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<p>[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6511675"]I left pharma in 2012. I went back to school for a masters, then wound up taking a few years off with young kids and moving for my husbands job, and it took me a while (over a year) to get a job, between trying to transition my career out of sales and with a job gap of several years. Ive been in the corporate world for 2 years in marketing. </p><p><br /></p><p>I absolutely love not being a rep, and I would never go back. My hours aren’t bad, and with WFH there’s flexibility in my schedule just like medical sales. I don’t have a company car, but post-pandemic, there are so many remote jobs that commuting and wear and tear won’t be an issue. My current position is a bit underpaid (full package says $100k, but that includes stock options depended upon the board’s metrics they pull out of their behind), but I’m currently interviewing for jobs paying $120k plus options & benefits. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any time you are getting paid, it’s work, and there will always be BS, but I wouldn’t go back to sales with the instability and lack of respect. I’m trying to get into the clinical trials space and just finished a project management certification (PMP), and there’s a ton of growth in clinical trials, genomics and cell & gene. Go where the growth is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 6511675"]I left pharma in 2012. I went back to school for a masters, then wound up taking a few years off with young kids and moving for my husbands job, and it took me a while (over a year) to get a job, between trying to transition my career out of sales and with a job gap of several years. Ive been in the corporate world for 2 years in marketing. I absolutely love not being a rep, and I would never go back. My hours aren’t bad, and with WFH there’s flexibility in my schedule just like medical sales. I don’t have a company car, but post-pandemic, there are so many remote jobs that commuting and wear and tear won’t be an issue. My current position is a bit underpaid (full package says $100k, but that includes stock options depended upon the board’s metrics they pull out of their behind), but I’m currently interviewing for jobs paying $120k plus options & benefits. Any time you are getting paid, it’s work, and there will always be BS, but I wouldn’t go back to sales with the instability and lack of respect. I’m trying to get into the clinical trials space and just finished a project management certification (PMP), and there’s a ton of growth in clinical trials, genomics and cell & gene. Go where the growth is.[/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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