Is a 2 year payback clause on signing bonus becoming the new norm in pharma / biotech or is it a potential red flag?

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How would you argue for paring it down from 2 years to one though? Won’t they look at this as a sign that you won’t stay?

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I had 1 year

Thought it was standard for AbbVie…

I’m 1 Year payback clause. Also signed 1 year non-competition

Do they really come back after you for that money after you quit/ move to another firm for better WLB?

I too have a 1 year clause.

Only roles I have seen that often include 1+ year clauses are SVP/EVP/CxO roles, which makes sense.

So unless you're in that bucket, personally, I'd find this to be more of a red flag. If they are unwilling to negotiate down to 1 year, then I'd try negotiate a pro-rate for time in role over the two years if you leave without cause; otherwise, I'd reconsider the role/company as a whole.

Too long. One year max usually

One year clause on my sign-on bonus. 2 yrs would be a red flag for me haha

Mine was 1 yr.

1 year clawback on signing bonus; 2 year clawback for 401K match

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