Is getting a job at Genentech easy? What is it like?

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Do pharmacists ever work at Genentech?

I am a P2 and would love to live in SF...scanned the internet and saw a position for a communications scientist. Here is the link: http://www.gene.com/careers/detail/00414438/Medical-Communication-Scientist

How easy it is to get such a job?

What do people think? Waste of pharmacy school?

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Med communications? Should be easy enough

Depends on pay


For real research, actual science will be necessary
 
Do pharmacists ever work at Genentech?

I am a P2 and would love to live in SF...scanned the internet and saw a position for a communications scientist. Here is the link: http://www.gene.com/careers/detail/00414438/Medical-Communication-Scientist

How easy it is to get such a job?

What do people think? Waste of pharmacy school?
i'm not sure about that particular position, but you should do some research on genentech before thinking this deeply into it.

I'll put it this way, they're continuously ranked as one of the best places to work and they always hire from the best schools and pharmacists with fellowships/plenty of experience.
 
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Trust me, It's all BS. They start you off at like $60k a year and promise increases down the line.
 
I'll ask my friend who got a fellowship with genentech what his stats are, but I know he's always done well in class and has won several awards from organizations.

You're going to have to be very competitive.
 
I'll ask my friend who got a fellowship with genentech what his stats are, but I know he's always done well in class and has won several awards from organizations.

You're going to have to be very competitive.

Looking forward to what the stats are. Thanks 🙂
 
how it compare to residencys and fellowship like rugters?

much more competitive - you are competing against people with real experience whereas residencies and fellowships are looking for people with no experience because they are "training programs"
 
I was a summer intern for Genentech last year. It was a great place to work, and I definitely learned a lot. I was in a commercial role, so I did not see as many pharmacists. The med comm positions tend to have more PharmDs. There are several paths you can take to get into pharma/Genentech. Some have worked in hospital for a decade and then moved over, others have done a fellowship, and I have friends who were directly hired out of pharmacy school (but they did work in internships during pharmacy school).

Med Comm Assoc Scientists will make around ~100k while Med Comm Scientists make around 120k. Of course, this also depends on how well you can negotiate, but you can use GlassDoor to get a ballpark range. http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/scientist-genentech-salary-SRCH_KO0,9_KE10,19.htm

As the post above stated, it is harder to get into CRDP vs a fellowship. There are currently two tracks within CRDP: traditional and MCCO. PharmD's usually qualify for the MCCO track and not the traditional track (due to the lower requirement of years of required experience and MCCO being geared more towards working in payer strategy).

If you look on LinkedIn, traditional CRDP are mostly selected from top MBA programs. The PharmD's who are MCCO all have worked in pharma before pharm school and had pharma internships during pharmacy school.

For CRDP, you could always do fellowship 2 years -> CRDP 2 years
 
extremely difficult to get, extremely good position

Getting into the pharmaceutical industry can be a tough nut to crack for your first job. There is a reason people do industry based fellowships if they want to work for a pharmaceutical company straight out of school. Typically you either need previous industry experience or solid clinical experience (aka several years beyond residency). If you're background is clinical practice then often times working in Medical affairs or Medical Communications is a nice entry point.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=422094&highlight=pharmaceutical+industry
 
I was a summer intern for Genentech last year. It was a great place to work, and I definitely learned a lot. I was in a commercial role, so I did not see as many pharmacists. The med comm positions tend to have more PharmDs. There are several paths you can take to get into pharma/Genentech. Some have worked in hospital for a decade and then moved over, others have done a fellowship, and I have friends who were directly hired out of pharmacy school (but they did work in internships during pharmacy school).

Med Comm Assoc Scientists will make around ~100k while Med Comm Scientists make around 120k. Of course, this also depends on how well you can negotiate, but you can use GlassDoor to get a ballpark range. http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/scientist-genentech-salary-SRCH_KO0,9_KE10,19.htm

As the post above stated, it is harder to get into CRDP vs a fellowship. There are currently two tracks within CRDP: traditional and MCCO. PharmD's usually qualify for the MCCO track and not the traditional track (due to the lower requirement of years of required experience and MCCO being geared more towards working in payer strategy).

If you look on LinkedIn, traditional CRDP are mostly selected from top MBA programs. The PharmD's who are MCCO all have worked in pharma before pharm school and had pharma internships during pharmacy school.

For CRDP, you could always do fellowship 2 years -> CRDP 2 years

Koercive,

Thank for your input. can i ask why you didn't go back to genentech after you graduated? did you think about doing crdp or fellowship at genentech? sound like you be a great candidate for it.
 
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