Currently waiting on the official copy of an offer letter for Merck . I had a verbal offer via phone form recruiter where we talked about comp and start date. Checked with recruiter last week and he said he is waiting on approval from hiring manager. It's been a week since that update, but still not offer letter. Any idea what I should do?

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A written offer, especially after a verbal one, should not take more than 24 hours (48 max) given that the hiring manager should have already weighed in on you before the offer.

If it has been a week since you talked to them, email and call them to get an update and ETA on it.

Good luck!

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I had the same issue during my hiring. Turns out the hiring manager was on vacation for a whole week.

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send a follow up email or give the recruiter a call. I had a similiar situation with them. The entire process from interview to offer was slow and uneasy. Nothing I ever experienced with any job.

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It’s normal at work. They are slow. I would follow up

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Honestly, nothing will make it go faster

Bro, Sis, people busy.
Have other responsibilities than getting you the written offer letter
At Merck, a million people have to approve
Each of them busy
Have other reqs that are also going through issues and delays
So much going on in these companies
I didnt realize it until im out here tryna realize why an interview i wanted scheduled for weeks with a candidate is still not scheduled
People are occupied with other things

You asking will not make it go faster. Unless you have another offer on the table & you tell them
Even then, it still may not help

I had the same experience at another big pharma. Took a week to get written offer after verbal offer.

Maybe this is normal in pharma

Big pharma, big delays 😅

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