GlaxoSmithKline Saved My Life
For years I worked for GlaxoSmithKline in their research division. When it was discovered I had developed liver cancer, I figured the gig was up. I assumed they’d give me a small severance and send me home to “get my affairs in order.” Boy, was I wrong!
The caring folks at GlaxoSmithKline set up a research lab, hired the top scientists in the world and poured tens (maybe hundreds!) of millions of dollars into finding a cure. For me! And they did it knowing full well there’s no way I’ll ever be able to pay them back. That, my friends, is called taking care of your employees.
Granted, I got the cancer from them in the first place but why point fingers? Hey, mistakes happen. You store the Thorium pellets next to the mouse food… Lesson learned. The point is, management at GlaxoSmithKline took responsibility. When it became clear no other company had a cure for liver cancer, they dug in and worked to find a cure themselves. They decided that money is not the most important thing. The most important thing is fixing what you break.
Say what you want about corporations being soulless. This one saved my life.
Comments (2)
Preaching to the choir, my friend. Preaching to the choir.
Alvarez Dorcia
Research Associate
Morris Pharmaceuticals
Sure, Fred, that Glaxo is just a paragon of altruism. Of course, the billions they will bleed from sick consumers, avaricious doctors, and the pathetic Federal Government (i.e., taxpayers), at the expense of countless bodies of your dead fellows, doesn’t mean a thing. Certainly, the billions GSK has been losing because of the decline in sales of its useless and toxic drugs Avandia and Paxil (following public revelation), and its cutting of big numbers of jobs, can’t possibly have any bearing on their sudden concern for you. Nor could the prospect of an effective treatment for hepatic CA, which would swell their coffers beyond measure.... it’s all just the milk of corporate kindness. Right on, Fred!