What's the chillest job in pharma, in your opinion? Highest financial reward for lowest stress. Any background or training.

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Patient advocacy directors. Your only job is to spend millions, get wined and dined and courted by all the non-profits that need your money, and feel good about your "mission". At director level you can make $300k for a part time job. I'd be bored out of my mind but It's a gig I'd consider when I'm close to retirement

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Probably Principal

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Pls I'm so tired 🫠😅

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Lots are depending on the stage of the company. For example project management, quality, Dev depts are pretty chill in early stage and some research depts are in later stages. HR and finance are always busy. The key is to not be in the hot seat for the stage the company is in.

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Even in year 1??

Method development because you don't have to document anything

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I joined HRIT.

Great comp, will always be needed, not no stress but significantly less than consulting.

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Medical science liaison. Terminal degree (MD, PhD, PharmD) is standard, though some are NPs or PAs.

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No way. If the numbers are down, Commercial is always eyeing field medical and thinking "why are we paying these people all this money"?

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Def join PMO or IT support. Avoid Commercial - it's a neverending fire drill.

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