How easy is it to get a post doc after your PhD? And is it difficult to get a job at a pharmaceutical company after your PhD? Thanks

Things vary from subject to subject. As you are thinking about the pharmaceutical industry I assume you are interested in life/biomedical sciences. In this area academics often complain of the difficulty in recruiting good postdocs. This is either due to the inadequacies in the PhD training system or because of a brain drain into better paid positions in industry (probably the later). As long as you are prepared to relocate you should have little difficulty in securing a postdoctoral position.

After this lectureships and/or research fellowships are a much more difficult proposition and can be a lot harder to come by. However the pharmaceutical industry will still be interested in you after one or more postdocs.

Thanks for the reply. I guess that going into industry does seem like a more appealing prospect due to better pay etc but I suppose that working in industry may also have its bad points as well. I was just a bit worried as I don't want to spend the next 3 years completing a PhD and not get a job at the end of it!