After a long and exhausting job search, Im done. Im calling it quits. 15 months of nothing, always a runner up at the last round. Im going to pivot to nursing for the long term. I tried. Im done. The game changed.
... to go to lilly. I was at one of the top medical practices in the country, in it's specialty. But, it paled in comparison to lill, so I went. It was wonderful, until it wasn't. It changed alot during my 4 years there.
I was sold so many opportunities, particularly, and at best linear movement in the event of shifts.
During the shift, all the support and optimism went out the window.
I've been out of work for several months now - I couldn't even try, I needed a break to process this. I'm 40 plus and planned to retire from there.
Now here I am, nearing 50, looking for work.
I think it's so unfair that they are stealthily doing these lay offs like this.
If you are laid off too, I'm sorry. Hang in there.
That's all...
Interviewed someone who was a decent fit for the role in question. I’m trans and this person would be working very closely with me as a dotted-line subordinate (likely would begin reporting to me in 6mo or so). Interview was stiff but fine, and when I was done, it was my colleague’s turn.
Well, after I left, the candidate made a snide remark about me to my colleague and misgendered me a few times.
I don’t really care how you feel about me. I’m confident in myself and don’t need external validation, and you’re entitled to whatever mean feelings you like. But if you’re out of work right now and interviewing, maybe don’t talk shit about the people interviewing you before you’re even hired.
We cut her from the pool so fast after that.
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Just got my MSc, looking for research roles in the industry, and this is for a research associate I role. The company is Abbvie. AMA.
Hi everyone,
After 8 months of my job hunting, I am excited to share that I have my first interview in 3 days with a hiring manager round at Amgen! With about 10 years of experience in biotech and pharma, I’m eager to make the most of this opportunity, though I’m feeling pretty nervous.
I'd really appreciate your advice:
- Will the hiring manager’s questions focus more on my resume or the job description?
- Is this round typically more technical or behavioral?
- If you've interviewed at Amgen, what can you share about the culture and interview process?
Any tips or experiences would mean a lot.
Thank you in advance! 🙏
Heard Vertex is having a reorganization? Anyone hear about this?
I've done some job hopping over the last decade to try to advance my career and broaden my knowledge base, so I've been in and out of the job market a lot (some of that hopping, like my most recent was more about getting away from a toxic company than about advancement). I've seen some tiresome and frankly absurd hiring processes (P&G's hours long personality testing for one wtf). I recently had an incredible positive experience that I wanted to share.
I spoke with a company a few months ago about a role. Had talked to the recruiter ahead of time about salary expectations. Did a 1hr virtual panel interview and got a call the very next day with an offer. Unfortunately the offer was under what I had previously discussed with the recruiter and thery were unable to come up at all, so I declined the position. Fast forward a few months, the recruiter reached back out to me because they had another new position open (company is in a major growth period right now making combination products, recently publicly announced a major deal with Eli Lilly). This new position sat in a higher pay band and she thought it would be a better fit. This time I did a 1hr on site panel interview, but again, got a call the very next day saying they wanted to move forward. This time the offer came in above what I asked for and I accepted. I just wanted to let people know that there are companies out there doing things right. They are quick to make a decision when they think they found a good fit and that is so refreshing.
Kudos to the folks at Resilience, I can't wait to join the team.
I'm a PhD who recently defended and am about to start a wet lab postdoc in cell therapy/LNP delivery. I worked in industry before grad school and plan to go back after my postdoc. Long term I've been looking at process development and analytical roles, but I'm not locked in, and I'd rather not be limited to cell therapy just given the job market.
I've been reading a lot of the AI-guided design papers in my field, and one thing I've noticed is that a lot of the models and packages are off the shelf. The harder part seems to be deciding what data to collect, defining the right objective, and knowing whether the results actually mean anything.
That makes me wonder if I'd get more out of learning to use these tools well than trying to become an ML expert. But I'm not sure if that's a genuinely useful skill set in industry or just a way to make myself feel better about not being an AI research scientist lol.
I'm thinking about spending the next 1–2 years learning Python, building analysis pipelines, getting better at DoE and statistics, and learning enough ML to build and evaluate models. I'd be doing this alongside my postdoc, so time is limited.
For people working in biotech or techbio, a few questions:
I think I want to be more useful at the intersection of experimental biology and computation when I go back to industry (and if that is valued at all). I'm trying to figure out if this is worth putting evenings into over the next couple of years, or if that time would be better spent developing other skills. Would appreciate hearing from people who've made a similar transition!
Hi everyone!
I'm looking for some insight from anyone who currently works at Thermo Fisher Scientific/PPD or has recently applied for an ACRA/CRA position there. I was in the recruitment process for the ACRA position at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Northeast & Southeast US). After my initial recruiter screening interview, I received an email from the recruiter stating that hiring for their CRA opportunities has been temporarily paused until further notice and that they are not moving forward with interviews at the moment. The recruiter was kind enough to say that she believes I could be a strong candidate for future opportunities and would like to reconnect when hiring resumes. I'm wondering if anyone else has received a similar update, particularly for ACRA or entry-level CRA positions. Does anyone have insight into whether this is a broader hiring pause, a team-specific decision, or something affecting particular regions or projects? I understand that nobody may know the exact details, but I would appreciate hearing about others' recent experiences or any insight into the current hiring situation. Thanks in advance!
I know this is where all the money is flowing to these days. But keen to hear the thoughts of folks here on how anyone investing in an AI drug design company with no candidates is going to make money over even a 10-year horizon? The valuation of Isomorphic is more than many current pharma cos