Do you know anyone who successfully moved out of Pharma into traditional advertising or another career path altogether? Considering leaving but I’m the family breadwinner so I can’t take a huge pay cut

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My friend once told me you’ll reek pharma only a month in and you’ll never get rid of the stench

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Traditional advertising? Where they run major campaigns on Christmas and send thousands of emails a year and targeted media over major holidays?

I think the best option of pharma or not pharma is another industry

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It’s much more creative

I too would like to know this.

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Law school. Med school. That's about it.

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If you are the family breadwinner and losing your income would be calamitous, pharma vs not pharma is the wrong question. You need to switch careers asap. At the very least, you have to get out of the holding companies, and into a situation where you have at least a little stability and control—client side, or maybe a boutique indie. But it’s not a question of if you will lose your job, but when.

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Following because I’d like to know too 😅 entered pharma 4 years ago and have been trying to get out the last 2 (on and off) without any luck so far

Not sure if it’s different with other departments but I was able to move pretty fluidly across pharma and non pharma. In activation if that helps

Look for agencies that have both types of client and start making the move there.

I know someone who became a therapist and many who now do fine art

Was thinking about moving outta pharma for a while, then just got laid off, so… well, I’ll let you know if it works out 🙃

done it and inevitably got moved to whatever health/wellness/pharma-adjacent account because i “had the right experience”, unfortunately

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