Recent uncertainty: a layoff in drug discovery in 2012 lead to massive rehiring. Since 2013, there were almost monthly reorganizations/title/department changes within drug discovery. After a banner year in 2014, employees were told to tighten their spending habits for changes ahead. This lead to another round of massive layoffs in 2015. The uncertainties regarding what was going to happen dropped productivity of everyone and lead to a lot of useless fear and speculation. After the layoff, there has been much confusion as to how the company will restructure itself. The layoff of personnel, although not random, was more arbitrary than not.
