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The pandemic hasnât slowed hiring at local biotech and tech companies
Job prospects remain good in sectors largely insulated from the stateâs economic woes.
By Scott Kirsner Globe Correspondent,Updated January 25, 2021, 11:48 a.m.
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What does it mean to be part of the âquaranteam?â
If you got hired last year at Constellation Pharmaceuticals, but no one has yet met you face-to-face, youâre on it.
The Cambridge company is developing an array of drugs to treat cancer, and it hired about 75 people over the course of 2020. Brenda Sousa, chief human resources officer, says she expects this yearâs hiring to run at about the same rate. But as the quaranteam has grown, the company has been increasingly open to hiring people outside of Massachusetts, Sousa says; some will be expected to relocate as the pandemic wanes, but others will stay where they are âdue to the nature of their roles.â
News Highlights: The pandemic hasn’t slowed down hiring from local biotech and technology companies
When the unemployment rate peaked in Massachusetts last year, a lot of news was about layoffs and leave. But it was still hiring from biotech and technology companies. Some, like Constellation, are more open to those outside the state, but others plan to return to the collaborative office culture of ‘the old days’.
Ed Nathanson, vice president of talent at EQRx, a biotech startup that raised $ 500 million this month, said it renovated an office in Kendall Square during the pandemic and “We all can’t wait to see it.”