Base pay; Years at Merck; placement

[Anonymous]

I saw this on another company board and I thought I would start it here. They were claiming that women were severely underpaid than men with similar years of service etc. It would be interesting to see if this is really true. Share the info in the order mentioned in the title. I will start..

97,500K base
6 yrs w/Merck
12 yrs industry
female
S2 (former exec)

 

[Anonymous]

66000
5 years
s1
male

 

[Anonymous]

8 years
79500
s1 former senior
female

impressive OP..

 

[Anonymous]

13 years industry
specialty
104K
s1

 

[Anonymous]

69000
9
S1
1.8% merit
female

 

[Anonymous]

6+ yrs at Merck
Placed as S1 (former PR2)
Female
$67,200 (including this year's "merit" increase)
2.2% increase this year

 

[Anonymous]

85,700
9 years with Merck
female
3% merit
6% pay increase for going from Senior to S2 (Exec)

 

[Port Folio]

71,000
7 years
male
S1 (formerly CR2)

 

[Port Folio]

Oops. Forgot
1.5% Merit

 

[Anonymous]

Don't enter your info HQ will match base salary with job titles and by process of elimination figure out who you are.

 

[Anonymous]

Don't enter your info HQ will match base salary with job titles and by process of elimination figure out who you are.

do not worry!!! they are not true!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Don't enter your info HQ will match base salary with job titles and by process of elimination figure out who you are.

They do not have the time, desire, resources or ability to do this.

corporate - mid management
12 yrs indust, 6 yrs MRK
97k after 1.5% merit (good review), 8k annual bonus.

 

[Anonymous]

79,000
12 yrs
former Senior Rep
1.8% bump
S1

 

[Anonymous]

110,000
18 years industry
16 years merck
S2 (turned down s3)

 

[Anonymous]

67,400
5yrs
S1
female

 

[Anonymous]

110,000
18 years industry
16 years merck
S2 (turned down s3)

Smart move to turn down S3. Your salary is fabulous...extra work not worth any reduction in QOL. Time to smell the roses...you've worked hard for it!

 

[Anonymous]

110,000
18 years industry
16 years merck
S2 (turned down s3)

S2 be careful. You make way toooooo muuuuuch in salary to deliver lunch and chase signatures. UPS guys make $60k and work way harder than you.

You probably live in Pittsburgh.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I understand Pittsburgh is under some big time heat.

Too many dead wood reps making way too much money that will never make a difference in that managed care situation.

Reps and managed care here need to be aaaaxxxxed.

 

[Anonymous]

S2 be careful. You make way toooooo muuuuuch in salary to deliver lunch and chase signatures. UPS guys make $60k and work way harder than you.

You probably live in Pittsburgh.

UPS guys don't have to have intelligent, persuasive discussions regarding disease states and products with their customers. UPS guys don't have "ride-alongs", "competencies" and "PMP's". UPS guys don't have evening work (i.e., testing, expense reports, business plans and other nonsense that robs you of your personal life). UPS guys may physically work hard, but they can mentally tune out and leave their job at the doorstep when they arrive home. If delivering lunch and chasing signatures were the only requirements in pharma sales, pharma companies would hire those UPS guys, duh! You are WAY oversimplifying pharma sales. Do we get to have face time with 8-10 docs everyday? No, of course not. But whenever we do, we better have a hell of a lot more to offer than what a UPS guy would.

 

[Anonymous]

Who uses personal time for company work? What is wrong with you? Remember your directors are sitting at home all day.