Is this normal for pharmacy interns? advices please.

[TI83Plus]

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Hello,
I am a 5th year pharmacy student with intern permit in New York.
I have never worked in a pharmacy, which I guess is pretty unusual for pharmacy students.

Here goes my story,
I recently applied to one of the chain pharmacy in NYC. As I really wanted to start my intern job, I was very thrilled when they wanted me to come back to sign some papers.

Since they didn't mention the pay rate, I presumed it to be somewhere between 11/hr-18/hr or that I may have time to discuss it separately with the manager at the orientation;

However, when I came home and read through some papers they gave me, I realized my pay rate is NYC minimum wage, which is 7.25/hr

Is this normal for pharmacy interns with intern permit under any circumstances? Would it be unreasonable to talk to the manager regarding this matter?

I appreciate any opinion. Thank you! 🙂

 

[Old Timer]

Hello,
I am a 5th year pharmacy student with intern permit in New York.
I have never worked in a pharmacy, which I guess is pretty unusual for pharmacy students.

Here goes my story,
I recently applied to one of the chain pharmacy in NYC. As I really wanted to start my intern job, I was very thrilled when they wanted me to come back to sign some papers.

Since they didn't mention the pay rate, I presumed it to be somewhere between 11/hr-18/hr or that I may have time to discuss it separately with the manager at the orientation;

However, when I came home and read through some papers they gave me, I realized my pay rate is NYC minimum wage, which is 7.25/hr

Is this normal for pharmacy interns with intern permit under any circumstances? Would it be unreasonable to talk to the manager regarding this matter?

I appreciate any opinion. Thank you! 🙂

What company? Interns should be paid more...

 

[TI83Plus]

That's exactly what I think. Even though I have no pharmacy-related experience, I should deserve more than a minimum wage. It's K-mart pharmacy by the way.

 

[powertoold]

Don't work for $7.25... lol

That's a joke. I bet they made some mistake.

 

[Sparda29]

Not normal at all. 5th year pharmacy students should be getting $14.50/hr at the least.

 

[Farmercyst]

Check to see if there's some initial training that needs to be done for your pay increase. If i remember correctly, at CVS you have to go through the tech training and intern training in order to get your correct class level pay. Might be the same at Kmart.

 

[daabc]

Hello,
I am a 5th year pharmacy student with intern permit in New York.
I have never worked in a pharmacy, which I guess is pretty unusual for pharmacy students.

Here goes my story,
I recently applied to one of the chain pharmacy in NYC. As I really wanted to start my intern job, I was very thrilled when they wanted me to come back to sign some papers.

Since they didn't mention the pay rate, I presumed it to be somewhere between 11/hr-18/hr or that I may have time to discuss it separately with the manager at the orientation;

However, when I came home and read through some papers they gave me, I realized my pay rate is NYC minimum wage, which is 7.25/hr

Is this normal for pharmacy interns with intern permit under any circumstances? Would it be unreasonable to talk to the manager regarding this matter?

I appreciate any opinion. Thank you! 🙂

Every job I ever had is above that..........

I have never seen a company pay the minimum wage before. Its too low to be at a subsistance level.

 

[deleted205891]

I have seen this at the chain where I work (not Kmart). The interns I work with started at tech wage last year (P2), which is around minimum wage. Eventually they got up to intern pay about 6 months later, and the difference was paid back to them. I have no idea why this company does this. Talk to your PDM about whether they will bump up your pay or give you back pay when they do this.

I have also seen the chain file a guy's paperwork incorrectly, so he worked on tech pay for a while because of this. Eventually they gave him most or all of the difference back.

 

[kvl1027]

That seems kind of low, I would seek employment elsewhere or at least talk to your pharmacy manager and find out if there is something going on you don't know about. I have not seen anyone make less than 11.00/hr as 1st year intern, you should be at close to 14.00/hr as a 4/5th year student.

 

[Ackj]

Somebody messed up. Kmart pays interns based on school year (at least my district does). The summer after P1 (right after I got my intern permit) I was making 12.50/hr. Kmart is surprisingly a very nice place for pharmacy; you don't really get a whole lot of corporate BS and the store management leaves you to do your business. Good luck.

 

[TI83Plus]

thank you for your advices everyone!! I found out that there was a mistake in the process.
Thank you again!!! =D

 

[phathead]

FYI - Advices isn't a word

 

[HaloKing]

Every job I ever had is above that..........

I have never seen a company pay the minimum wage before. Its too low to be at a subsistance level.

My 1st job 10 years ago i made $6/hr doing hard labor.. now i make > $50/hr sitting in a cushion chair... pharmacy was a good choice...

Don't sign anything until you discuss wage... its not rude, its expected

 

[apteryx]

not to be a douche, but "advices" is most definitely a word. Just not normally used.

 

[Farmercyst]

not to be a douche, but "advices" is most definitely a word. Just not normally used.

Well I'll be.
http://www.google.com/dictionary?q=...a=X&ei=nSaDTNCVJILEsAOeweH2Bw&ved=0CBkQmwMoAA