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Please guide do Joining Cognizant on Contractual role is worthy or not?
Current Situation - due to bgv not completing as one of my company as per CTS is black listed so they changed my hiring from permanent to contractual role.
Please guide as I have no knowledge of contractual roles. 🙏
Potential opp on the short side for TSLA?
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I’m feeling chatty so! I’ve only worked in “buttoned up” or “boring” sectors so my experience is limited, but it’s better than finance. No client in pharma has held a candle to the jerks I dealt with in finance.
I have a scientific background and actually enjoy the work, but I imagine if every meeting felt like someone was speaking Ancient Greek at you, it could be boring or frustrating. Some people don’t really care, but I’d say good PMs do at least try to understand the scientific landscape. It also goes a long way towards gaining team respect. There’s a good amount of bureaucracy to pick up as well, so the learning curve can be steep if you have zero background or interest.
Clients are clients, these clients are just less cool and (potentially) smarter than in other fields. W/L balance depends on the agency and the client, so you won’t know until you really pry in the interview. I’ve turned down a job with a perfectly nice team because they described super long hours in the interview, and I was already fleeing that.
Product launches for pharma are much more intense than launches in other industries, there’s no sugar coating it, but once the product is launched, things slow down. I’ve been on 6 launches over the course of 5 years, and I’d say that’s on the high end of average. You might luck out and not have one for 2 years, or you might get stuck on a brand with multiple indications, where you’re launching every couple of months. A lot of it is dependent on what you’re brought in to work on. At the end of the day it’s an agency so you have to deal with the same layoff cycles and poorly communicated changes as anywhere else. Feel free to DM!
I really appreciate you sharing. Super insightful!
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If you are all about process, pharma isn't too bad. There are so many restrictions and regulations that things are pretty straightforward, eg what has to be done when. I learned a lot when I was in pharma and it's actually helped me when I went back to corporate.
I like it... BUT I work at an independent agency and it's never boring. I'm also lucky to be an a role where I work with teams across the business and I'm not stuck on a single client or piece of business for very long. It's actually really fascinating to learn about different therapeutic areas and I find it motivating working with teams that are pushing to have patients and doctors viewed as people instead of just targets or customers.