Pay for seasoned reps?

[anonymous]

Possibly interested in applying, over 15 years pharma experience, current salary over 100k, probably impending layoffs...
Does your company pay for gray haired experienced reps? Or should I stay away? Heard that most new hires were of a different generation than mine, for much less $. Thanks

 

[anonymous]

Possibly interested in applying, over 15 years pharma experience, current salary over 100k, probably impending layoffs...
Does your company pay for gray haired experienced reps? Or should I stay away? Heard that most new hires were of a different generation than mine, for much less $. Thanks

I doubt pharma will pay 100k to start for any “seasoned” or gray haired rep. This job has been dumbed down to “show up and throw up” robots to spout the company line. Doubt you’d be happy here now anyway.

 

[anonymous]

You can’t can get $100k base here. It really just depends.
Lilly really likes to hire young reps & they hire straight off the college campus.
You won’t be very valued here.

Lilly used to be a great place to work. The pay has always been more conservative here but the culture was amazing. WAS is the key word.
Now we have so many people leaving because not many people are happy here any more. It’s a recognized problem.

The target bonus is horribly low and 50% of it is based off your district’s performance & not your territory.

Lilly gives tons of side projects for you to do that it gets in the way of seeing your offices.

Over all we aren’t treated very well any more & most people are not happy here

good luck

 

[anonymous]

The base will likely be 95k ish. I came to Lilly a few years ago as a senior rep and love my job here. The diversity is great and the culture is inclusive. Best of luck!

 

[anonymous]

I doubt pharma will pay 100k to start for any “seasoned” or gray haired rep. This job has been dumbed down to “show up and throw up” robots to spout the company line. Doubt you’d be happy here now anyway.

Actually, pharma will pay 100 and more. Depends on the position and the experience. Recently interviewed with a company doing a product launch and starting salary was 135-145 for specialty rep. And it’s a well known company.
Lilly hires young inexperienced reps so they don’t have to pay those salaries. They give you a bunch or projects that are stupid and will only promote you if you do the projects as this is what they call leadership. Then it takes you away from your territory where your numbers still have to be good while you’re doing all the other busy work.
Then when it comes to bonus, you get paid out on a district quota so if you are a top performer you can’t make much. Average bonuses are 3000-4000.
And if you are making good money in which you have been with the company many years, probably in your late 40’s or early 50’s, they will look for a way to get rid of you.
Many people don’t realize this and stay at the company years. Once you no longer work there and go to another company, you realize that other companies are much better and value experience, tenured reps and will pay top dollars.

 

[anonymous]

Actually, pharma will pay 100 and more. Depends on the position and the experience. Recently interviewed with a company doing a product launch and starting salary was 135-145 for specialty rep. And it’s a well known company.
Lilly hires young inexperienced reps so they don’t have to pay those salaries. They give you a bunch or projects that are stupid and will only promote you if you do the projects as this is what they call leadership. Then it takes you away from your territory where your numbers still have to be good while you’re doing all the other busy work.
Then when it comes to bonus, you get paid out on a district quota so if you are a top performer you can’t make much. Average bonuses are 3000-4000.
And if you are making good money in which you have been with the company many years, probably in your late 40’s or early 50’s, they will look for a way to get rid of you.
Many people don’t realize this and stay at the company years. Once you no longer work there and go to another company, you realize that other companies are much better and value experience, tenured reps and will pay top dollars.

So how much $ is Target Bonus per year?

 

[anonymous]

Lilly has a TERRIBLE culture...unless you are WOK....if you are middle aged or white or male. don't apply...unless you are LIBERAL otherwise you will be miserable with the culture on top of the pay and micromanaging...DR has ruined a once great place to work

Pay is about industry average; bonus are BELOW and you NEVER meet them
Goals are not reachable
MICRO management is ABOVE
Drugs are awesome but you wouldn't know it based on sales force morale and pay out

 

[anonymous]

So how much $ is Target Bonus per year?

$24k annual target bonus.

so $12k based on your territory performance and the other $12k is based on how your district performs. So you only control $12k of your annual target bonus.

They. Zeill most likely ask you to see how you feel about this in the interview

 

[anonymous]

What about National Accounts people?

Any idea about the comp levels?

 

[anonymous]

Yes...some companies....I know specifically two large companies that start with A and B that start specialty pay is upward of 130/140.
Seems like specialty with large pharma is possibly the best gig for seasoned reps. Primary care? (Was there x 10 years...not really $)

 

[anonymous]

Lilly really prefers early career professionals but that doesn't mean an individual manager won't value what you bring. I think matching your salary is doable. Lilly's culture has gone to crap as others have shared here but they still have great benefits, which might be better than where you are coming from.

 

[anonymous]

Lilly really prefers early career professionals but that doesn't mean an individual manager won't value what you bring. I think matching your salary is doable. Lilly's culture has gone to crap as others have shared here but they still have great benefits, which might be better than where you are coming from.

Culture is awful here. It used to be great but now it’s causing people to leave. Lilly has a huge retention problem.

Our benefits are ok not great. I actually came from what would be considered a lesser company and lost money with Lilly benefits. We have a pension plan but it’s not worth getting excited about. You better read the fine print on it

 

[anonymous]

Corporate woke like the rest. Individual managers can be great and sheild some of the new metric driven BS post-COVID.

Negotiate, salary are less, but, as stated there is the pension. As for a hiring/ retention bonus and ask to the grade and salary band.