Siemens is amazing company, old technology, very incompetent management, 50% of scientists and engineers did not know what they are doing and still waiting for bonus.. Shame on you.. get out of there

Does anyone know when the layoffs/plant shutdowns will come to pass?

The little guy always gets it. Study after study shows that taller people get ahead faster than shorter ones. There have only been 3 or 4 Presidential elections in which the shorter candidate won (the last time was probsbly Bush over Kerry). The only known solution to this bias appears to be elevator shoes, but it takes a bit of practice to learn how to walk in them.

---- Randy Newman of 'Short People' fame

Why is it always the little guys who get laid off???? We, obviously, don't make the big salaries.

Lets add OSRAM to the mix of Siemens downsizings. Green energy has proven to be red accounting.

Personally, I don't hate anyone. Do I like his business tactics? No. I think he could get rid of some upper management and save some salaries there. Too many chiefs.

"...MR haters around here. He's personable, smart and hard working. "

He's also VERY narcissistic.
http://www.businessinsider.com/16-signs-that-youre-a-narcissist-2012-2?op=1

Corporate speak. They could have called it "right sizing" or the "right fit". Pick your poison!

"Competitiveness Program"! I'd like to know who came up with that name anyway. Why doesn't he man up and just call it what it is "layoffs"!!??

MR probably learned the term 'loss leader' somewhere along the line and somehow he thinks that LA is the perfect part of Siemens to serve in that role.

"I'm surprised there are so many MR haters around here. He's personable, smart and hard working. That's why he can achieve so much at such young age. Most of haters are probably over 10 years older than him and making less than 100k a year with a whining spouse and need children. Sooner or later you guys have to admit to yourselves that they're winners out there like MR, but you are the losers."

Hey Mikey, stop taking this personal!
You have gotten in way over your head and no matter what type
of siemens management BS you've tried has not worked.
Yes, you probably did not know what you got into but everytime I've
seen you you have seemed inept and totally ignorant of what the customer wants. You've got analyzers down more than they are up, and you've cut customer service back so much you are now losing customers all over the place.
Keep up the good work! And show us please how smart you are.

"What about LA? When will it finally close its doors?"

LA is still open. However, it'll be closed whenever you like to shut it down!!!

When Siemens comes out with its new system and it's actually successful, then you can start your winner and loser talk. Until then, I think your verdict on MR is a bit premature.

I'm surprised there are so many MR haters around here. He's personable, smart and hard working. That's why he can achieve so much at such young age. Most of haters are probably over 10 years older than him and making less than 100k a year with a whining spouse and need children. Sooner or later you guys have to admit to yourselves that they're winners out there like MR, but you are the losers.

What about LA? When will it finally close its doors?

You have been warned.
Tarrytown, Flanders and Brookfield will be outsourced.
More layoffs at Brookfield this winter before the 'big' move.

thanks for the good job Mr Mike...stay in Germany.
fucking asshole

You are correct about M.R. I can't believe that he is still employed. Some of the higher ups who have made these bad decisions should get the boot.

'Seems some layers of management doesn't even know what MR is doing......"

Why in the world would this surprise anyone? It seems pretty obvious that even MR doesn't know what he is doing (or not doing) so why would you expect that anyone around him would know any better?

As the old Italian saying goes: The fish stinks from the head down.

some layers of management?
Very little of management has a clue.
I think this is on purpose.
When you hire or promote people to region manager you hope they will be able to lead. Not this crew. I've been around some terrible region managers, but this group looks like a bad manager convention.

Seems some layers of management doesn't even know what MR is doing......

Well another week...

I think most of us could whine about the future of Siemens, but at this time of the year I am truly blessed for what I have. Count your blessings!

Cat is a delicacy in China. You will fit in well with the 'new' Siemens DX.

"I work for Siemens.
I'm eating crow.
In January with leaky roof and windows to fix, mold to remove and no raise for six months...I'll be eating cat. Told my kids they'll be Vegans".

At least something good came out of Sandy.

Ummmm... there is no chic in Alabammy. Did you, perhaps, mean 'chick'?

(Did I forget to insult anyone?)

where is the chic in Alabama?

Evidently Siemens DX has sold fewer than a cupful of Vista's in the European market. The Euro's do seem to be smarter than the rest of us here!

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IMS Part 2? Just the thought should send shivers down the spine of anyone who knows anything about that billion dollar white elephant. Any bets on whether Siemens can spend more and get even less?

It looks like Siemens is becoming more of a soap opera-comedy every day, regardless of what their latest financial reports say. The money is just a snapshot in time, but comments about IMS Part 2 suggest a mentality and culture that is destined to make the Titanic a roaring success (after all, alot of people did survive!!!). If this is truly IMS 2, it is hard to see anyone surviving the disaster or imagine anyone coming to rescue anyone to escapes the actual sinking.

Can you just imagine Leonardo Dicaprio in the role of MR when the movie comes out?

I'm eating a turkey tonight, how about you guy's?
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I work for Siemens.
I'm eating crow.
In January with leaky roof and windows to fix, mold to remove and no raise for six months...I'll be eating cat. Told my kids they'll be Vegans.

Just love that Siemens Holiday Cheer!

Gobble Gobble
I work for Siemens
Gobble Gobble

I'm eating a turkey tonight, how about you guy's?

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Well I love to live so pleasantly
I luv this life of luxury

0-3. Min.39, Messi.

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IMS part 2

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It's so hush-hush that even people in Trinidad or Tobago don't know about. It's so secret that work is being carried out at multiple sites. It's so under wraps that people from the different sites are discouraged from talking to one another for fear of a leak.

Hush-hush ... I think not.

They are developing a new system but it is hush hush at this point in time.

This all may be true. But the fact remains that there is an optimum size for Siemens going forward in terms of staff and there are still many redundacies that ultimately will have to be eliminated. It is something they must focus on if they are to ever streamline their business. Site closings are a particularly difficult area since unique expertise is spread out for both R&D and manufacturing and Siemens has not had much success in trying to transfer technology from one site to another. It is something they must find a way to address.

They also need to strengten their service department, finish with the FDA, and develop a new system, while supporting the old existing product line and build their overall image with customers. MR may have met the target he set, and that's why people are getting their bonuses. Nonetheless, Siemens has a long way to go to get back to #1 and a lot of big things to manage and get right.

read the e mails people, they have been saying this for months

delay is based totally om MR's committment to the Wall st analysts that DX hit the 2009 profit margins

I hope you don't believe that story about deferred raises being related to Siemens' FDA problems. MR and his crew don't exactly have a good track record when it comes to explaining things. It is almost as if their first reaction is: what can we tell the employees that is anything other than the real truth or distort it beyond recognition.

I would also be wary of anyone who can do your roof for 20K, given the generally inflated prices atfer an event like Sandy. Just get some references. All of those suffering the aftermath of Sandy deserve our sympathy and compassion, something which Siemens is lacking. I hope things work out for all those whose lives were interrupted abruptly and hope things get back to some semblance of normal as soon as possible.

Dealing with Sandy's aftermath and now this. I think it's quite shameful.
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I'm also feeling the pain and totally agree with you.
I have no choice but to re-roof the whole house and deal with mold issues. Best quote so far was $20K! I was counting on that money to also help with family Holiday bills.
So getting an e-mail from MR telling me he's also not getting a raise is a total joke and how far apart these people are from the worker bee's.
MR...your bonus and stock options will more than compensate your pain.

I seriously doubt any postponement is in place for layoffs or future closures.
Raises were deferred till July (US only) as a "punishment" for the three FDA letters dX received. Empoyee's at Town Halls were told, plain and simple, the merit raise money is being used for all the outside QA people brought in to help "fix" the problem.
So, bottom line, didn't matter how hard you worked or how much you engaged yourself within the Siemens family. US employees got screwed out of 6months merit raise.

This is not the end of it all. DX is still far below expected revenue. The Nov. 8th news was about how bad DX is actually doing. Overall, Siemens revenue is up which makes it harder to accept any merit raise being held back.

Morale couldn't get any lower.
Dealing with Sandy's aftermath and now this. I think it's quite shameful.

Not sure what official statements were made about Nov. 8 or whether this is just a case of a rumor repeated often enough becoming fact. One possibility is that DX did somewhat better than last year and the boys on top decided to take another look at reducing costs. One answer would be a delay in raises. They may also feel they don't have to lay off as many people so they are going through another round of discussions of which people they thought they would lay off can now be retained. Just a guess, of course, but apparently, November 8th was a guess as well.

Whatever the case, Siemens still has a long way to go. They bought three companies that had one thing in common. There was a single headquarters with most of R&D, marketing, sales, finance, regulatory, QA, etc. Each had other facilities, in particular manufacturing, but the key point is that those at the main headquarterss felt they were part of a team. You didn't necessarily like everyone there or like every policy or plan. But you had a sense of being on the same team and that you were working together to outdo the competition. Siemens has failed from day 1 to create this same team spirit. There is still Siemens Glasgow, Siemens LA, and Siemens Tarrytown. There is NO Team Siemens or sense of 'WE (Seimens)', just a sense of the internal we vs. them. Anyone ever see a team win when they are fighting among themselves? Part of the problem is Siemens pride. Most of the top brass live in a world where they believe it is an honor to work for Siemens. The probably expected that just having the opportunity to work for a world class operation like Siemens would be more than enough motivation to forget the past and form an immediate solidarity within DX and with Siemens as an whole. Boy, were they wrong, and they still haven't figured out how to generate real team spirit .. not the rah-rah-rah kind they try to generate with town meetings and cheerful emails. On top of all that, Siemens management has had an almost uncanny knack for making bad strategic and tactical decisions when it comes to running DX.

The bottom line is that layoffs were either cancelled, deferred, or are being modified. Management is still smiling because the trend is in the right direction (a modest increase over last year). However, I am very happy that I am not one of Siemens employees, none of whom can have both open eyes and ears, and feel secure and very optimistic about the future.

I agree that it is frustrating that someone says an announcement will be made on Nov 8th and then Nov 8th comes and goes. In our email about the merit delay, It did state that more to come in a couple of weeks. So who knows what that means, - financial figures, whatever that means.

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