Personally, I’m going to start looking for other roles next year at the 3 year mark after I collect my bonus and get my pay raise . My job is what most here would call a “unicorn” job because it is a walk in the park to me compared to retail, it’s chill, and all I do is counsel patients on inbound calls regarding their prescriptions and then document the call . Simple as that . I feel absolutely 0 stress . And I will even have 28 days of PTO next year . How many pharmacists have that much PTO within 3 years ? That is European level vacation time /PTO. I will look to see within my PBM just to see if there are higher paying roles and may look externally as well . But I’ll be very cautious - I won’t be leaving for a $2-$3 increase in salary . For me to leave it’d have to be at least $5-$10 an hour increase per hour . I’ll dust off my resume and try to tailor it to the position I apply for but I have to admit most of the pharmacist positions I’ve seen within PBMs require extensive knowledge of managed care, formulary design, client facing , Medicare , etc and when I read those job descriptions it almost doesn’t even sound like a pharmacist position and I don’t bother because I don’t qualify and wouldn’t know a single thing about the job duties . It seems to be the only role I would be capable of performing for a PBM with no MC experience etc is prior authorization . So, we’ll see . I’ll apply everywhere next year but if I realize I’m better off in my current role , I’ll stay . I’m not moving anywhere for $3 more and only 14 days PTO either .
