omnicare interview?

[ChocoB]

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Anyone here work for omnicare? What is the nature of the work? what do you do on a daily basis?

are there any negatives to working for omnicare?

Any advice on what questions they might ask?

thanks!

 

[grumps]

Oh Boy, Omnicare, what can I say.....RUN AWAY!

If you get the job treat it as a stop-gap until you find something better. Omnicare is a bodyshop operation.

 

[trailerpark]

Oh Boy, Omnicare, what can I say.....RUN AWAY!

If you get the job treat it as a stop-gap until you find something better. Omnicare is a bodyshop operation.

Would you say the same thing about PharMerica? How do you think they compare?

 

[ChocoB]

what makes it so awful?

 

[ChocoB]

Oh Boy, Omnicare, what can I say.....RUN AWAY!

If you get the job treat it as a stop-gap until you find something better. Omnicare is a bodyshop operation.

can you elaborate on what makes it so awful?

 

[xiphoid2010]

Strange, I have reliable info that that it's actually pretty cushy. Often over staffed, some of the processes is terribly ineffectual and inefficient, but somehow they are still making money. The pay isn't as high as retail, but better than entry level hospital staffing. Turn over is very low since people love a cushy job, so it's tough to land one.

 

[Recycled]

Omnicare has multiple types of pharmacy practice settings. Having worked in two different areas, I can tell you that it is highly dependent upon your site. You would be better off asking pharmacists in your local market.

 

[trailerpark]

How hard is it to land a LTC job straight out of school? Is it something you can go straight into or need to build experience elsewhere first? I think this is the setting I most want to work in!

 

[xiphoid2010]

How hard is it to land a LTC job straight out of school? Is it something you can go straight into or need to build experience elsewhere first? I think this is the setting I most want to work in!

One way it to intern in one.

 

[trailerpark]

One way it to intern in one.

I intern in one now. I just hit my 1 year anniversary. I did my first IPPE with them and they hired me last summer. By the time I graduate next year I'll have 2 years with them, but I don't know how that experience stacks up with pharmacists who have been doing retail for years or pharmacists who have worked in hospital. How does intern experience/new grad stack up against working pharmacists who have been in retail or hospital?

 

[xiphoid2010]

I intern in one now. I just hit my 1 year anniversary. I did my first IPPE with them and they hired me last summer. By the time I graduate next year I'll have 2 years with them, but I don't know how that experience stacks up with pharmacists who have been doing retail for years or pharmacists who have worked in hospital. How does intern experience/new grad stack up against working pharmacists who have been in retail or hospital?

Due to the low turn over rate, a lot depends on whether there is an opening, or if you can move. After that, provided that you meet the HR criteria, how well you win the support of the management and his/her allies matters. That's what internship gives you the opportunity to do. For a staffing position in the main pharmacy, that's enough. Consulting pharmacist position might take more than that though.

 

[miac]

what's the typical pay for omnicare? comparable to retail?

 

[grumps]

it's 50/hour

Don't do omnicare. It's where careers go to die. Do hospital or retail first. Your brain will rot from doing only one task such as product review or refills.

If you do retail go to a place that doesn't do offsite verification. The best experience is being responsible for all steps of the prescription filling process.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

I worked there briefly once for a rotation. I stood there for 10 hours putting pills in little boxes. The pharmacists either sat in one spot with a little scan gun verifying everything, sitting by a fax machine typing in new orders, or verifying IV meds.

Mind numbing doesn't even begin to describe it.

 

[joetrisman]

I worked there briefly once for a rotation. I stood there for 10 hours putting pills in little boxes. The pharmacists either sat in one spot with a little scan gun verifying everything, sitting by a fax machine typing in new orders, or verifying IV meds.

Mind numbing doesn't even begin to describe it.

I put the pills in the little boxes too! (at pharmerica though) I definitely was learning to practice deep states of zen to avoid going bonkers during that 5 weeks. Retail is definitely a step up from that type of LTC.

 

[Lnsean]

I worked there briefly once for a rotation. I stood there for 10 hours putting pills in little boxes. The pharmacists either sat in one spot with a little scan gun verifying everything, sitting by a fax machine typing in new orders, or verifying IV meds.

Mind numbing doesn't even begin to describe it.

wow reminds me of the hospital pharmacists who check pyxis machines....i wanted to kill myself on that rotation.

 

[rph3664]

I've done LTC a few times, mostly as a relief pharmacist. They were small operations, and we'd have music on or talk a lot, so in that regard it wasn't boring. The last time was that job I had in the summer of 2011, and we had uncensored Internet access, so we'd listen to some pretty crazy stuff at times. 😱 I also knew almost immediately that I did not want to sign on as a permanent employee with this company, which was a start-up, for numerous reasons, the main one being that the regular employees were having a lot of difficulty getting paid. 😱 😡

My BFF works for Omnicare, and they do a lot of infusion. I'm guessing that they have some homes that actually do this, because you don't see a lot of that in the LTC environment. He likes it, but then again, he was a Walgreens floater for a few years before that, so to him, the job is quite cushy.

I interviewed at Omnicare in the spring of 2011, but they had already extended a job offer and that person accepted, so I didn't get the job. I've been told by people who did work there that I wouldn't have wanted the job, not at that location, anyway.

 

[297point1]

I do contract work for them through a third party vendor. Pretty easy stuff, and pays about $100/hr [seriously]. Unfortunately, can only get about 20 hours/year; I'd be doing more if I could - that's my vacation money 🙂

 

[joetrisman]

I do contract work for them through a third party vendor. Pretty easy stuff, and pays about $100/hr [seriously]. Unfortunately, can only get about 20 hours/year; I'd be doing more if I could - that's my vacation money 🙂

I wonder how much the third party is billing. My wife works in technology and her company bills $120/h but she actually makes only $40/h of that

 

[297point1]

I wonder how much the third party is billing. My wife works in technology and her company bills $120/h but she actually makes only $40/h of that

Probably quite a bit more than $100/hr...I really don't care.

The work has been very steady- I've been doing it on and off (mostly on) for almost 15 years now. It's more reliable than Clark Griswold's Christmas bonus.

 

[twester]

I think it probably depends on location. My location was extremely dysfunctional. The office manager thought she was the boss. She had a foul mouth and her little assistant was even worse. Have you ever been asked at work how big your penis is?

I complained about the work environment to corporate compliance and was fired two weeks later. I'd have sued, but I got unemployment.

The problem with Omnicare and LTC is that their business model is client driven. They will bend over backward and even break laws to keep a client. It's not worth it to your career, unless you just need a paycheck. But don't buy into the corporate model and get out as soon as you can.