Starting Salary


I heard the starting salar at Forest is anywhere from $45 to $75 is that true? What is the avg bonus?

Starting base is normally in the low 50's and average bonus is around $10,000/yr.
 
I have almost 10 years pharma experience with stellar ratings but was recently laid off. Forest just offered me a starting salary of $55k - are they crazy?!?! Thanks for the offer but I'd rather stay on unemployment and look for a real job. Maybe Walmart is hiring, I'm sure they pay more.
 
I started at $116k..., but I don't work for Forest!!! bahahahahaha

I work for Forest and have a base over 150K bahahahahahahaha
and no i'm not BS'ing bahahahahahahaha
so take your $116 and shove it buddy bahahahahahaha
stick around, do well, don't jump companies all the time and you can work your base up very nicely here, and get four weeks of vacation after nine year...five after 20
every time you jump companies you go to the bottom on tenure-based benifits
150K+ and 5 weeks vacation bahahahahahaha
 
I work for Forest and have a base over 150K bahahahahahahaha
and no i'm not BS'ing bahahahahahahaha
so take your $116 and shove it buddy bahahahahahaha
stick around, do well, don't jump companies all the time and you can work your base up very nicely here, and get four weeks of vacation after nine year...five after 20
every time you jump companies you go to the bottom on tenure-based benifits
150K+ and 5 weeks vacation bahahahahahaha


Not exactly true. 3 weeks after 3 years and 4 weeks after 9?! Many companies give you 3 weeks starting and 5 after around 10. so glad i left.

I call BS on the 150k too...you'd have had to had an 8% pay raise for 20 years to get even close to that and there's only a rep or two in the entire company that is still a rep after 20 years. (do the math people).
 
I work for Forest and have a base over 150K bahahahahahahaha
and no i'm not BS'ing bahahahahahahaha
so take your $116 and shove it buddy bahahahahahaha
stick around, do well, don't jump companies all the time and you can work your base up very nicely here, and get four weeks of vacation after nine year...five after 20
every time you jump companies you go to the bottom on tenure-based benifits
150K+ and 5 weeks vacation bahahahahahaha

So what part of the word "start" is too complicated for you to understand, dumb ass?
 
He didn't ask what managers make!!!! He was inquiring about a rep position. Sorry poster, you have to watch out for the managers trolling around on here giving you the whole, life is great at Forest crap.

Most start at 52K, so if they offered you 55K, they must have really seen potential in you. What you will find here at Forest is that your time in pharma as a rep doesnt mean crap to them. they are looking to soften the blow that is coming down the pipe anyways. in a year, you will be glad you are not making more, because those people will be laid off, if not sooner.

the way I see it is, take the job, it will be a year before much is expected out of you anyway. Especially if you need a job!!! I mean, sure you have to spend weeks in New York, but after the fact, you just have to perform the Dancing Bear routine every now and then for your manager. In the meantime, it gives you a year to find a job.
 
I talked to a manager this week and he said the starting Salary started in the low 60"s and moved up from there depending on experience. What surprised me was the crap vacation. 1 week to start? Really? I have NEVER heard of that.
 
If it is in the lower 60's you live in a place where the cost of living is higher than most. They do give a little more money for those areas. But when you break down how much they give you compared to the cost of living, you are actually getting shafted!!! Now, I am speaking from a couple of years back, but if you lived in San Fransico, your extra Salary was in the range of 10K to 15K. That is compared to living in the south. Everything is doubled in California, so you would actually be hurting more by living there making more money.

Once again, Forest needs to do a better job taking care of their people. And the rate of turnover is crazy in the bigger cities!!!
 
He didn't ask what managers make!!!! He was inquiring about a rep position. Sorry poster, you have to watch out for the managers trolling around on here giving you the whole, life is great at Forest crap.

Most start at 52K, so if they offered you 55K, they must have really seen potential in you. What you will find here at Forest is that your time in pharma as a rep doesnt mean crap to them. they are looking to soften the blow that is coming down the pipe anyways. in a year, you will be glad you are not making more, because those people will be laid off, if not sooner.

the way I see it is, take the job, it will be a year before much is expected out of you anyway. Especially if you need a job!!! I mean, sure you have to spend weeks in New York, but after the fact, you just have to perform the Dancing Bear routine every now and then for your manager. In the meantime, it gives you a year to find a job.

And enjoy your room-mate during the weeks of training. This is a sorry pos co....Bahahahaha!
 


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