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I do a lot of reading here and on other optometry forums (seniordoc.org) and I generally keep hearing the same opinions about commercial optometry: it's bad for the profession, for the image of optometrists, you'll get sick of it, it's only good to start out w/ to pay off loans, they make you work long hours, and so on.
As has been mentioned before somewhere on this forum, people have compared this to how pharmacy became very commercialized years ago. But, I personally don't really see pharmacists "complaining" about how the pharmacy profession has become commercialized... probably because the pay is very good, esp. in California. I personally know of a lot of pharmacists making 45 an hour with plenty of opportunities to go around to work more than 40 hours a week.
Which leads me to my main question... other than the whole negative "image" of optometrists working in commercial establishments, how is the pay in commercial establishments, let's say, in relation to commercial pharmacy? Do commercial ODs generally have a better income than private practice ODs?
Sorry for changing this into another salary thread, but I don't think there have been to many on here. I think this is an important question.
As has been mentioned before somewhere on this forum, people have compared this to how pharmacy became very commercialized years ago. But, I personally don't really see pharmacists "complaining" about how the pharmacy profession has become commercialized... probably because the pay is very good, esp. in California. I personally know of a lot of pharmacists making 45 an hour with plenty of opportunities to go around to work more than 40 hours a week.
Which leads me to my main question... other than the whole negative "image" of optometrists working in commercial establishments, how is the pay in commercial establishments, let's say, in relation to commercial pharmacy? Do commercial ODs generally have a better income than private practice ODs?
Sorry for changing this into another salary thread, but I don't think there have been to many on here. I think this is an important question.