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The news release is available on the Pfizer site and on MSNBC.
THIS SUCKS.
THIS SUCKS.
Just checked. Nothing posted.
Only thing official is a very small layoff or just under 500 in NY & that can be verified on the internet. This is definitely not a 28% layoff anywhere in any division. Probably will be a bigger layoff somewhere down the road with the current Celebrex situation, but we can all just wait for that.
Just under 500 is a "very small" layoff to you?????????
These NY cuts are from corporate positions in the numerous home offices in & around NY. None of the reps are being touched in this round of layoffs.
I am in scientific grants management-however I had a life and a career with advanced science degrees before Pharma to return to. I know others in similar positions within hospitals I work with from Pharma. I also know nurse practitioners who went to school, left pharma and relaunched their career.
Don't sell yourself short-if you can truly sell, sell your account management skills, navigator of politics skills, budgeting skills, scientific knowledge base skills and relationship driver skills to land a job you want. And do not discount hiring a resume service to fashion a resume towards a position you want. it's key. I've landed out of pharma jobs twice. I'm on my second upward career move since pharma and it's been all up because I saw positions I could transfer my skills to and win. I landed and was told that my resume was impressive and that's what got me in the door. I talked from there, followed up with 30-60-90 day plan as well as SWOT analyses. I got the job and continue to land.
I'm sharing bc I want those of you who can to do better and be encouraged that you CAN land. If you can't sell, just focus on account management type of administrative/management jobs within the healthcare arena.
I'm on my 3rd reinvention (laboratory bench-pharma-grants management/biotech) and confirming it with an MHA paid by current employer. Go get your jobs people. You can do it. There is hope.
Best of luck,
15 year Pharma Sales/Training/Management Veteran with the stripes of pain and vision of hope
Bring it on. 28 is my lucky number.
How do you know if you can truly sell? What WE do is market messaging of mature drugs, in blocks of 20-50 seconds a time, 5 times a day, four days a week. How many people here have the ability to launch a career in the field of the sciences? Most (especially those at manager level) that I know couldn't handle the classwork.
The news release is available on the Pfizer site and on MSNBC.
THIS SUCKS.