At Pfizer, the Isolation Increases for a Whistle-Blower
Read this NY Times article about Peter Rost, the Pfizer VP who decided to speak his mind on drug reimportation to every media outlet in the world. He’s being given the silent treatment at work, probably so he’ll pack up in frustration. But he says he won’t, because where else can he get a $600,000 a year pay package? Gee, that’s a shame for him. Really people…if your employer takes a strong position on a policy issue of great importance to it, and you lambast your employer’s position at every opportunity in very public forums, what would you expect to happen? You would expect to be fired. Why would you even want to work for an entity that stood against something you believe in so strongly? Peter Rost is not a whistleblower attempting to right an injustice being perpetrated by Pfizer, he is merely a disloyal employee mouthing off about a hot-topic corporate and public policy issue , so that he can make a name for himself. If I were Pfizer’s head of HR, I’d fire the guy if for no other reason than so he can serve as an example to others who think they can become media celebrities on the company’s dime. What a putz.
