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Is this an unsolicited job offer or did you apply for this position?
 
projektreverb said:
Is this an unsolicited job offer or did you apply for this position?
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I had interviewed with the pharmacy team at the hospital earlier and rotated with them pre residency. They reached out because they know my background fits well because of my Pgy1 experience and they know me. I have spoken with their team and the contracted pharmacy team as well.
 
Passionloaf said:
I had interviewed with the pharmacy team at the hospital earlier and rotated with them pre residency. They reached out because they know my background fits well because of my Pgy1 experience and they know me. I have spoken with their team and the contracted pharmacy team as well.
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So basically this offer was unsolicited. They should understand your situation if you turn it down.
 
projektreverb said:
So basically this offer was unsolicited. They should understand your situation if you turn it down.
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Yes I'm not worried about turning the job down and their reaction to that. I'm more worried that I'll be making a mistake in not taking the job with the current state of the job market and so on. I don't know if taking the job is a better move.
 
Based on the information, I would consider sticking it out with the PGY-2 and build up on the networking portion of your career. Blacklisted/jumping ship on a first offer would not make much sense to me unless by some breadth of thought you know this change is your forever career spot and not just another short-journey. Should something happen, or you find out its a "bad fit" you have no back pedaling to do at this point other than stay at the location for 1-2 years and then make a pivot.

Midyear will be here before you know it so network and stay connected. This would be a different story in my mind if this was the beginning of a PGY-1 residency AND if perhaps this was presented ~6 weeks ago with a tentative offer in hand. I had a similar situation shortly after starting my PGY-2 but fortunately stuck it out and enjoy where I am at (YMMV). Of course, in the end - only you know what works best geographically and where you see yourself 5-10 years from now (more reason to pass screen-outs from HR with a PGY-2 certificate in hand while diving past the halfway point of the first quarter of your PGY-2).
 
BC_89 said:
Based on the information, I would consider sticking it out with the PGY-2 and build up on the networking portion of your career. Blacklisted/jumping ship on a first offer would not make much sense to me unless by some breadth of thought you know this change is your forever career spot and not just another short-journey. Should something happen, or you find out its a "bad fit" you have no back pedaling to do at this point other than stay at the location for 1-2 years and then make a pivot.

Midyear will be here before you know it so network and stay connected. This would be a different story in my mind if this was the beginning of a PGY-1 residency AND if perhaps this was presented ~6 weeks ago with a tentative offer in hand. I had a similar situation shortly after starting my PGY-2 but fortunately stuck it out and enjoy where I am at (YMMV). Of course, in the end - only you know what works best geographically and where you see yourself 5-10 years from now (more reason to pass screen-outs from HR with a PGY-2 certificate in hand while diving past the halfway point of the first quarter of your PGY-2).
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I appreciate your long and thoughtful message.
The job being offered isn't bad by any means but it's not my dream job. I've worked very hard to stay in the remote pharmacy world and would like to stay there. I love the things I'm doing in the residency. I do want to stay. I just got in my head about passing up this offer and what if I'm left in a worse situation after residency because of the job market. Needing to work retail will absolutely burn me out and moving isn't very feasible with how entrenched I am in this area. There aren't many job prospects in this area beyond retail either. That's why this opportunity was such a big deal and I qualified based on my Pgy1 work. Even though it's not the perfect fit I worry I'm not making a mature decision based on that fact. Sometimes we have to work jobs that aren't perfect but work out and help us live. I want to stay in residency though. I want to take the chance and make those connections. And that's what I go towards. I just worry it's an immature decision with the market and economy and everything.
 
Not an immature decision to want something more in this job market. I doubt the ideology of working strictly from home will be out there for you but the close next step may or may not be having a PGY-2 in the realm of early admin roles OR at the least niche detailing roles within pharmacy that is not generally open to new grads (or without that specialty training) - that alone is already a stretch but with this type of training may at the very least be a better shot at the end of your PGY2.

As you pointed out, if you're geographically restricting yourself and not willing to move across the country, then you may actually be better off quitting and taking this job, but I hope you went to school with the idea that you would need to travel to get to where you want (I know I most certainly did). If you really cannot see yourself leaving then you've already tightened the rope on your career and will need to give your RPD the heads up. I still cannot figure out if the PGY-2 was just a "bail-out" due to job market trends or also (at some degree) sprinkled with an attempt to break away from general PGY-1 roles (let alone retail) to chase what little available jobs are out there (which you honestly can't do without moving).

In short - if you are wiling to do the following:
1) be willing to move and build a network for the potential job you want, absolutely finish the PGY-2
2) refuse to move across country, just chased a PGY-2 to stall for a job requiring a PGY-1 - bail and take the job

We don't have a crystal ball to know the future, yes job market is tight but either way, you'll be playing the "what if" game with yourself...
 
BC_89 said:
Not an immature decision to want something more in this job market. I doubt the ideology of working strictly from home will be out there for you but the close next step may or may not be having a PGY-2 in the realm of early admin roles OR at the least niche detailing roles within pharmacy that is not generally open to new grads (or without that specialty training) - that alone is already a stretch but with this type of training may at the very least be a better shot at the end of your PGY2.

As you pointed out, if you're geographically restricting yourself and not willing to move across the country, then you may actually be better off quitting and taking this job, but I hope you went to school with the idea that you would need to travel to get to where you want (I know I most certainly did). If you really cannot see yourself leaving then you've already tightened the rope on your career and will need to give your RPD the heads up. I still cannot figure out if the PGY-2 was just a "bail-out" due to job market trends or also (at some degree) sprinkled with an attempt to break away from general PGY-1 roles (let alone retail) to chase what little available jobs are out there (which you honestly can't do without moving).

In short - if you are wiling to do the following:
1) be willing to move and build a network for the potential job you want, absolutely finish the PGY-2
2) refuse to move across country, just chased a PGY-2 to stall for a job requiring a PGY-1 - bail and take the job

We don't have a crystal ball to know the future, yes job market is tight but either way, you'll be playing the "what if" game with yourself...
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Yeah the what if game is absolutely killing me. As for moving, it would be a difficult ask because of my partner and their medical needs and career path. Their path is very localized to the area. And we've been together for many years so it's not an option to leave them. However it's not impossible to move, just difficult and would need to really be worth it and ideally in the same state. And we'd be on just my income for a period of time.
Anyways, my Pgy1 is not community but managed care. It should have netted me a job in the industry but due to circumstances my company was not hiring and it's a who you know kinda thing in insurance and so on. So I leveraged what I could and realized the pgy2 was the best bet to expand knowledge, make new connections and hopefully set myself up as a stronger candidate for future positions, ideally remote. I have developed many skills from both experiences and would ideally like to finish the pg2. However because I think I'd die in retail and am location limited it does feel like taking the job might be the better move. But it's not really what I want. I worry it would basically be the end in some ways and I love what I'm doing now. I love being on the higher end of things. Being in the background of policies and decisions. Working with many teams and making my own days. Also you can't beat working from home.
I guess I'm hoping that there will be something at the end of the pgy2 that's remote and uses these skills I'm developing. But who knows. The market is volatile, especially for these niche positions. And I didn't have the best luck after the Pgy1, which worries me.
Regardless, I love your response and input. I'm just lost in my thoughts right now. But I really appreciate the point of view.
 
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