Work for a CRO. The turnover is crazy with them.Not in college and hence zero desire to return. I went for clinical science. I'd have to get a masters or doctorate to make significant money.
Work for a CRO. The turnover is crazy with them.Not in college and hence zero desire to return. I went for clinical science. I'd have to get a masters or doctorate to make significant money.
they just want more money.This article sure make it sounds like they are understaffed and overworked.
Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like
Workers are concerned that Walgreens and CVS are placing unreasonable demands on them, without providing enough resources to safely execute tasks.www.cnbc.com
Sometimes you have 8 doctors. Stuff falls in cracks. Pharmacist is last line against interactions etc.Because the doctor who gave the prescription can't?
Seems like a job without a purpose these days. Not like they're blending the mess up like 100yrs ago.
You sort of missed his point. When your background and life situation are compared against other candidates, it doesn't exactly tell a great story when measured against traditional norms. I think there is a gap between how you think the employment world works versus how things generally work.It really depends on what field you're in. Sure, having a profession in chemistry is going to have less jobs on a resume, due to the fact that chemistry jobs are sophisticated. Not many can fill chemistry roles. Retail in general has high turnover. It comes down to how good the company you work for is and how your superiors are such as rule Regional and District Managers. Most staff in retail including managers stay a max of 4 years before moving onto another retail company, due to varying factors such as being burned out, or the entire site getting a clean house due to a sudden store management change.
I wouldnt say most max of 4 years.. maybe "average".It really depends on what field you're in. Sure, having a profession in chemistry is going to have less jobs on a resume, due to the fact that chemistry jobs are sophisticated. Not many can fill chemistry roles. Retail in general has high turnover. It comes down to how good the company you work for is and how your superiors are such as rule Regional and District Managers. Most staff in retail including managers stay a max of 4 years before moving onto another retail company, due to varying factors such as being burned out, or the entire site getting a clean house due to a sudden store management change.
The pharmacy techs were arguing in plain view of customers.
I also find coffee shop workers to be the worst offenders of this. It almost seems like you have to be a social outcast to be employable at one.I can't be the only one that notices these two attributes about retail workers today.
There's a lot to be said for a better class of clientele.I was at CVS last week for a flu shot. The pharmacy techs were arguing in plain view of customers. They gave out different and wrong information to myself and others. I was not pleased.
Finally the pharmacist came and had a low cut blouse. I thought to myself her day must be awful and she’s doing that to feel good and beautiful. So I cracked a joke and she laughed. Got my shot, chatted, then left.
I’d go Whole Foods. That’s too rich for my blood but the times I’ve been there people were friendly. You have to spend your day at the place of employment, why be miserable. My .02 ymmv
My company has our own cafeteria and we've been through several workers and chefs in there. We found a sandwich maker lady at our old cafeteria and liked her so much that we stole her away from our old cafeteria to come with us. We even paid her to stay home during Covid. It wasn't for her sandwich making prowess. She's just friendly and smiles and doesn't look like she's plotting to slit our throats like the other cafeteria workers. LolI also find coffee shop workers to be the worst offenders of this. It almost seems like you have to be a social outcast to be employable at one.
My dad's career was in hospital pharmacy and after he got his Masters he was mainly in pharmacy management for 30 years. He was able to successfully recruit several of my college friends to work as techs back in the early 1990s while they were going to school. It was one of the best part time jobs you could get at that time. They would work weekends and go to school during the week. It paid close to $20 per hour at the time which for back then was really solid money for a late teens/early 20s person.I'm very torn between 2 job offers that I received.
The first is a Pharmacy Tech Apprenticeship at Walgreens. I have no experience in Pharmacy, but they will do hands on with me and pay for my licensing/education. I'm on the edge about it due to the articles surfacing that staff at CVS and Walgreens are walking out, because the working conditions are burning them out. The pharmacists are overworked which is a danger when filling prescriptions that are sophisticated in dosaging and type such as anti rejection drugs and controlled drugs such as Xanax, and Percoset.
The second job is a Customer Service Supervisor position at Whole Foods. It's a gateway into possible management it pays slightly higher than the Pharmacy Tech Apprenticeship position.
I think the main difference is that one is a small drugstore, and the other is a huge specialty grocery store. There is a delay with Whole Foods with regard to my background check clearing. Walgreens already processed my drug test and background as of today.
Pharmacy is a STEM major with real science classes, but it's not impossible. It's not anything like going to med school. You can come out with a 4 year degree and get hired almost immediately.^^I'm not totally sure either.
Former employee of WG said to me {you'd} become a firewall between "the public"; with all their incomplete paperwork and stress.
Chain stores often require traveling.
...and WTH is an "Apprenticeship at a Walgreens, anyway?
A successful pharmacist's son told me the education required for a pharmaceutical career is immense and the pay is bad.
Pharmacists in grocery stores need a union to get fair pay.
Make the supervisors job a managerial rung. Continue educating yourself. Don't run up any stupid debt.
"lengthy resume" divided by time = telling data. Consider having separate, edited resumes for specific talent foci.
Sure, but if you get pills at multiple pharmacies, they wouldn't know either.Sometimes you have 8 doctors. Stuff falls in cracks. Pharmacist is last line against interactions etc.
I'd avoid walgreens. They seem like a big floating turd maybe going under. At least at all the ones near me I wouldnt want to work at one.
Whole foods. you have many opportunities if you dont like your job to side transfer.
Although I heard after amazon bought them some were crying.
Another option is Amazon Warehouse. they start around the same money and have plenty of opportunities to get promoted.
being a non-retail position is a huge plus.. and health insurance is about 10$ a week.
States normally have central registries where controlled substance prescriptions are reported. Pharmacies and doctors all have access to it and make their prescribing or filling decisions based on that. Pharmacies can refuse to fill prescriptions if they think you are a drug seeker.Sure, but if you get pills at multiple pharmacies, they wouldn't know either.
Last Walgreen pharmacy I went to was for med refill after work. Was dirty (logging) and they told me they know "my type" basically that I was a crackhead seaking pain pills and not a disabled vet with injuries.
The customer service supervisor position has gateway potential to move into a department manager at the store that I would work at or transfer to another whole foods location that has an open department manager positionIf you have no desire to enhance your education then the pharmacy tech is likely a dead end job. You will need to further your education and skillset to move up in healthcare field.
Customer service supervisor? Without the desire to further your education this could be a dead end job as well but not as likely as the pharmacy tech job.
Yes, it's often refeded to "historical data" ER uses it when people come in with severe withdrawal symptoms when they run out of pills too early to refill a subsequent refillStates normally have central registries where controlled substance prescriptions are reported. Pharmacies and doctors all have access to it and make their prescribing or filling decisions based on that. Pharmacies can refuse to fill prescriptions if they think you are a drug seeker.