Pharma will always be vilified - Investigator GSK Employee Review

3.0
Dec 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pharma will always be lucrative as long as they keep the development pipeline full of assets that can go onto successful trials, and there lies the Achilles heel of the industry. That and CEO issues and law suits.

Cons

GSK slaughtered its R&D presence in NC over a decade. Once a predominate tenant in the Research Park area, GSK left its employees with pro-rated severances and the area with shells of empty buildings for off-shored and contracted work. One excuse actually given in 2014, 'real-estate was cheaper in Philly.'

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

if you do your job well, no one will hound you or micro manage. it is a very solo job and can get repetitive. fun departmental and site wide activities planned.

Cons

cannot participate in all activities because contractors cannot be treated or "rewarded" or included as employees. Very hard to get hired on.

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