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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 5105723"]OP back. You're right, life isn't easier. It's just different. You seem to have found the right way of dealing with things that works for you. But some people either have a crappy DM or all their offices are closing to access or they're on a PIP or whatever it is that makes someone sick of what they do. Sure, you might say same shit, different day, and yes, every job has it's drawbacks. But everyone has to find what works best for them, if you find yourself in pharma feeling trapped and thinking there isn't anything else you can do, that's not true. It will always be a trade off and there will always be things you miss. You're right on the ball too with being able to sleep in when you want, I don't get that anymore and I sure miss it. But I do like working for myself and being more in charge of what I do and how successful I am instead of whatever lottery HO decides on working out the incentive plan for this year. I personally found it very hard - actually impossible - to do what you describe, suck it up and play the game and make the job work for you. I wanted to find a different way of getting some authenticity in my life. You've done that because from your post it reads like you haven't let the job define you. It did me, and I didn't know what else to do apart from leave and do something totally different. It's not just about money, it's how you feel on a Sunday night when you have a whole week stretching in front of you. And my biggest fear was because I had got so comfortable with moaning about the BS but still taking the pay packet, I started worrying about what was happening to the industry. Could I do this for another 10+ years til I retired? Would pharma even be the same place? I'm not smart or well educated and I couldn't re-train to do some cool job. So I just decided to do something I enjoyed, and work hard to make it successful. I'm glad you found a way of dealing with life in pharma, I'm not trying to diss anyone who sticks with it, or suggest that hey, the world is full of fantastic opportunities if you just get off your butt - the thing that swung it for me was seeing a guy I worked for when I first started (back in the 90s when the job was a lot more fun), interviewing for a crappy Publicis job we would have laughed at a few years ago. I thought my God, what if that happens to me? Reports happen all the time, there's a lot you can't control and that's what made me decide I wanted to control my future. It just felt like the life was too good to last and I had no plan or clue what to do. So I started thinking and here I am. Good luck to you whatever you do, stay or go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 5105723"]OP back. You're right, life isn't easier. It's just different. You seem to have found the right way of dealing with things that works for you. But some people either have a crappy DM or all their offices are closing to access or they're on a PIP or whatever it is that makes someone sick of what they do. Sure, you might say same shit, different day, and yes, every job has it's drawbacks. But everyone has to find what works best for them, if you find yourself in pharma feeling trapped and thinking there isn't anything else you can do, that's not true. It will always be a trade off and there will always be things you miss. You're right on the ball too with being able to sleep in when you want, I don't get that anymore and I sure miss it. But I do like working for myself and being more in charge of what I do and how successful I am instead of whatever lottery HO decides on working out the incentive plan for this year. I personally found it very hard - actually impossible - to do what you describe, suck it up and play the game and make the job work for you. I wanted to find a different way of getting some authenticity in my life. You've done that because from your post it reads like you haven't let the job define you. It did me, and I didn't know what else to do apart from leave and do something totally different. It's not just about money, it's how you feel on a Sunday night when you have a whole week stretching in front of you. And my biggest fear was because I had got so comfortable with moaning about the BS but still taking the pay packet, I started worrying about what was happening to the industry. Could I do this for another 10+ years til I retired? Would pharma even be the same place? I'm not smart or well educated and I couldn't re-train to do some cool job. So I just decided to do something I enjoyed, and work hard to make it successful. I'm glad you found a way of dealing with life in pharma, I'm not trying to diss anyone who sticks with it, or suggest that hey, the world is full of fantastic opportunities if you just get off your butt - the thing that swung it for me was seeing a guy I worked for when I first started (back in the 90s when the job was a lot more fun), interviewing for a crappy Publicis job we would have laughed at a few years ago. I thought my God, what if that happens to me? Reports happen all the time, there's a lot you can't control and that's what made me decide I wanted to control my future. It just felt like the life was too good to last and I had no plan or clue what to do. So I started thinking and here I am. Good luck to you whatever you do, stay or go.[/QUOTE]
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