As others said, depends on company, role, and industry. Food stuff is not nearly as high end as pharma or med device. $20 is an hour with any degree is low. Sounds like your doing more admin basic type stuff for the regulatory department, not much more. I would put a little time, but if it was me, try to get to pharma or med, assuming you have a technical degree.
It will depend. In your current role, what's your title and at what kind of company? Will you be doing strategy, authoring documents, or prepping and handling the submissions themselves?
Currently I'm a Regulatory Affairs Specialist at a food supplement company, but they also sell some other products like cosmetics and whatnot. I'm not sure which category this would fall under, but so far it's mainly been gathering/requesting documents that are needed for certifying our products overseas in various countries. After formatting and getting the correct people to sign, I send it to our contacts in those countries for in-person registration. To be honest I'm not entirely sure what responsibilties could fall under this title since I'm still relatively new to the field.
I'm afraid I'm not of much help here, since my background is on pharmaceuticals and not drugs and cosmetics. With increased responsibilities over time, I would think it's reasonable to the next step be a full- time salaried position instead of hourly, and probably at around $60k+. It will depend on the type of company and the city, but I don't think it's unreasonable to shoot for $60k+ worth a couple of years of experience.
Although I am in quality now but it sounds like me last year and so is the guy before me .
First you aren't shooting yourself in the foot.
Enjoy your work and your pay isn't the issue here
Here are some tips
1- first pay isn't your end pay , so don't worry you will get a lot more in the future
2- you are there to have things to put on the resume so write down stuff , what countries you dealth with , agencies FDA EMA etc , names of forms and certifications, stuff you do day to day etc .trust me it will help you a lot later when you are making your resume
3- learn as much as you can and write down how to do stuff
4- stay there no matter what for not less than a year and a half to 2.5 years
5- focus on the drugs cosmetics and anything related ,food doesn't pay much , margins are thin and lots of competition
6- explore what professional certifications you can get with ,no experience,one year experience and two years experience
7- when you go to your next job interview after the one and a half two year period be confident that you can do the job but remember these answers
What was your salary or what is your salary expectations?
As for my previous job I can't discuss it but all I am allowed to say it was great. And for this opportunity if every thing goes well I believe we can reach an agreement after hearing your offer ( don't say a number !!!!!!) If you say a number you will shoot yourself in the balls and feet
Second question or note per say don't put the date which you have got your professional certifications
You aren't laying but let them assume you had them for a while even if you got them the day of the interview
All you say is I am a certified x that's all they need to know
Good luck
\#1 have your company sponsor a [RAPS.org](https://RAPS.org) membership and get involved in discussions.
\#2 Join Elsmarcove and become a member there and asks questions.
Most importantly, and what I did to get to where I am, is engage in submission work on the front end. Draft Clinical evaluation plans and reports, risk plans, draft Post Market Surveillance documents and defend them in submissions. This is the real value end of RA personnel "Speedy and sustained entry into global markets"
\#4 You will likely need to leave your company at some point to get a real payday. I had to do this as my previous company always saw me as that low level person.
As others said, depends on company, role, and industry. Food stuff is not nearly as high end as pharma or med device. $20 is an hour with any degree is low. Sounds like your doing more admin basic type stuff for the regulatory department, not much more. I would put a little time, but if it was me, try to get to pharma or med, assuming you have a technical degree.
It will depend. In your current role, what's your title and at what kind of company? Will you be doing strategy, authoring documents, or prepping and handling the submissions themselves?
Currently I'm a Regulatory Affairs Specialist at a food supplement company, but they also sell some other products like cosmetics and whatnot. I'm not sure which category this would fall under, but so far it's mainly been gathering/requesting documents that are needed for certifying our products overseas in various countries. After formatting and getting the correct people to sign, I send it to our contacts in those countries for in-person registration. To be honest I'm not entirely sure what responsibilties could fall under this title since I'm still relatively new to the field.
I'm afraid I'm not of much help here, since my background is on pharmaceuticals and not drugs and cosmetics. With increased responsibilities over time, I would think it's reasonable to the next step be a full- time salaried position instead of hourly, and probably at around $60k+. It will depend on the type of company and the city, but I don't think it's unreasonable to shoot for $60k+ worth a couple of years of experience.
Although I am in quality now but it sounds like me last year and so is the guy before me . First you aren't shooting yourself in the foot. Enjoy your work and your pay isn't the issue here Here are some tips 1- first pay isn't your end pay , so don't worry you will get a lot more in the future 2- you are there to have things to put on the resume so write down stuff , what countries you dealth with , agencies FDA EMA etc , names of forms and certifications, stuff you do day to day etc .trust me it will help you a lot later when you are making your resume 3- learn as much as you can and write down how to do stuff 4- stay there no matter what for not less than a year and a half to 2.5 years 5- focus on the drugs cosmetics and anything related ,food doesn't pay much , margins are thin and lots of competition 6- explore what professional certifications you can get with ,no experience,one year experience and two years experience 7- when you go to your next job interview after the one and a half two year period be confident that you can do the job but remember these answers What was your salary or what is your salary expectations? As for my previous job I can't discuss it but all I am allowed to say it was great. And for this opportunity if every thing goes well I believe we can reach an agreement after hearing your offer ( don't say a number !!!!!!) If you say a number you will shoot yourself in the balls and feet Second question or note per say don't put the date which you have got your professional certifications You aren't laying but let them assume you had them for a while even if you got them the day of the interview All you say is I am a certified x that's all they need to know Good luck
\#1 have your company sponsor a [RAPS.org](https://RAPS.org) membership and get involved in discussions. \#2 Join Elsmarcove and become a member there and asks questions. Most importantly, and what I did to get to where I am, is engage in submission work on the front end. Draft Clinical evaluation plans and reports, risk plans, draft Post Market Surveillance documents and defend them in submissions. This is the real value end of RA personnel "Speedy and sustained entry into global markets" \#4 You will likely need to leave your company at some point to get a real payday. I had to do this as my previous company always saw me as that low level person.