Yeah, biotechs, outside of Boston, are usually the only game in town (except Worcester), but when you commute 40 to 45 minutes, there's a lot in that range for biotech manufacturing. Actually my last day was Friday with one company and I'm starting up with a new company on Monday. Same length commute, just different route. There's a lot of biotech manufacturing outside of Boston. Easily 12+ within 45 minutes of my house (Boston is about 65 minutes).
The company I was at until Friday, was downsizing one R&D cancer group, but expanding another R&D process group. It's pretty chaotic. Luckily, I'm in manufacturing, which always seems to be in need and slowly expanding. Biotech manufacturing in MA has a very high turnover. People trade companies all the time like Major League Baseball (I'm not big on sports, so hopefully that's a good analogy). Before I left, I was working with 4 people, one from Lonza, another from Shire, another from Amgen, the last guy was fresh out of college. I looked through the resumes for the people being considered to fill my soon to be vacant position and a lot of them were from other companies in the area (including someone from the same company and department I am heading for on Monday... that'll be awkward).
The company I was at until Friday, was downsizing one R&D cancer group, but expanding another R&D process group. It's pretty chaotic. Luckily, I'm in manufacturing, which always seems to be in need and slowly expanding. Biotech manufacturing in MA has a very high turnover. People trade companies all the time like Major League Baseball (I'm not big on sports, so hopefully that's a good analogy). Before I left, I was working with 4 people, one from Lonza, another from Shire, another from Amgen, the last guy was fresh out of college. I looked through the resumes for the people being considered to fill my soon to be vacant position and a lot of them were from other companies in the area (including someone from the same company and department I am heading for on Monday... that'll be awkward).