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<p>[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6340217"]I left in 2012 after seeing the writing on the wall, and getting tired of the layoffs, mergers, managers that make your life hell, etc. I never killed it by some standards, the most I ever made between biotech and pharma was $120k, but I just couldn’t do it anymore, and even though I was only 32, I didn’t see a lot of women in the field in their 40’s and 50’s, and the ones that were seemed bitter. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got my masters in healthcare management and wound up going into marketing, but when looking for a new job, I still feel like having pharma/medical sales on my resume is a red flag that I have to explain away or defend against, explaining why I left, and that I am a very intelligent person with many skills, that I’m not just a “rep”, because some hiring managers and recruiters still look at the years of medical sales and ask what I could do at a company/in a role. Even with the past few years of marketing (in a corporate position not directly in healthcare), job searches and LinkedIn keep recommending sales jobs. </p><p><br /></p><p>It’s very hard to dig yourself out of sales once you go down that road. If I could do it again, I would go into regulatory or become a PA or NP with a business background, as there are so many jobs out there for those roles, and more flexibility to shape your career.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6340217"]I left in 2012 after seeing the writing on the wall, and getting tired of the layoffs, mergers, managers that make your life hell, etc. I never killed it by some standards, the most I ever made between biotech and pharma was $120k, but I just couldn’t do it anymore, and even though I was only 32, I didn’t see a lot of women in the field in their 40’s and 50’s, and the ones that were seemed bitter. I got my masters in healthcare management and wound up going into marketing, but when looking for a new job, I still feel like having pharma/medical sales on my resume is a red flag that I have to explain away or defend against, explaining why I left, and that I am a very intelligent person with many skills, that I’m not just a “rep”, because some hiring managers and recruiters still look at the years of medical sales and ask what I could do at a company/in a role. Even with the past few years of marketing (in a corporate position not directly in healthcare), job searches and LinkedIn keep recommending sales jobs. It’s very hard to dig yourself out of sales once you go down that road. If I could do it again, I would go into regulatory or become a PA or NP with a business background, as there are so many jobs out there for those roles, and more flexibility to shape your career.[/QUOTE]
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Cafepharma Message Boards | Pharma Sales, Device Sales, Lab Sales
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I had the BALLS to leave pharma!
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