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Work for CVS. Got a memo that pharmacists must open 5 minutes earlier and stay 5 minutes later. Any1 else see this? We DO NOT get compensated for this. Can CVS get away with this? 10 minutes/ day adds up!
 
It depends on if you're classified as an exempt or non-exempt employee.

"Exempt" employees, as the name implies, are "exempt" from certain federal wage and hour laws that otherwise apply to most employees. If the employee is "non-exempt" all wage and hour laws apply to them. The most notable example is overtime. Non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime, exempt employees are not.

via: http://employment-law.freeadvice.com/employment-law/exempt-employee.htm
 
They pay you a 6-figure salary and you're complaining about 10 minutes/day??
 
Vitamin K said:
They pay you a 6-figure salary and you're complaining about 10 minutes/day??
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you are whats going wrong with the country. in the old days you GOT PAID for WHAT YOU WORKED. when they make budgets and slash your hours, believe it or not I want to get paid for what I work. Give them 10 minutes now, soon it will be an hour. Are you nuts?
 
killingbill said:
you are whats going wrong with the country. in the old days you GOT PAID for WHAT YOU WORKED. when they make budgets and slash your hours, believe it or not I want to get paid for what I work. Give them 10 minutes now, soon it will be an hour. Are you nuts?
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You mean...laws and unions aren't the devil? It's fair to be compensated for the minutes you work? Corporations don't always treat you nicely?

Insane! (btw f*ck CVS)
 
I'd just ignore it.

Once, I even had the DM suggest I should come in 30 minutes early and get things started. I ignored that too. Seriously, 12 hours is long enough.
 
Vitamin K said:
They pay you a 6-figure salary and you're complaining about 10 minutes/day??
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Those 5 minutes at the end can easily turn into 30 minutes at the end when the last minute patients start coming in. I've made it a point with the pharmacists at our store, that we are out of the pharmacy by closing time. For example, Saturdays we close at 6PM. I shut down drop off at 5:45PM. I close the gates at 5:55PM, and I call the manager to take our registers at 5:58PM.
 
killingbill said:
you are whats going wrong with the country. in the old days you GOT PAID for WHAT YOU WORKED. when they make budgets and slash your hours, believe it or not I want to get paid for what I work. Give them 10 minutes now, soon it will be an hour. Are you nuts?
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Do they mean be at the store 10 minutes early so you can be ready to go at 8am or stay late so that you really don't lock up the pharmacy before it closes because I would say I usually get there about 10 minutes early so i can have computer logged in and everything ready to go at 8am and get some of the issues sorted out. I close the pharmacy right at 10 if it is dead and no one is waiting but I never close early and have stayed late for a last minute waiter a lot of times and it annoys me but its part of the job.

most people dont punch a clock, unless your a factory worker, mcdonalds employee, or some minimum wage low paying job that requires no brains. Most professionals have a job that pays them salary and expect minimum of 40 hours of work, and if there is a deadline coming up or project due then they work extra or as long as it takes to get it done and they dont bitch about it.

they probably made that rule because people were showing up at the parking lot at 8am and turning away people at 955 or saying they're out of it, i am sure if you had the store open and ready to go at 8am this mandatory rule would never come up.

why would you close 2 minutes early... I mean seriously... your a pharmacist for a corporation that wants their stores open from open to close, nobody told you that when its 10pm you should be in your car driving home, your expectations are to open and close a pharmacy and not turn away the person with 5 scripts at 959p. If you dont like it then work for yourself or get out of retail. Or become a tech that punches a clock.

Do you really think even if your did work a whole 40 hours a year extra because of staying late or getting there early that you are being under compensated when your making 120,000/yr.

I know some people that come in a half hour early every shift just so they cant get some stuff done so it runs more smoothly throughout the day.

they pay the techs 10 minutes extra when they stay 10 minutes extra right?? because no one expects when your paying someone 9 bucks an hour to go above and beyond, but when the corporation is paying you over 50 bucks an hour they expect for you to do a little extra not just the minimum.

Once you start seeing more and more new grads begging for your job your attitude will change really quickly or you'll be out of work.

I am not saying it doesnt suck because it does but i knew that before i signed on. If they are making you actually open at 755 then yeah that sucks because then i would have to come in at 745. but its probably a response due to a lot of complaints from people saying they were at drive thru at 802 and nobody open the window till 805 or stuff like that. I don't think its unreasonable to ask you to come in at 755 so that your ready to fill scripts and give people their rxs at 8am.
 
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museabuse said:
Do they mean be at the store 10 minutes early so you can be ready to go at 8am or stay late so that you really don't lock up the pharmacy before it closes because I would say I usually get there about 10 minutes early so i can have computer logged in and everything ready to go at 8am and get some of the issues sorted out. I close the pharmacy right at 10 if it is dead and no one is waiting but I never close early and have stayed late for a last minute waiter a lot of times and it annoys me but its part of the job.

most people dont punch a clock, unless your a factory worker, mcdonalds employee, or some minimum wage low paying job that requires no brains. Most professionals have a job that pays them salary and expect minimum of 40 hours of work, and if there is a deadline coming up or project due then they work extra or as long as it takes to get it done and they dont bitch about it.

they probably made that rule because people were showing up at the parking lot at 8am and turning away people at 955 or saying they're out of it, i am sure if you had the store open and ready to go at 8am this mandatory rule would never come up.

why would you close 2 minutes early... I mean seriously... your a pharmacist for a corporation that wants their stores open from open to close, nobody told you that when its 10pm you should be in your car driving home, your expectations are to open and close a pharmacy and not turn away the person with 5 scripts at 959p. If you dont like it then work for yourself or get out of retail. Or become a tech that punches a clock.

Do you really think even if your did work a whole 40 hours a year extra because of staying late or getting there early that you are being under compensated when your making 120,000/yr.

I know some people that come in a half hour early every shift just so they cant get some stuff done so it runs more smoothly throughout the day.

they pay the techs 10 minutes extra when they stay 10 minutes extra right?? because no one expects when your paying someone 9 bucks an hour to go above and beyond, but when the corporation is paying you over 50 bucks an hour they expect for you to do a little extra not just the minimum.

Once you start seeing more and more new grads begging for your job your attitude will change really quickly or you'll be out of work.

I am not saying it doesnt suck because it does but i knew that before i signed on. If they are making you actually open at 755 then yeah that sucks because then i would have to come in at 745. but its probably a response due to a lot of complaints from people saying they were at drive thru at 802 and nobody open the window till 805 or stuff like that. I don't think its unreasonable to ask you to come in at 755 so that your ready to fill scripts and give people their rxs at 8am.
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I wouldn't mind coming in 1/2 hour early to get stuff sorted out, most pharmacists come in early. However, I refuse to stay late, and I refuse to take in prescriptions 15 minutes before closing time. People gotta learn to stop waiting until the last minute to do their pharmacy stuff. I mean, on weekends, where the hell are people that they can't come in 12PM-4PM and always show up around 5:30PM.
 
I punch a clock...and they pay me time and a half for every damn second I'm there over 40 hours...chain retail is balls...but it pays the best. And that's the only reason people do it. That and its the least intellectually demanding...outside of mail order. But if you work there, you are a *****. Expect to be treated as such.
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
I punch a clock...and they pay me time and a half for every damn second I'm there over 40 hours...chain retail is balls...but it pays the best. And that's the only reason people do it. That and its the least intellectually demanding...outside of mail order. But if you work there, you are a *****. Expect to be treated as such.
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This. If you get paid hourly, you get paid for every single second you are on the clock. If you're salary, then okay - you get some leeway. But not hourly.
 
killingbill said:
you are whats going wrong with the country. in the old days you GOT PAID for WHAT YOU WORKED. when they make budgets and slash your hours, believe it or not I want to get paid for what I work. Give them 10 minutes now, soon it will be an hour. Are you nuts?
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Ok, so you just sent me a PM with the following:

"oh youre a dumb broad go figure..ban women in the workplace ****ing **** "

And you're calling ME nuts? What are you even talking about? Way to be a sexist pig AND a whiner.

Sorry if I don't pity you for having to stay a whole 5 minutes later than you usually would. Maybe if you were making what the average hard-working American is, but you're not. You're making 3 times that...so get over it. Someone who complains so much would really do poorly in any other career field. Guess you got lucky. Judging by your past posts (e.g. "Do you need to know doses for the Naplex?" and "Can I record all my conversations in the pharmacy?") I'd say you're lucky to have ANY job. You just got licensed and you're already b*tching about everything (mileage, shoes, vacation requests, hours)?? Maybe retail isn't for you.
 
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museabuse said:
Do they mean be at the store 10 minutes early so you can be ready to go at 8am or stay late so that you really don't lock up the pharmacy before it closes because I would say I usually get there about 10 minutes early so i can have computer logged in and everything ready to go at 8am and get some of the issues sorted out. I close the pharmacy right at 10 if it is dead and no one is waiting but I never close early and have stayed late for a last minute waiter a lot of times and it annoys me but its part of the job.

most people dont punch a clock, unless your a factory worker, mcdonalds employee, or some minimum wage low paying job that requires no brains. Most professionals have a job that pays them salary and expect minimum of 40 hours of work, and if there is a deadline coming up or project due then they work extra or as long as it takes to get it done and they dont bitch about it.

they probably made that rule because people were showing up at the parking lot at 8am and turning away people at 955 or saying they're out of it, i am sure if you had the store open and ready to go at 8am this mandatory rule would never come up.

why would you close 2 minutes early... I mean seriously... your a pharmacist for a corporation that wants their stores open from open to close, nobody told you that when its 10pm you should be in your car driving home, your expectations are to open and close a pharmacy and not turn away the person with 5 scripts at 959p. If you dont like it then work for yourself or get out of retail. Or become a tech that punches a clock.

Do you really think even if your did work a whole 40 hours a year extra because of staying late or getting there early that you are being under compensated when your making 120,000/yr.

I know some people that come in a half hour early every shift just so they cant get some stuff done so it runs more smoothly throughout the day.

they pay the techs 10 minutes extra when they stay 10 minutes extra right?? because no one expects when your paying someone 9 bucks an hour to go above and beyond, but when the corporation is paying you over 50 bucks an hour they expect for you to do a little extra not just the minimum.

Once you start seeing more and more new grads begging for your job your attitude will change really quickly or you'll be out of work.

I am not saying it doesnt suck because it does but i knew that before i signed on. If they are making you actually open at 755 then yeah that sucks because then i would have to come in at 745. but its probably a response due to a lot of complaints from people saying they were at drive thru at 802 and nobody open the window till 805 or stuff like that. I don't think its unreasonable to ask you to come in at 755 so that your ready to fill scripts and give people their rxs at 8am.
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There is a solution though for the staying extra 5 minutes. If you are closing at 6PM. Just lock up all the gates by 5:55PM. Send the tech home exactly at 6:00PM, and hide in the corner of the pharmacy where you cannot be seen from where the customers are standing until 6:05PM. For the patients that come in at 5:58PM, I either tell them to come back tomorrow or I send them over to the 24 hour store.
 
museabuse said:
Do they mean be at the store 10 minutes early so you can be ready to go at 8am or stay late so that you really don't lock up the pharmacy before it closes because I would say I usually get there about 10 minutes early so i can have computer logged in and everything ready to go at 8am and get some of the issues sorted out. I close the pharmacy right at 10 if it is dead and no one is waiting but I never close early and have stayed late for a last minute waiter a lot of times and it annoys me but its part of the job.

most people dont punch a clock, unless your a factory worker, mcdonalds employee, or some minimum wage low paying job that requires no brains. Most professionals have a job that pays them salary and expect minimum of 40 hours of work, and if there is a deadline coming up or project due then they work extra or as long as it takes to get it done and they dont bitch about it.

they probably made that rule because people were showing up at the parking lot at 8am and turning away people at 955 or saying they're out of it, i am sure if you had the store open and ready to go at 8am this mandatory rule would never come up.

why would you close 2 minutes early... I mean seriously... your a pharmacist for a corporation that wants their stores open from open to close, nobody told you that when its 10pm you should be in your car driving home, your expectations are to open and close a pharmacy and not turn away the person with 5 scripts at 959p. If you dont like it then work for yourself or get out of retail. Or become a tech that punches a clock.

Do you really think even if your did work a whole 40 hours a year extra because of staying late or getting there early that you are being under compensated when your making 120,000/yr.

I know some people that come in a half hour early every shift just so they cant get some stuff done so it runs more smoothly throughout the day.

they pay the techs 10 minutes extra when they stay 10 minutes extra right?? because no one expects when your paying someone 9 bucks an hour to go above and beyond, but when the corporation is paying you over 50 bucks an hour they expect for you to do a little extra not just the minimum.

Once you start seeing more and more new grads begging for your job your attitude will change really quickly or you'll be out of work.

I am not saying it doesnt suck because it does but i knew that before i signed on. If they are making you actually open at 755 then yeah that sucks because then i would have to come in at 745. but its probably a response due to a lot of complaints from people saying they were at drive thru at 802 and nobody open the window till 805 or stuff like that. I don't think its unreasonable to ask you to come in at 755 so that your ready to fill scripts and give people their rxs at 8am.
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I see both sides of this issue and although you have made some valid points, I still disagree with you. Regardless of how much you make, I think you should expect to be compensated for every minute/second you are at work. If not, where do you draw the line? You may think 5 minutes isn't anything to complain about, and a corporate bean counter will raise you an additional 15 minutes and say "Quit your whining". You are required to be at work by your employer, thus you should expect to be remunerated for your labor. Fair is fair. An extra 5 minutes at work, is an extra 5 minutes I could be spending doing something else I enjoy on my own time. If you want me to work it instead, then you will pay me for it.

It's not greedy to think this way at all, simply because you "already make XXX dollars per hour!" To roll over and take these types of beatings makes you an unassertive pushover and will result in continued abuse until someone else speaks up for you and says ENOUGH!
 
You can always just offer to take the prescriptions and have them come back in the morning for pickup. If the pt needs it that night, refer them to a 24 hour store. You don't have to turn them away, but you don't have to fill their 12 new rx's either. Just say "I'm sorry, but we're closed for the night. Would you like to pick these up tomorrow morning?"
 
Vitamin K said:
You can always just offer to take the prescriptions and have them come back in the morning for pickup. If the pt needs it that night, refer them to a 24 hour store. You don't have to turn them away, but you don't have to fill their 12 new rx's either. Just say "I'm sorry, but we're closed for the night. Would you like to pick these up tomorrow morning?"
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Exactly. That's how I do it. 🙂
 
Vitamin K said:
You can always just offer to take the prescriptions and have them come back in the morning for pickup. If the pt needs it that night, refer them to a 24 hour store. You don't have to turn them away, but you don't have to fill their 12 new rx's either. Just say "I'm sorry, but we're closed for the night. Would you like to pick these up tomorrow morning?"
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That, we do. However, I can't stand the girls that walk in at 5:59PM for their birth control. It's the worst in the summer, these broads walk in wearing their swimsuits and wanna pick up their birth control. Why the **** did you go to the beach when you knew you had to pick up your birth control?

That's what I don't get about people, why do they put the trip to the pharmacy low on their priority list?
 
Sparda29 said:
That, we do. However, I can't stand the girls that walk in at 5:59PM for their birth control. It's the worst in the summer, these broads walk in wearing their swimsuits and wanna pick up their birth control. Why the **** did you go to the beach when you knew you had to pick up your birth control?

That's what I don't get about people, why do they put the trip to the pharmacy low on their priority list?
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Ha ha ha. Or the person dropping off their Tramadol, needing it filled "as fast as you possibly can, I need it right now!" at 9:59 with a date written 3 to 4 days ago.
 
lol. Or the "It's an emergency! I've been out for 2 WEEKS!!" person...
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
I punch a clock...and they pay me time and a half for every damn second I'm there over 40 hours...chain retail is balls...but it pays the best. And that's the only reason people do it. That and its the least intellectually demanding...outside of mail order. But if you work there, you are a *****. Expect to be treated as such.
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Spot on!
 
Vitamin K said:
Sorry if I don't pity you for having to stay a whole 5 minutes later than you usually would. Maybe if you were making what the average hard-working American is, but you're not. You're making 3 times that...so get over it. Someone who complains so much would really do poorly in any other career field. Guess you got lucky. Judging by your past posts (e.g. "Do you need to know doses for the Naplex?" and "Can I record all my conversations in the pharmacy?") I'd say you're lucky to have ANY job. You just got licensed and you're already b*tching about everything (mileage, shoes, vacation requests, hours)?? Maybe retail isn't for you.
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You are a pushover. You're the type of person that retail chains love. You think they give a **** about you? No. Think about the number of pharmacists CVS has multiplied by 10 minutes per day by 365 days a year. You know how many millions of dollars in free labor they'll get? I'm sorry but women dont fight as much for their rights as men do. I wish we had a union with tough guys that dont take **** from nobody like teamsters or we strike! DONT BE SUCH A PUSHOVER!!!!!!!!!!!
 
museabuse said:
most people dont punch a clock, unless your a factory worker, mcdonalds employee, or some minimum wage low paying job that requires no brains. Most professionals have a job that pays them salary and expect minimum of 40 hours of work, and if there is a deadline coming up or project due then they work extra or as long as it takes to get it done and they dont bitch about it.
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OH and I get treated like a professional??? Go make cold calls and make people refill their prescriptions! I'm going to measure how many times you scan a CVS card with each transaction. Take **** from everybody and don't complain about it, the customers always right even if there is no date on their Percocet prescription. Start flavoring more prescriptions!!

Once I start getting treated like a professional, I'll act like one.
 
killingbill said:
OH and I get treated like a professional??? Go make cold calls and make people refill their prescriptions! I'm going to measure how many times you scan a CVS card with each transaction. Take **** from everybody and don't complain about it, the customers always right even if there is no date on their Percocet prescription. Start flavoring more prescriptions!!

Once I start getting treated like a professional, I'll act like one.
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*Newsflash* You will never be treated like a professional in a retail environment. You are a skilled salesperson whose job it is to deliver a product in the least amount of time possible to the ignorant masses so they can back to stuffing their faces with Ho-Hos and smoking their cigarettes. We're in a recession. Be thankful you have a job that pays 6 figures.
 
WVUPharm2007 said:
I punch a clock...and they pay me time and a half for every damn second I'm there over 40 hours...chain retail is balls...but it pays the best. And that's the only reason people do it. That and its the least intellectually demanding...outside of mail order. But if you work there, you are a *****. Expect to be treated as such.
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yep this post here is so true, althou a bit crass


i know why im in retail, im in to pay my loan, save some money, and bolt....did it for 2 years, still relatively young, got loans almost paid off, got money in the bank, and off i go to residency next year
 
If coming in early or staying late provides you with some sort of mental comfort then go for it. It's your job.

As far as I'm concerned when I do retail, I come in at 9 and leave at 9. No exceptions on the coming in part and I'll only make an exception on the leaving part if a patient shows up with a true emergency med. I'm not totally heartless. Also, birth control pills are not an emergency. If you just got out of the ER and I'll help you. If you are on seizure meds, I'll help you. Your diuretic can wait until tomorrow. If you look like a crackhead... ops I mean chronic-painer, you can wait.

Now if one of those rare souls who treat the pharmacist like a human being show up I'll stay late. If you treat me well, I'll return that favor any time.

Like I said before, just smile and nod. Then go back to doing what you did before.

To the people who say to start shutting down 15 minutes before closing. You guys and gals have it right. If you don't impose limits you'll be there all night long. Something I learned the hard way one night and have since vowed not to repeat.
 
oh and i forgot to add, i have to call the front manager to check my pockets and my bag like i'm some sort of criminal (very professional), by the time i get out of the door it will be 10:30.
 
killingbill said:
Work for CVS. Got a memo that pharmacists must open 5 minutes earlier and stay 5 minutes later. Any1 else see this? We DO NOT get compensated for this. Can CVS get away with this? 10 minutes/ day adds up!
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Just ignore it. Unless its a policy written in the handbook, ignore it...what can they do? You should arrive a few minutes early to open up however...
 
When I worked for CVS, i usually came to the store 10 minutes before opening just to make sure everything is ready (log in on the 3 or 4 workstations, even get a head start on the refills from the night before)

lol i was usually a nervous wreck by the time i open up the gate, as soon as 8am hits the phone calls starting coming in
 
Sparda29 said:
There is a solution though for the staying extra 5 minutes. If you are closing at 6PM. Just lock up all the gates by 5:55PM. Send the tech home exactly at 6:00PM, and hide in the corner of the pharmacy where you cannot be seen from where the customers are standing until 6:05PM. For the patients that come in at 5:58PM, I either tell them to come back tomorrow or I send them over to the 24 hour store.
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We had a mini lobby that could be sealed off from the rest of the store...so what I did once was close the doors with the two pt's IN the pharmacy while we wrapped their stuff up.

I straight up told them that we'd be getting streams of people and they smiled and understood. Once everyone was done, I took down the registers, cracked open the sliding door, activated the alarm, and we all bolted for the exits.

I've been stopped in the parking lot before with people asking for scripts 30mins past closing.

I have a life outside of pharmacy...if my schedule says 6pm and I work retail, I probably made plans to get dinner with people at 6:30pm. If I wanted to be on-call and constantly working beyond reasonable hours....I would have gone to medical school.
 
jachen84 said:
When I worked for CVS, i usually came to the store 10 minutes before opening just to make sure everything is ready (log in on the 3 or 4 workstations, even get a head start on the refills from the night before)

lol i was usually a nervous wreck by the time i open up the gate, as soon as 8am hits the phone calls starting coming in[/QUOTE]

Ain't that the truth!! lol! When i was at an 8-10 store those phones would start right at 8am "one pharmacy call, two pharmacy calls..." 😱 good riddens...🙄 No more CVS for me...
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I one time waited 20 minutes for a person after closing. She called and asked me 15 minutes before closing if I could leave it up front when i left. I explained I couldnt and that Id be closing at 6. 5 min after 6 and and she hasnt come in yet. I call her and ask her where she is and she tells me shes about to pull in the parking lot. 15 more minutes go by and she finally comes in. I was mega pissed and let her have it. Ill wait a few minutes after, but Ill never do that again.
 
Doctor M said:
Ain't that the truth!! lol! When i was at an 8-10 store those phones would start right at 8am "one pharmacy call, two pharmacy calls..." 😱 good riddens...🙄 No more CVS for me...
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amen brother! best of luck on your new venture, i know of someone going the same route, its time for us to take back retail pharmacy!
 
#1 - Union, I wish! Imagine the havoc and chaos we could wreak across the nation by going on strike. It would be ****ing awesome. Now, I'm not saying a retail pharmacy strike, I'm saying a total pharmacy strike, all pharmacists go on strike. They'll either fold to our demands in 5 minutes, or Obama would have to call in the National Guard and we all become martyrs.

#2 - They can check your bags. They can't check your pockets though. It's never happened to me.

#3 - Exactly right about the making plans part. I despise every part of having to work on a Saturday. But I gotta do it so I can make these car payments, which is why I savor every minute of that Saturday that I have off. I always have somewhere else to be by 6:30PM on a Saturday.
 
Sparda29 said:
#1 - Union, I wish! Imagine the havoc and chaos we could wreak across the nation by going on strike. It would be ****ing awesome. Now, I'm not saying a retail pharmacy strike, I'm saying a total pharmacy strike, all pharmacists go on strike. They'll either fold to our demands in 5 minutes, or Obama would have to call in the National Guard and we all become martyrs.

#2 - They can check your bags. They can't check your pockets though. It's never happened to me.

#3 - Exactly right about the making plans part. I despise every part of having to work on a Saturday. But I gotta do it so I can make these car payments, which is why I savor every minute of that Saturday that I have off. I always have somewhere else to be by 6:30PM on a Saturday.
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I don't believe that health care professionals are legally allowed to go on strike, because of the nature of the job.
 
Been coming in 1/2 hour early just to get settled for the day, at least to get the day to sail smoother.
 
stevephhs016 said:
Been coming in 1/2 hour early just to get settled for the day, at least to get the day to sail smoother.
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Yeah, we like to get some of the refills that were called in overnight out of the way so we're not getting creamed when the patients decide to bum rush out of the doctor's office and right to our store. (A bunch of primary care offices right by our pharmacy).
 
Sparda29 said:
#1 - Union, I wish! Imagine the havoc and chaos we could wreak across the nation by going on strike. It would be ****ing awesome. Now, I'm not saying a retail pharmacy strike, I'm saying a total pharmacy strike, all pharmacists go on strike. They'll either fold to our demands in 5 minutes, or Obama would have to call in the National Guard and we all become martyrs.

#2 - They can check your bags. They can't check your pockets though. It's never happened to me.

#3 - Exactly right about the making plans part. I despise every part of having to work on a Saturday. But I gotta do it so I can make these car payments, which is why I savor every minute of that Saturday that I have off. I always have somewhere else to be by 6:30PM on a Saturday.
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Walgreens pharmacists went on strike in Chicago a few years ago. Accomplished absolutly nothing and they ended up with a worse contract then the one they went on strike to protest.

A union is a great thing. It is only as stong as the will of its members. Can you afford to go on strike without pay? I have three kids and a mortgage. There is no way in hell I am going on strike without pay for any length of time.
 
The only people who are unionized and cannot strike are those in jobs which, if they are not working, will cause great harm to society. In general, they include police, firemen, air traffic controllers, etc. It does not include health care professionals.
 
museabuse said:
Do they mean be at the store 10 minutes early so you can be ready to go at 8am or stay late so that you really don't lock up the pharmacy before it closes because I would say I usually get there about 10 minutes early so i can have computer logged in and everything ready to go at 8am and get some of the issues sorted out. I close the pharmacy right at 10 if it is dead and no one is waiting but I never close early and have stayed late for a last minute waiter a lot of times and it annoys me but its part of the job.

most people dont punch a clock, unless your a factory worker, mcdonalds employee, or some minimum wage low paying job that requires no brains. Most professionals have a job that pays them salary and expect minimum of 40 hours of work, and if there is a deadline coming up or project due then they work extra or as long as it takes to get it done and they dont bitch about it.

they probably made that rule because people were showing up at the parking lot at 8am and turning away people at 955 or saying they're out of it, i am sure if you had the store open and ready to go at 8am this mandatory rule would never come up.

why would you close 2 minutes early... I mean seriously... your a pharmacist for a corporation that wants their stores open from open to close, nobody told you that when its 10pm you should be in your car driving home, your expectations are to open and close a pharmacy and not turn away the person with 5 scripts at 959p. If you dont like it then work for yourself or get out of retail. Or become a tech that punches a clock.

Do you really think even if your did work a whole 40 hours a year extra because of staying late or getting there early that you are being under compensated when your making 120,000/yr.

I know some people that come in a half hour early every shift just so they cant get some stuff done so it runs more smoothly throughout the day.

they pay the techs 10 minutes extra when they stay 10 minutes extra right?? because no one expects when your paying someone 9 bucks an hour to go above and beyond, but when the corporation is paying you over 50 bucks an hour they expect for you to do a little extra not just the minimum.

Once you start seeing more and more new grads begging for your job your attitude will change really quickly or you'll be out of work.

I am not saying it doesnt suck because it does but i knew that before i signed on. If they are making you actually open at 755 then yeah that sucks because then i would have to come in at 745. but its probably a response due to a lot of complaints from people saying they were at drive thru at 802 and nobody open the window till 805 or stuff like that. I don't think its unreasonable to ask you to come in at 755 so that your ready to fill scripts and give people their rxs at 8am.
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Vitamin K said:
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X3!!!!

For 120k/yr, I could deal with it. No problem! Which CVS is it killingbill? I'd love to have your job.
 
OleMiss2012 said:
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For 120k/yr, I could deal with it. No problem! Which CVS is it killingbill? I'd love to have your job.
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So says the wise old student who has never worked a shift as a pharmacist. Pull a couple 14 hour days a week with no help and 400 prescriptions and see how you like staying extra. Your enthusiasm and willing to do whatever because you are making 120k a year will be gone before the ink on your new license is dry.
 
MountainPharmD said:
So says the wise old student who has never worked a shift as a pharmacist. Pull a couple 14 hour days a week with no help and 400 prescriptions and see how you like staying extra. Your enthusiasm and willing to do whatever because you are making 120k a year will be gone before the ink on your new license is dry.
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x1.

Just had one of those last week.

I just went through a series of interviews to be considered for a pharmacy supervisor position in the not so distant future. Before being promoted corporate asked me to take a store over and turn it around in terms of its performance numbers. I spent a couple days in the store as a trial run which turned out to be brutal. My favorite day was when I did 440 by myself with 1 tech until another came in at about 1pm. After that Im about ready to decline the entire offer and tell them to leave me alone entirely. If you hate your job theres no amount of money that will make it worth doing.
 
All this whining....seriously, this is your choice to work for them.
 
So what if the pharmacist doesn't come in 5 mins early? What is the consequence? How woud they know?
 
StallionRx said:
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Just had one of those last week.

I just went through a series of interviews to be considered for a pharmacy supervisor position in the not so distant future. Before being promoted corporate asked me to take a store over and turn it around in terms of its performance numbers. I spent a couple days in the store as a trial run which turned out to be brutal. My favorite day was when I did 440 by myself with 1 tech until another came in at about 1pm. After that Im about ready to decline the entire offer and tell them to leave me alone entirely. If you hate your job theres no amount of money that will make it worth doing.
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haha yea we can all relate dude, as i asked the cvs guy how he was doing while giving him a copy, he goes: 'its the same s*** everywhere' ....its so true....im just glad im not at the grocery store pharmacy that gives away free antibiotics
 
i didn't think it was physically possible to fill 440 with one tech
 
What is the consequence? Getting fired for not working for free?
 
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