In his view, the most important part of his schedule as CEO was his monthly evening meeting with all new Amgen employees. He would spend a few minutes on the history of the company, and then, in his words, “get right to values.” He would talk through each one, saying what the company felt it meant and how it applied. “I would say to them, if these aren’t your values, you should leave,” Binder said. “It doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, but it does mean you’re the wrong person for Amgen.”
