Is this common across the industry? I’ve spent about five years in pharma across four different companies. My background is entirely on the operations side, working directly in the plant, within quality departments. One thing that’s consistent is how little effort is put into training new staff. I’m comfortable figuring things out on my own, but I’ve seen many colleagues struggle or fail because teammates aren’t willing to provide one-on-one training. Have I been working at the wrong places??

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I don't know about other areas, but definitely also see this is corporate strategy, access and portfolio assessment. There is a general move to hire people who are smart but not necessarily trained, we just got a compliance lead from Samsung and let me tell you, I am drinking wine every single day despite being off alcohol for over 3 years.

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I completely agree about the training issue! As a PhD scientist, a big part of the job is being able to pick things up independently without needing step-by-step guidance. I was thrown right into designing plasmids and handling transfection, even though my formal background is in organic synthesis. It was definitely a challenging transition, but I’ve always been excited to figure things out and perform well, even without someone overseeing every step.

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