Biden to come visit Theranos’s Newark facility, which was now home
to both Theranos’s clinical laboratory and its miniLab manufacturing
operations.
It was an audacious move given that, since Alan Beam’s departure in
December 2014, the lab had been operating without a real director. To
keep this hidden, Balwani had recruited a dermatologist named Sunil
Dhawan to replace Beam on the lab’s CLIA license. Although Dhawan
had no degree or board certification in pathology, he technically met
state and federal requirements because he was a medical doctor and
had overseen a little lab affiliated with his dermatology practice that
analyzed skin samples. The reality, however, was that he was
unqualified to run a full-fledged clinical lab. Not that it mattered.
Balwani only intended him to be a figurehead. Some lab employees in
Newark never saw Dhawan in the building.
Not only was the lab leaderless but its morale was at rock bottom.
Two months earlier, Balwani had terrorized its members after a
scathing critique of Theranos appeared on Glassdoor, the website
where current and former employees reviewed companies
anonymously. Titled “A pile of PR lies,” it read in part:
Super high turnover rate means you’re never bored at
work. Also good if you’re an introvert because each shift is
short-staffed. Especially if you’re swing or graveyard. You
essentially don’t exist to the company.
Why be bothered with lab coats and safety goggles? You
don’t need to use PPE at all. Who cares if you catch
something like HIV or Syphilis? This company sure
doesn’t!
Brown nosing, or having a brown nose, will get you far.
How to make money at Theranos:
1.Lie to venture capitalists
2.Lie to doctors, patients, FDA, CDC, government.
While also committing highly unethical and immoral
(and possibly illegal) acts.