Friday, October 12, 2007

Opening message

Dear friends and colleagues:

This blog was created in the aftermath of the Amgen layoffs of October 2007. As the company is bleeding, it is important that the individuals who left Amgen keep in touch. So, feel free to post your thoughts, job leads, business ideas, networking suggestions, or anything else that you may think will help your fellow Amgen alumni on these pages. For your information, a LinkedIn.com group is being initiated right now as I write this. It has not been approved by LinkedIn management yet, but I expect it to be up shortly. Please consider joining, and look for the logo below on the LinkedIn pages of your Amgen friends.

Good luck to all.
Sincerely,

6 comments:

gary said...

Thanks for setting this up Vlad. Hope to keep our network strong. - gary

Unknown said...

There are a lot of talented people who now have the time & perhaps the incentive to make a difference outside of Amgen

Vladimir Makarov said...

Thank you for your support guys. Please mention this site to your friends and colleagues, in particular those overboard, to create a critical mass here.

Unknown said...

Vlad, nice job on this. thanks for taking the initiative
--Noel

Ray Chow said...

Excellent idea. Good luck with it.

Noel passed it onto me.

I have a few projects come my way already. What I'd like to get is a "directory" of the the available talent (technical expertise, contacts etc.) so that I (or my colleagues working with me) can refer people as and when I meet these companies.

Ray Chow
blueboys@roadrunner.com

Unknown said...

Hi Friends,

Posted below is a list of openings that I received from a recruiter. The recruiter's info is also listed--feel free to pass along to those affected by the RIF.

Quality Assurance
SMALL MOLECULE – BOSTON
--VP of Quality
--Associate Director
--Product Release Manager (QA Specialist)
--Validation Manager
--Sr. QA Specialist – API Review
--Stability Manager
--IS/Compliance Validation Manager
--GxP Trainer
--Doc Control Manager
--QA Auditor
--Process Development Engineer (research-based – ChemE)
--2 Quality Control Managers (Florida, Ohio) – Manage the lab (knows HPLC, GC)

Process Engineers
--Biotech – Protein (upstream, downstream, cell culture) – NC
--Generic Inhalers – FL
--1 Sr. QA Manager - MD

Contact:
Greg Austin
Account Executive
Management Recruiters of SENECA
6 Accountant's Circle, Suite A
Seneca, SC 29678
Phone: (864) 885-9101 x111
Fax: (864) 885-9103
Email: greg.austin@mriseneca.com
Website: www.mriseneca.com