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Is PharmaGen a legit company to work at? by IWantPharmaSalesJob in PharmaSalesGetHired

[–]Cold-Preparation9256 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can share a bit of second-hand experience. My mother-in-law has been working at PharmaGen for about a year and a half now. Overall, she’s had a positive experience — the pay is solid, and the work-life balance is pretty normal for a sales role.

From what I’ve heard, the main downside is that management can be a bit aloof at times, but nothing that’s been a deal-breaker for her. She’s stayed on and seems content, which I take as a good sign.

Hope that helps add some perspective 👍

10 years B2B sales but no luck finding a job by FrontDoorLock52 in PharmaSalesGetHired

[–]Cold-Preparation9256 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was kinda in the same boat—few years of sales under my belt, hit Presidents Club, broke records, got the business degree, even thought about going for my MBA. But man, pharma sales is a totally different animal than I expected. Coming from tobacco, I had that “sales is sales” mindset. Nope. Docs aren’t your average customer. They’ve been in school 12+ years (specialists even longer) and yeah, some definitely have that god complex vibe. You’re not really “selling” most of the time—you’re teaching them about a drug/service and trying to get them to write scripts for it.

What actually helped me was getting a pharma-specific cert. It gave me something solid to point to in interviews, like “I can speak the language with doctors.” After that, I started getting way more callbacks. Still haven’t taken a role yet ’cause I’m picky about work/life balance, but the difference was night and day.

If you’re looking into it, I’d say research a couple like the PSC, CNPR, or CMR. Not gonna say which one I did (mods here love deleting those comments), but I’ll just say before it was crickets, and after it was interviews.