Are Pharmaceutical Sales Jobs Worth Pursuing Anymore?

As a former pharmaceutical sales rep, I understandmatters into my own hands and start my own
what it is like to be completely entrenched in thebusiness.
corporate world. Having spent well over a decade inFor most pharmaceutical sales reps looking for a job
corporate America and almost ten years directly inright, the economy has really changed things in a bad
pharmaceutical sales, I found myself at the end of myway. I can't tell you how many former pharmaceutical
rope so to speak towards the end. Why? Myrepresentatives who are out there looking for
frustration came primarily from two sources:employment, yet can't find a single thing. If you are still
1) I knew that if I didn't have my pharmaceutical salesin pharmaceuticals, consider yourself to be one of the
job, I would have absolutely no way to pay myfew remaining. Quite honestly, for those who have
mortgage, taxes, personal bills and so on.been let go, it could be the best thing that ever
2) I also realized that the only one getting rich was myhappened to you because you are now in a position
employer! Sure, I was making a pretty hefty annualwhere you can call the shots. You can decide how
income compared to most people, but I wasn't gettingmuch money you are worth, and you decide when
rich.you will work, how much you will work, and from
Besides all that, I was fed up with having to get upwhere you will work.
when my employer told me to, come home when theyThe best part about not being in pharmaceutical sales
told me to, and leave my family for seemingly unendinganymore for me is the fact that I have 100% control
and non essential pharmaceutical meetings. The strawover my own business-not someone else.
that broke the camel's back for me was last yearIf you would like more information about how to break
when 'Big Pharma' decided I would have to leave myfree from pharmaceuticals, then contact me through
wife and daughter for almost 2 months within a 3the resource box below. I'd love to share my
month period! Enough was enough. I decided to takeexperiences with you.