I feel very grateful to have a job at the moment, but I am absolutely losing my mind in pharma.

How do I get back into consumer or even brand side? I took a pharma job during a layoff as a temporary thing but I’m still here 2 years later…

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Oh they didn’t tell you? Once you’re in pharma, you don’t get out of pharma…

Just relax, settle in…

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I love how consumer peeps are like ‘yeah let’s just remove the brand logo and let the stunning art direction speak for itself’. Meanwhile, here I am spending hours trying to cram 8pt disclaimer copy so it doesn’t fill half the page.

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That's how I feel about no longer being brand side. I took this agency gig until I could get back on the Brand side and well… a year and a half later I’m still here.

I tried getting out of pharma 6 years ago...

Same.

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