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abc1234567

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Finally , I can say I am about to exit retail hell.

6.5-7 months of hell.

I might or might not pick a shift once a month to remind my self the hell I been through.

Anybody out there preparing for BCPS please pm me.
 
abc1234567 said:
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Congrats on the new job offer!! I asked because I think I recall you posted before you were thinking about leaving even without having landed another job yet. I've been trying to find another job so I can leave retail for over 1.5 years now and haven't had any luck so I'm still stuck in retail as a PIC, which I was forced or tricked into being PIC when I did not want the position.
 
rx2010 said:
Congrats on the new job offer!! I asked because I think I recall you posted before you were thinking about leaving even without having landed another job yet. I've been trying to find another job so I can leave retail for over 1.5 years now and haven't had any luck so I'm still stuck in retail as a PIC, which I was forced or tricked into being PIC when I did not want the position.
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Thanks!!
You are right.
I stayed in this hell because you have to have a job to find a job.
I had no other motivation.
Now to stay active with the company would you believe I cannot convince my self to do one shift per month?
My brain says you have to do it and my heart says no.
 
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abc1234567 said:
Just to stay active with the company.

Well I do not have to do it but that is something I should do
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I don't know...I hated retail so much that I did not do it (as an intern), because I just preferred to be happier. If you really hate the job and you have a new one, why do you want to stay active with the company?

I burnt those bridges, baby, and I don't regret it for a second!
 
abc1234567 said:
Finally , I can say I am about to exit retail hell.

6.5-7 months of hell.

I might or might not pick a shift once a month to remind my self the hell I been through.

Anybody out there preparing for BCPS please pm me.
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F that! You won't forget so no need to pick up an extra shift once a month. I thought I would do the same thing. Two weeks out of retail and I had no desire to ever go back. In fact going into a grocery store and walking by the pharmacy makes my stomach queesy.
 
MountainPharmD said:
F that! You won't forget so no need to pick up an extra shift once a month. I thought I would do the same thing. Two weeks out of retail and I had no desire to ever go back. In fact going into a grocery store and walking by the pharmacy makes my stomach queesy.
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Lol, Amen brother. I hate walking near the pharmacy at cvs and hearing "1 pharmacy call, 2 pharmacy calls" and seeing all the technicians scambling. Makes me sick thinking of being in that position again but then I realize that I'm out of that living hell and it gives me relief that I'm not in that position. Long-term care pharmacy is where its at.
 
MountainPharmD said:
F that! You won't forget so no need to pick up an extra shift once a month. I thought I would do the same thing. Two weeks out of retail and I had no desire to ever go back. In fact going into a grocery store and walking by the pharmacy makes my stomach queesy.
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Agree. I washed out of retail years ago after just a few months. Never again. Don't even want to think about it. But sometimes I do walk by the pharmacy and smile when I see all of the craziness. Thanks to all of you that are willing to put up with it...
 
mustang sally said:
I don't know...I hated retail so much that I did not do it (as an intern), because I just preferred to be happier. If you really hate the job and you have a new one, why do you want to stay active with the company?

I burnt those bridges, baby, and I don't regret it for a second!
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agreed!
 
I worked at CVS right after school for about a year. Hated the hours and the work. My SP said I should be happy I am working for CVS. I left and got a hospital job. Love my job....love my work...love the hours and the benefits and the people I work for.

Recently the SP from CVS called me to ask if my hospital was hiring. She was burned out and could not do the work anymore. She said that she felt she was going to have a nervous breakdown soon. However, my hospital is not hiring. And in this economic climate if they do hire it wont be a retail pharmacist. It will be a pharmd with at least 1 year of residency.
 
pharmd718 said:
I worked at CVS right after school for about a year. Hated the hours and the work. My SP said I should be happy I am working for CVS. I left and got a hospital job. Love my job....love my work...love the hours and the benefits and the people I work for.

Recently the SP from CVS called me to ask if my hospital was hiring. She was burned out and could not do the work anymore. She said that she felt she was going to have a nervous breakdown soon. However, my hospital is not hiring. And in this economic climate if they do hire it wont be a retail pharmacist. It will be a pharmd with at least 1 year of residency.
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LOL...just gotta know the right people dude.
 
Lnsean said:
LOL...just gotta know the right people dude.
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Market is getting very saturated. I got a folder full of resumes. Headhunters and applicants call weekly. If I had an opening, it's going to someone with extensive hospital experience or residency. We don't even have any PRN pharmacist from retail at this point.

Who you know matter up to a point, eg whether hospital pharmacist A or B will get a job. Earlier this year I hired a PRN pharmacist because a DOP I knew pretty well gave him the thumbs up. But in this job market, it wouldn't have persuaded me to hire someone without hospital experience.
 
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I have more hospital experience than retail.I think that is one of the reasons I am able to get out of retail.
 
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