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With recession coming, this is probably the last window of opportunity to seize lucrative job offers before it gets too late.
With recession coming, this is probably the last window of opportunity to seize lucrative job offers before it gets too late.
"But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it." - Liam Neeson
As a Pharmacist, our training and experience makes us THE LEAST capable of making a pivot and seizing any job opportunities, anywhere!
I am very sad to say.
The least? I'll agree that pharmacy is pretty specialized so any transition would be fairly difficult, but that feels like a stretch. Do you not know any/many pharmacists who transitioned out of healthcare?As a Pharmacist, our training and experience makes us THE LEAST capable of making a pivot and seizing any job opportunities, anywhere!
My last batch of offers (>3) came around late August, and I was fortunate enough to let companies bid against each other. My highest bidder (a household name vaccine maker for covid) offered a perm remote role with 170k + 18% bonus + 40% RSU, and the second highest (a rare disease gene therapy biotech that saw explosive stock appreciation in the last 3 months) gave a hybrid role of 160k + 18% bonus + 80k equity (RSU and options) + 26k sign-on package. I am <3 yrs out of pharm school with no fellowships/residencies.Curious what lucrative positions you think pharmacists would qualify for that would be more stable than practicing through a recession?
Do you think industry positions (and especially being a new employee) will be less sensitive to a recession than traditional practice?My last batch of offers came around late August, and I was fortunate enough to let companies bid against each other. My highest bidder (a household name vaccine maker for covid) offered a perm remote role with 170k + 18% bonus + 40% RSU, and the second highest (a rare disease gene therapy biotech that saw explosive stock appreciation in the last 3 months) gave a hybrid role of 160k + 18% bonus + 80k equity (RSU and options) + 26k sign-on package. I am <3 yrs out of pharm school with no fellowships/residencies.
Yep, we definitely don't have Liam Neeson's skills.
I know plenty actually...in pharma and cro (in all sorts of functionalities you can imagine), in consulting (LEK, ZS, Accenture, etc), and also in tech (very few in big tech companies like Google but a handful in start-up and medium-sized). I am leaving out the ones in insurance, investment banking, weed stuff for now as they are too niche.The least? I'll agree that pharmacy is pretty specialized so any transition would be fairly difficult, but that feels like a stretch. Do you not know any/many pharmacists who transitioned out of healthcare?
Pharma is in a hiring frenzy somehow, the jobs are just everywhere. Nobody can predict the future, but the companies I interviewed at were mostly in expansion phase with solid financial standings. My new employer actually reported billions in profits last year, hundreds of millions this year and >3B cash in hand.Do you think industry positions (and especially being a new employee) will be less sensitive to a recession than traditional practice?
I just don't get how an expected recession makes these jobs more desirable now.
Hey more power to you. I hope the job stability is at least as good as you're hoping/expecting it to be.Pharma is in a hiring frenzy somehow, the jobs are just everywhere. Nobody can predict the future, but the companies I interviewed at were mostly in expansion phase with solid financial standings. My new employer actually reported billions in profits last year, hundreds of millions this year and >3B cash in hand.
Pharma jobs have inherent stability issues. I am not denying that, but what I was saying is now is probably a great time to take advantage of the great offer package before it's too late.
FYI, I have not seen any pharma employees becoming unemployed over extended period of time (>3 months), we usually have multiple job offers to entertain with and job-switches are mostly voluntary, for a higher position or pay. In the contrary, pharmacy, especially clinical, is notorious for job stagnation and difficulty with even lateral movements. I came across a recent reddit post that a clinical pharmacist with residency and yrs of exp can not get a hospital job after moving from NJ to Austin, TX...
Thanks. If things go south, I can always reach out to the Meta recruiter, who kept trying to call me to discuss roles on their ML teams...I guess they are "quiet hiring" despite highly publicized hiring freeze?Hey more power to you. I hope the job stability is at least as good as you're hoping/expecting it to be.
My last batch of offers (>3) came around late August, and I was fortunate enough to let companies bid against each other. My highest bidder (a household name vaccine maker for covid) offered a perm remote role with 170k + 18% bonus + 40% RSU, and the second highest (a rare disease gene therapy biotech that saw explosive stock appreciation in the last 3 months) gave a hybrid role of 160k + 18% bonus + 80k equity (RSU and options) + 26k sign-on package. I am <3 yrs out of pharm school with no fellowships/residencies.
I accepted the offer from the highest bidder. From what I heard from HR, they plan to continue massive hiring until next year, to help diversify pipeline portfolio outside of covid vaccine. My recruiter complained to me that the gene therapy biotech had zero qualified candidates for > 6 months and should be more flexible in terms of hybrid/remote and package details, which could sway my final decision...
A lot of pharma jobs now can somewhat match if not exceed household tech companies in terms of compensation, minus the hiring freeze and PIP pressure. I got corporate recruiters from BMS, J&J and Merck advertising how many vacant positions they have and they think I am a good fit, etc. I also had to turn down at least 4 interviews in the last two week cuz they are too late to the party lol.
I was basically interviewing throughout August, but I do have a feeling that this won't last forever if the macroeconomic environment isn't so great in the upcoming months.
Pharmacists can do a lot of things, just don't feel emotionally attached to it so much. It's just a label that you can peel off at any given moment. Many people switch careers during the pandemic and never looked back. What's making pharmacy so special that prevents any changes? I am graduating MSCS in 3 months, and my girlfriend, who is an architect, is making the same pivot. She had to take all the math & cs courses at cc to make herself eligible, but she never took the self-identification of her present profession that seriously, unlike a lot of pharmacists do...It's not a competence thing, rather it's more like an excuse for complacency I suppose.
Hey, that's a PIVOT I am able to make. Well within my skillset.Local school district is hiring bus drivers. $25/hr and they'll train you.