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That has nothing to do with pharmacy. We are on our own seasonal cycle where people get sick more in the winter. Christmas means nothing to us.
Does Walmart not pay you guys? Or does the pharmacy pay a fee or something to Walmart to be there?
I'm class of 2019. The only people guaranteed full time were the ones who signed with CVS none of the Walgreens people got full time. None of the other chains gave full time including those in rural areas.
I literally laughed out loud reading that! My alma mater has a listserv of vacancies reported by alumni but entry-level equals PGY1+2, certificate alphabet soup, and must be related to the hiring manager. Just like the ACCP fellow said in Drug Topics: they have no fiduciary responsibility and earnestly believe they shouldn't help graduates or promote a healthy professional environment.
Our school did host a career fair in November but Wal-Mart, Safeway/Albertsons, Humana, and our local Kroger affiliate all flat out told us they weren't hiring. Funny enough, our dean literally had two guys from Walgreens come our P3 year and tell us not to worry about the job market. Turns out they were wrong. Talking to some of my classmates during graduation week was a little depressing as so many of them had no job prospects.
Walmart pays us, but unlike the retail side of the business, Christmas has nothing to do with how busy we are. Our business and therefore our hours do not go down just because Christmas is over.
Oh I see what you are saying. I guess I should have been more clear. I didn't know if Walmart controlled the hours of the techs and pharmacists. Walmart doesn't care about how well business is doing and just cuts hours. So I assumed Walmart had some favoritism towards the pharmacy like they do with the managers.
When I was a prepharmacy student back in 2010 I came to this forum and read about all the complaints from pharmacists and about staffing issues and number of new pharmacy schools. It has gotten many times worse since then. In theory it still is a great profession (good money, you get to help people and be in healthcare without messing with body fluids, be the medication expert, connect with patients etc....) but the good times have long passed.
When I applied to pharmacy school I was planning on *staying* in BFE. People say "just move to BFE" but fail to notice there is absolutely no demand in BFE since those areas are even less profitable. Notably, back when I entered pharmacy school people could get a central pharmacy position without a residency or work full-time for pre-CVS Omnicare as a new grad (for example). I was laid off as an intern during school and wasn't too worried because retail wasn't my preference anyway. The nose dive began around five years ago when "community residencies" started in earnest and ASHP pushed PGY-1 as a minimum for entry to any hospital. Didn't match, scramble process failed (no phase 2 back then), and interviewed for the least desirable pharmacist positions around. Networking gets you an interview but can't get you hired. You will see that nepotism and good looks sure help! Those people were all lollipops and sunshine because they knew they were set-up post-graduation. I joke I went to school with Miss [my home state] USA (I actually did but she wasn't a pharmacy student), Dora Langone-Sloan-Kettering nee Yale, and the future Baron von Sayfwae (of the supermarket von Sayfwaes *snark*) and they had no trouble getting jobs. I cobbled together part-time positions (non-traditional and very non-traditional roles) but it took until now to become full-time employed.
I don't think they see you guys as trolls or liars. I am pretty sure they are just hoping things work out for them and are ignoring the truth for as long as possible. These students will even encourage others by telling them everything is going to be okay and it will all work out.
Totally. Being able to stay away from parents on borrowed money while pursuing doctorate degree for 4 years. This is simply way too tempting for naive kids.
