Got offered a pharma/healthcare role (currently work consumer side). 15% more than current role, lateral move, remote for now of course. Not sure if I should take the offer or not, given I have no experience in pharma & health. I said I would sleep on it. Advice?

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More money, better work/ life balance, and a career that will exceed the 40 yrs of age mark sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

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Of course you should go. No harm in leaving in 6-8 mos if you can't take it, just get another job. Or wait, which consumer agencies are hiring again?🤔

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People do seem to have really polarizing feelings. But there’s a chance you’ll get a taste for the better money and less worry about lay-offs and never look back. I did - used to work on CPG and now big pharma.

Account/creative/production is a key factor here.

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It’s for a special breed that’s for sure but I love it. You have to be okay with things sometimes moving slowly/waiting for approval and just being absolutely neurotic about tiny details and prescribing info. I think it’s great and feels very secure to me, lots of smart people too

I switched from consumer and like it. I would say a transition to corporate pharma work is better than say biotech or more in the weeds stuff.

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