DREAM job?

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There are so many posts on CP bashing their jobs. One question: What is your idea of the dream job? Which industry is the BEST to be employed in now?

[Anonymous]

I just simply wish I hadn't got involved in pharma. I think I would be much further in life if I had taken a lower paying job out of college, paid my dues and advanced my career.

I've been a rep for 12 years. People with 3 years experience don't make a whole lot less than I do. I was seduced by the starting salary and car. I should have got out of this industry in my 20's when I came to realize what it was.

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I just simply wish I hadn't got involved in pharma. I think I would be much further in life if I had taken a lower paying job out of college, paid my dues and advanced my career.

I've been a rep for 12 years. People with 3 years experience don't make a whole lot less than I do. I was seduced by the starting salary and car. I should have got out of this industry in my 20's when I came to realize what it was.

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12 years as a rep? What is wrong with you? If you could not advance in this industry in 12 years, what makesyou think you have the skills to advance elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

Oh I could have advanced if I moved. I have the same manager. He's got to move before I can.

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I just simply wish I hadn't got involved in pharma. I think I would be much further in life if I had taken a lower paying job out of college, paid my dues and advanced my career.

I've been a rep for 12 years. People with 3 years experience don't make a whole lot less than I do. I was seduced by the starting salary and car. I should have got out of this industry in my 20's when I came to realize what it was.

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12 years as a rep? What is wrong with you? If you could not advance in this industry in 12 years, what makesyou think you have the skills to advance elsewhere?

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Why would anyone with half a brain WANT to advance to management? It's 12 times more work IF YOU DO THE JOB RIGHT.

Oh, I digress. MOST DMs confuse super inflated egos with half a brain. That explains it.

[Anonymous]

Medical device.

Doctors actually need you unlike pharmaceutical sample dumping/catering.

[Anonymous]

Professional race car driver...Michael Schumacker (driver for Ferrari) makes like $12M per year. That would be my dream job. For now, I'm stuck driving the company Impala...and not quite near the $12M. HaHa!

[Anonymous]

You've been 12 years as a rep. You can't move unless your manager moves. It sounds like you have little to no motivation. You haven't even switched companies. It's people like you who give pharma a bad name. Anyone who talks about being seduced by the starting salary and car in the beginning and then says they wish they had gotten out of it, but shows no initiative to change their place is destined for where they are. Sorry, the truth hurts.

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The truth is you have no idea what is up with this guy. People who have been in this industry for 10 years plus are WAY better at it than reps under 3 years. People like you who judge someone as failure because they are a rep after 12 years are who give pharma a bad name.

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I agree with the rep that says why would one want to be a manager? I have been a rep 7 years and have half the work, a fraction of the travel and way less headaches than my manager and she only makes less than $20 k more than I do! I am home every night except annual meetings and get to see my husband every day! No comparison.

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You've been 12 years as a rep. You can't move unless your manager moves. It sounds like you have little to no motivation. You haven't even switched companies. It's people like you who give pharma a bad name. Anyone who talks about being seduced by the starting salary and car in the beginning and then says they wish they had gotten out of it, but shows no initiative to change their place is destined for where they are. Sorry, the truth hurts.

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I can take the truth, you're right. I should have changed companies. I am motivated, but I believed my dedication would pay off. I was sadly mistaken.

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I just simply wish I hadn't got involved in pharma. I think I would be much further in life if I had taken a lower paying job out of college, paid my dues and advanced my career.

I've been a rep for 12 years. People with 3 years experience don't make a whole lot less than I do. I was seduced by the starting salary and car. I should have got out of this industry in my 20's when I came to realize what it was.

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There is no differentiation in pharma. It is like a government job in that the good rep does not make much more than a terrible rep.
Jack Welch of GE fame has devoted part of his newest book to a discussion of the controversial “differentiation” policy he enacted at GE. Proposing a formula of 20-70-10, Jack suggested nurturing and paying more to the top 20 percent (the star performers with the brightest future and presumably the most to offer the company), while nursing along the 70 percent majority of solid workers who make up the crucial middle ground. Things don’t fare so well for the bottom 10 percent of performers in Jack’s plan, but the company emerges stronger, and even the weakest workers know where they stand. Fired!