Desire to help others outweighs salary and career development

emedcareers found that:

Top reasons for joining the pharmaceutical industry:

• To help people in need (57%)

• Career development (26%)

• Workplace location (18%)

• 51% have never considered leaving the sector

• 32% have been in healthcare for more than 10 years

25 April 2007 – Nearly a third of UK pharmaceutical employees believe media reporting on the industry is unfair, while 59% believe a more open and honest dialogue with the public would help improve the industry’s image.

Reasons for continued loyalty to an employer:

• Ability to help others (40%)

• Career development (24%)

• Salary (21%)

• Benefits packages (13%)

A desire to help others is the number one reason employees are attracted to the UK pharmaceutical sector, according to research released today by emedcareers.co.uk, the online job board for the pharmaceutical industry.

According to 1,000 employees from across the sector, the top three reasons for working in healthcare are helping people in need (57%), career development (26%) and location of workplace (18%). Continue reading “UK Pharmaceutical Employees: Selfless or Salary obsessed?” »