they were laid off and why would they give a shit about Life Tech if they were? Your post "sounds" foreign so thats why you were "compensated justly" because Life Tech only looks out for foreigners.

All of you layoff last year are either low skilled or lazy. Instead of whining, do some reflection, gain more skills and work harder. I worked hard and the company compensated me justly.

agreed

"rather you think I am an ass kisser because I like where I work and the team I work with - than being a sorry little whiny girly bitch w/o a set of balls to say goodbye and walk! you probably have no skills other than being a whiny bitch so you are too afraid to put your whiny ass in some risk and find another job. Get a life, you waste the air with every breath!

You pansy-ass bitch! Just quit or shut the fuck up!"

Asskissing has nothing to do with liking where you work or coworkers, or even having skills. Just being a suck up and selling those coworkers you profess to like so much down the river like the punk ass bitch you are. Speaking of breathing air, could you stop, you have your supervisors jizz on your breath and its rank.

And candy assed pussies like you havent the balls to shut me up so put your goddamn knee pads back on and get back under bossmans desk and get back to the only thing you're good for.