- Joined
- Apr 13, 2009
- Messages
- 226
- Reaction score
- 276
Last edited:
I applied to a bunch of places. The got two interviews and they were both on the strength of a recommendation of someone who worked at the site. So hit up your network for leads.
You mean to say you aren't working for Big Red anymore? When did this happen?
I didn't go into retail in the first place, because everyone said it's too hard to get out once you do.
However, that's not very helpful so do what I did as a new grad...be willing to move wherever and do whatever job/shift you can find as mentioned above.
I'm just lucky enough to train my staff appropriately so we can multitask and chat throughout the day and enjoy what we do.
if you cant break out of retail completely in teh meantime i would try for an independent or smaller grocery chain
i just left wag a few weeks ago for a grocery chain and it is night and day
the people I work with are so lazy and don't know the difference between left and rightDoes no one here build relationships with their staff and up front? It always kills me how it seems 99% hate retail. Apparently everyone is in the bad stores or I'm just lucky enough to train my staff appropriately so we can multitask and chat throughout the day and enjoy what we do.
the people I work with are so lazy and don't know the difference between left and right
the people I work with are so lazy and don't know the difference between left and right
In the end its all on the pharmacist, a bad pharmacist will not motivate their staff to work hard and the pharmacy will be a mess.
If you work in the hood that all goes to hell and you just try and survive with what you are givenIt should only take two years to keep the good ones and drop the bad ones. First review will document their problems, if they haven't improved the second will put them on an improvement plan, if still after 2 months there's no improvement they get fired.
You really don't have to wait even that long if the rxm does the job correct. Improvement plans can be started earlier. I would probably wait for at least one review though.
Walgreens now has the dh which makes it easier to find the good ones so you can hand pick the better workers up front instead of hiring people you don't know how hard a worker they are.
In the end its all on the pharmacist, a bad pharmacist will not motivate their staff to work hard and the pharmacy will be a mess.
can't blame them too muchIt's a type of complacency
Does no one here build relationships with their staff and up front? It always kills me how it seems 99% hate retail. Apparently everyone is in the bad stores or I'm just lucky enough to train my staff appropriately so we can multitask and chat throughout the day and enjoy what we do.
Do nearly 4000 scripts on 250 tech hours. Doesn't matter how great everyone is, everyone is hustling to get the tasks done. And still you will fall behind.
Yeah just look how much they makeNo you just need to motivate your staff! Stop being such a whiny windy!
Do nearly 4000 scripts on 250 tech hours. Doesn't matter how great everyone is, everyone is hustling to get the tasks done. And still you will fall behind.
Umm no...I'm going to need an action plan on why your metrics aren't up to par and how you plan to improve.Do nearly 4000 scripts on 250 tech hours. Doesn't matter how great everyone is, everyone is hustling to get the tasks done. And still you will fall behind.
Umm no...I'm going to need an action plan on why your metrics aren't up to par and how you plan to improve.
To be fair, this is probably a 24 hour store, try 4500 when you are at the ghetto store open normal hours and fill 80+ CIIs per day.
To be honest with you, I rarely do action plans whether I meet target or not. My main focus is customer service b/c I care about taking care of the people who come into my pharmacy. But when it gets hectic, even the joy of talking to customers for more than 10 seconds you lose lol.
Yes we are 24 hours. Many days we have 3 techs peak hours and a station is always empty (whether it's drop off or production b/c we have to help lines lol).
But your situation seems worse. I hope you get at least 400+ tech hours MINIMUM with that volume at regular hours. I'm pretty strict with C2s. If we do more than 10 C2s a day, that's excessive lol.
That's great! But what "triggered" them to call you for an informatics position? Did you tell them you're good with tech or have development/programming experience?Work on your interview skills and polish your resume. I applied for a staff pharmacist at a LTC pharmacy and was not chosen for a lack of relevant experience. However they liked me enough from the first interview that they asked me to come in to interview for an informatics position and I got the position. I think the main reason I got called back was because I made a good first impression.
Sent from my iPad using SDN mobile
That's great! But what "triggered" them to call you for an informatics position? Did you tell them you're good with tech or have development/programming experience?
Provide some tips, advice and hope for pharmacists trying to break into different practice settings. Share your story!
I've applied for residencies more than once, so I won't be doing that again.
I'd really like to make a career out of pharmacy, but if I can't find a job outside of retail, I'm going to walk away from the field and not look back.
Provide some tips, advice and hope for pharmacists trying to break into different practice settings. Share your story!
I've applied for residencies more than once, so I won't be doing that again.
I'd really like to make a career out of pharmacy, but if I can't find a job outside of retail, I'm going to walk away from the field and not look back.
Network as much as you can - reach out to former classmates, go to a professional conference, get in touch with your school's career services if the school has them. Other than that, just be willing to move around the country and/or be willing to take a pay cut. You could also consider government jobs. For example, IHS has 42 job announcements for pharmacists on usajobs.gov right now, and the majority of those positions don't require a residency or prior experience. Occasionally pharmacist job announcements with the BOP (Bureau of Prisons) will pop up on usajobs.gov as well, but those don't come up as often. If you are seriously considering a job with IHS or BOP, DM me and I can give you some more information. For someone with no residency or clinical experience, you also have a decent chance at consumer safety officer jobs with FDA ORA (i.e. being an FDA inspector). FDA ORA just recently went through a hiring spree across the country, so you missed the boat on that one, but if that's something that interests you, you should keep an eye out on the FDA ORA recruitment roadshow.
at the place I'm at we do like 20 gfd drugs a dayMore than 10 c2s a day means it's excessive? Let's be real here. I don't believe this.
I went from a crazy inner city, high volume store to floating about an hour outside Philly. It's like every day is easy mode. I've had exactly 1 bad day in three weeks. I'm so happy I'm no longer high-volume exclusive. GTFO of those sweat shops, peeps. I don't mind going to work every day at these 250 rx/day on Monday stores they got up here. And the expectations are so low. If you actually do something in addition to just verification, they think you are amazing. If you "lower" yourself to actually helping with QP, they shower you with praise and demand you come back. It's like bizarro world CVS, guys. ****.
In my experience I actually found it a little bit more difficult when I floated at some of the slower stores because they cut tech help a lot. I find myself doing double duty trying to do tech duties and rph duties. I've been on shifts by myself with no tech help at a "slow" store and it was the worst. I didn't know where anything was and had no one to ask. The best store I've been to is a slow 24 hour store. They still have adequate techs because they are 24 hours but they were the slowest 24 hour store in the area so it was still manageable.
It should only take two years to keep the good ones and drop the bad ones. First review will document their problems, if they haven't improved the second will put them on an improvement plan, if still after 2 months there's no improvement they get fired.
You really don't have to wait even that long if the rxm does the job correct. Improvement plans can be started earlier. I would probably wait for at least one review though.
Walgreens now has the dh which makes it easier to find the good ones so you can hand pick the better workers up front instead of hiring people you don't know how hard a worker they are.
In the end its all on the pharmacist, a bad pharmacist will not motivate their staff to work hard and the pharmacy will be a mess.
Hate to break it to you, but you answered your own question.
You don't hate the corporate, retail stuff because you fit in.
Please don't take it as an insult
Where was the insult and why do I fit in? Is it because I know what I'm doing?
What I meant was that you posted basically an excerpt from a training manual, and posted "it's all on the pharmacist" with a completely straight face.
I have no doubt that you know what you're doing. The argument I'm making is that the things you're talking about doing aren't the practice of pharmacy.
If you like being an assistant manager, more power to you. Nothing wrong with being good at managing techs.
It seems there are easier ways to do that than a Pharm.D., though.
You got my title wrong, pharmacy manager.
Are we this childish? Not that hard to be rxm at walgreens.
Besides, he's not that far off...you're really just an assistant manager. The real manager is the store manager up front. You're still under him.