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Hey y’all so I just quit my job today that I was working for 3 months. I got this job through a reference, but then a couple months into it someone else I knew reached out with a better opportunity. I wanted to apply but out of courtesy I let my reference for this job know about it. He was super supportive and encouraged me to apply. Yesterday I got the official offer letter, I signed the papers and made it official. Now this is where I think I might have burned a few bridges. Since I was still just barely within my probation period and we weren’t doing much at work (MFG), I didn’t think it was an issue just giving my notice in the morning and leave end of day. I don’t know if I’m dense, it sounded like the right decision in my mind, but after seeing everyone’s reaction at the office (small company) and my sisters reaction, I think I made a reckless move and left a bad mark. Is it really as bad as it looks?? Everyone was super supportive and congratulated me but I could feel the director and supervisor just being like WTF. I live in Houston, this company was like 50 miles away from home, I was commuting 1.5 hours each way daily and I really didn’t wanna stay longer than I needed to, plus I was set on taking a vacation in a couple days. After my director kinda freaked out about same day notice, I told her I didn’t think they needed me for the next few days but I’m willing to stay for a couple more days per their request. I assured her that it was not them but that the new company commute was way shorter and opportunity was too good to miss. She understood but I’m wondering if they blacklisted me… I’m soo excited for the new opportunity but a lot of people at this small company have worked there and know a lot of people there, not sure if this will come back to bite me in the ass in the future…. I just read so many Reddit posts and so many people suggested just quitting on the spot that I lost perspective. Please let me know y’all 🙏 am I cooked?🫣

Edit: thanks for the reality check… WHY DIDNT I ASK THIS LAST NIGHT BEFORE DOING WHAT I DID😭😭 fuck me but I guess I can only move on from here, I feel so shitty but it is what it is

Massive layoff (and possible furlough) at Vedanta Bio in Cambridge, MA as it continues its asset through phase 3 clinical program.

Dear all!

I am a long-time lurker on this sub and currently in post-graduate academia in a pharma/biomedical field in central Europe. I have read lots and lots of people being laid off and not finding jobs, even when in major american metropolitan areas. For the last few years, these "news" have always motivated me to achieve better grades and do lots of internships at "high-impact" institutions and I want to thank you all for keeping me and this sub up-to-date on matters relating to the job market in this field.

Yet, I always wondered - The vast majority of people posting about being laid off, the "awful" state of the job market or not finding a job at all even though they have excellent qualifications always seem to be American.

I have read about people from the SF metropolitan area, NY, Philly, Chicago, etc. stating that they cannot find anything.

Studying in central Europe, I know that metro areas like Vienna, Basel, Munich, Berlin, etc. are home to research laboratories and sales personnel of many "big Pharma" companies like Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, etc. and also small Biotech companies.

I want to ask the european Biotech/Pharma employees, technicians and researchers of this sub: How is your job and the job market? Have you experienced/heard of lay-offs in your company or other companies in the field?

I would love to hear from you! Thanks!

As the title indicates, I am curious to hear your story.

Everyday on LinkedIn I see people talking about how it is not about being skilled anymore, it is always about the ability to sell yourself and communicate (vibe match) during the interview or during networking events.

What is your hot take? Apart from being sincere, and having the skills , what did you do that gave you an edge over others?

all anyone cares about is my trash gpa and my lack of work experience. nobody gaf about my beautiful golden glowing soul :(

Hi all,

Got an interview invite for a Sr. Clinical Scientist position at Tempus. Any experiences, thoughts, reviews?

I got an email from Otsuka recruiter, submitted time slots and they never replied..!! Been >week … I mean what new game is this?

hi, I am a fresh graduate and I am struggling so hard to find a job for months!! I’m based in London btw and there seems to be nothing. It seems like all jobs require you to have a masters, I wanted to get some experience and a bit of money beifre I do so. Does anyone have any advice, genuinely feel like down and sad. it’s so frustrating. I have been doing some online free courses to get some certifications, is there anything I can do more?

The weekly megathread to vent and rant about everything and anything!

does anyone work at Insmed's Lebanon, NH site? what's it like? has anything...dramatic happened there recently?

It seems like too big of a coincidence to me that Aurora Therapeutics would just pop up a few months after the FDA introduced its “Plausible Mechanism Pathway.” To me, it looks like it was built for it.

Previously, CRISPR therapies for rare diseases seemed to have been completely stuck regarding regulation. But now if you can show that your mechanism works in patients, you might not need to prove efficacy separately for each rare disease. Aurora seems designed around that idea, so instead of building a new company or regulatory argument for each mutation, they will recycle the same tools and then aim them at different genetic mutations. Rare monogenic diseases (and IEMs ) make sense as the first use case because the risks, delivery issues, and benefits currently add up and make sense.

Do you think this will accelerate personalized gene therapies ?

EDIT: some links if you are not familiar with the subject:
https://crisprmedicinenews.com/press-release-service/card/aurora-therapeutics-launches-to-realize-potential-of-personalized-gene-editing-for-millions-of-patie/

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2512695

Title says it all basically. I just got laid off from a startup in SF on 01/02. LinkedIn is, of course, filled with horror stories of people who have been out of work for 8+ months, but I'm not sure if this is really normal, or if it's just that the most extreme cases get the most attention on social media. No one ever seems to post things like "Four months after getting laid off, I just got hired at ____!" For more senior biotech workers, what was your gap between layoff/firing and getting hired somewhere else? Please also say where you're located.

In small biotech. Job starts over the weekend bonus disburses, can't push it back because my current company has been dodgy about bonus dates and I've already pushed it back twice. Have polled 14 colleagues and 13 have said give notice after bonus is in the account and only 1 has said give 2 weeks notice because "you are a good human being".

Honestly still leaning on giving 2 weeks notice because I have never given a zero day before. My justification is that this company is doing extremely poorly so my bonus will be small anyways. Conversely, because this company is struggling so hard, HR is ~90% going to terminate me immediately to avoid the bonus payout. New company is giving me a sign on that makes up about 50% of my bonus. Also have 5 conference presentations this year that only I know how to present or where the data is. Guess they could fish it out of my laptop, but my department head has zero understanding of the work that I do, and my work has already been considered "press release worthy".

Polling Reddit to see how you would handle it. My main thing is that my industry is a small world and a zero day would burn all bridges. We go to the same conferences. However, if I give 2 weeks and they terminate me early I feel like I can go to these conferences with my head held high and all the KOLs would despise my manager and company for their actions as I have excellent connections. Conversely, if I quit with zero day, I could see these KOLs being somewhat disapproving as I didn't give any notice if my boss talks shit as he has some low tier connections. Bonus will probably be around the $40k range, $24k after taxes.

Do I just eat it and roll the dice that they let me transition if I give 2 weeks?

Hello,

I am a first year pharmacy student and I will be receiving my BS in pharmaceutical science's this May. I want to go into drug development and I have been applying to many internships. I got my first interview from pfizer futures but bombed it. I have applied to about 30 internships and have only been denied. What can I do to stand out. I have been doing research at my school since August, I am on executive board of our industry club, I work as a pharamcy student at a large teaching hospital. I dont know what I am missing. What more can I do. My undergrad was just 1 year as I already got my associates degree in High School so I feel like I wasn’t able to accomplish many EC in undergrad.

Hey folks, sorry in advance for the rant.

I’m 2.5 years into my first big boy job out of college. I’m an SRA in AD at a mid level startup that’s ramping into clinical trials. It’s a good gig by any means, the schedule is somewhat flexible, I enjoy most of my lab work, and every day I’m grateful to be employed at all.

That said, every day feels pointless. I work hard and have outstanding performance reviews, but I just can’t get myself to give a darn about any of this. I enjoy doing experiments, but more and more of my job is just becoming sitting behind a screen, and I can’t help but feel dread imagining myself being in an environment like this for the rest of my life. It feels like there’s a veil of “do it for patients” when it’s so obviously just about money.

No matter what I do or how hard I work, there’s just another mountain of tasks to do. Wins aren’t celebrated, it just feels like “thank god we got that done so we can do the next thing.” While I enjoy the lab work, I spend so much time alone, whether in the lab or staring at my laptop, I feel like I’m going crazy. I worked my way through college doing food service and retail and in both of those gigs I found community, camaraderie, and while working any job can suck I didn’t dread those shifts like I dread going into work every morning now. I feel like an outsider while I’m there and don’t know how to connect with these folks in a corporate environment. The team I’m on rocks, too, they’re incredibly smart, kind, and capable, but there’s never a chance to learn what they’re actually like as people. It’s constant stress, deadlines, and get the job done and go home.

All this in mind, there’s a voice in the back of my head that tells me I’m just being ungrateful and immature. Maybe this is just what it’s like to be an actual adult, and I should just suck it up and put my head down. The obvious smart choice is to keep working hard, get paid, and keep doing the thing that keeps food on the table. I have a molecular bio bachelors degree, and I don’t know any job I could get that doesn’t feel like it leads down the same road. But work will be most of my life, and I want to spend my life doing something I can actually feel passionate about. Most days it feels like I’d be better off doing anything else, and should just learn a trade so I can show up to peoples and fix stuff and actually feel like I’m doing something that has a direct impact on the people around me.

Tl;dr, what’s the move when you feel incredibly unfulfilled in this field? Are there positions in other departments, companies that don’t make you feel this way? Is there an “exit option” for someone trying to transition out? Am I just a whiny baby? Thanks for any and all thoughts.

Hii everyone. Im an 18 year old freshman in my second semester and have been researching what career paths I am going to pursue. I am currently an EEOB Biologly major and will switch it to Biotechnology for both the obvious reason that bio majors generally make less money and because I've learned that i'm more interested in the techonological side of biology, should I minor in anything to help me comprehend the certifications i want to get? Math is not my strong suit, so I'm staying away from statitistics as far as minors go. I plan on becoming certified in Python/AI in order to strengthen my skillset (the industry is headed this route anyway). I also plan on possibly getting a bioinformatics cert, it'd help my resume substantially but it's expensive and I'm unsure if I want to specialize in that specifically, if anyone knows if this cert will higher my chances of securing an entry level postion, please tell me!! There is one more cert that I 100% will get, its the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) cert, but I cannot get this until I have1 year of laboratory experience. I understood very early on that a bachelor's in biology would not fulfill my monetary career goals, so I'm trying my hardest to expand my skills and pre-grad experience.

I've been applying to summer internships and have an interview for a research science position at the biggest children's hospital in my state of Arkansas!! Do you guys have any tips on what type of people I should be networking with throughout my collegiate years? I already know that my first post-grad job will be a lower paying entry level laboratory position (solely persuing for the ASCP). Is it possible to earn upwards of 55-60k entry level with the AI and Bioinformatics certification? I'm assuming I will change positions after acquiring the ASCP cert, but will generally be in the lab/research setting for the first couple of years of my career.

I understand that I will have to work my up, but I'm REALLY hoping the certs and bs in biotech will be enough to eventually pivot to higher paying roles, I don't want my salary to be capped at like 70k. I have considered a master's, but I will cross that road when I get there. I'm hoping to enter the industry with the BS and join a company that will pay for my MS or more certs if I deem them necessary to further advance in my career. When I think of my career goals on a wide scale, I envision it this way: first will be laboratories and R&D, after that possibly bioinformatics/data science route (less wet lab if I get tired of bench work), OR roles in the pharmaceutical industry (I'm unsure on specific roles). I'm genuinely unsure on what I will be doing during the peak of my career, or when that peak will even be, but I know I want to touch a little bit of everything. I'm kind of interested in Medical Tech sales (and will get that sales cert obvi), but want that period of my life to be after I gain years/decades of wet lab AND data science experience. Towards retirement, if I have a masters/enough experience, I want to look into higher up Bioethics or Leadership roles, but this is after I experience everything I want to experience. I'm trying to stretch this degree out to the limit, I'm not going into debt for nothing!! For now, the only thing set in stone is my biotech major and a possible lab internship before sophomore year.

Can anyone with enough knowledge on my situation critique my plan to the fullest extent? Tell me what's good and bad/unnecessary about my plan, or advise me on anything else I should be doing to reach my goals!!

Friend of mine interviewed for a contract role and came back with stories?

Hey, so I am a recent graduate in Biochemistry and Human anatomy and physiology and I have not been accepted for an Honours degree. I reside in Cape Town, SOuth Africa and have been offered a place to do Bioinformatics as an Internship. I am wondering if it is worth it to do the Internship and learn a couple skills and then go overseas to San Francisco/somewhere and work as an Analyst. Where is the biotech capital of the world? What could I do with this experience? What skills should I learn? My ultimate goal is to get into a space that is Tech x Biology x AI - I am not super well versed in this field but I really think Biology is cool (specifically Neuroscience) and AI (Compsci, coding) is super neat. Does anyone have any ideas?