Not trying to troll - honestly just wondering.Why are you trolling?
I suppose this is just not going anywhere though because we are not going to change each other's opinions online.
Not trying to troll - honestly just wondering.Why are you trolling?
Everyone, listen up! we need to shut down new pharmacy schools. They will be our thread of the future. We can come up with a plan to destroy them.
I can understand your preference. Life would be so much easier if one can finish one thing and then do another. The reality is this seldom happens at most pharmacies. Pharmacists often prioritize their tasks and often do stop everything he or she is doing to give a consultation or take a copy/transfer prescription.
I'm not saying pharmacists are the only ones who do this. Techs and Clerks do the same. If a pharmacy is busy and the order comes in, clerks or techs put away the medication order when the rush dies down. It takes team work to run a successful pharmacy.
So my question is if the pharmacists wants me to go to the pick up window or finish a chem compound medication stat; why can't the pharmacist stop what he or she is doing for a minute to do a chemo post check?
My point is instead of looking at a post check as someone coming" up to you and bug you when are you busy," look at it as the tech is working and cooperating with you (the pharmacist) to provide the best care for your patients. (Always remember why you are working in a health care profession. You're here for the patients).
I believe the good pharmacists don't mind stopping what he or she is doing for a minute to help a fellow pharmacist or pharmacy tech.
Pharmant, my position has not changed. My position is that there is no shortage but there is no surplus.
However, for my class. . . there were no sign on bonuses. Two years ago, companies were offering 10k. Hours on our contract has been cut from 44+ minimum hour guarantee to 30. 30 hours equal to about 80k.
This year, anothe pharmacy school opened in NYC. It doesnt take a genius to know that if hours are being cut back with two pharmacy schools, what a third school will do.
I have no reason to cause alarm. However, I just want to make sure each one of you guys are informed on whats happening out there. New pharmacy schools are your biggest threats.
seriously.......we have a thread like this every few days. Why are all the pre-pharm students always freaking out.
Because they're concerned that their gravy train of an "easy" six figures is quickly on the path to derailment?
Because they didn't really want to go into Pharmacy because they liked Pharmacy but because of the money, and now that it might actually be a more normal field to get into (Hello, MOST people don't just walk into six figure jobs after graduation) and thus their life is over.
I really don't get it either, but I guess that's because my prior schooling was going to put me into a super-saturated field with tons of qualified applicants, and pre-pharmers have been spoiled with tales of easy money.
Not worth it. You may want to off yourself with a Louisville slugger if you've already started.
Now everyone stop!
...collaborate and listen
I heard that many areas are saturated with pharmacists now. If we were to enter pharmacy school now, would we be able to have jobs in the future?
Healthcare will always be in demand. This is not an assembly line job at a Detroit automotive company
In 1965 probably 10-16% of the country was employed either directly or indirectly as a result of the car companies. Good example of why people would be worried about the future of a career today, thanks!
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I tried to explain this before but from the responses that I was getting, it was clear that most people pre-pharmers were in it for the money. Let them figure it out on their own, after 100k-200k in debt, since explaining it now makes no sense to those with their eyes on the prize.If you're getting into pharmacy for the money and the money alone, don't waste your time. Seriously. The money will only keep you for a short period, most likely no more than 15 years. One thing I've learned in my life is, life is too short to do something you hate. It doesn't matter how much you're getting paid, if you don't like what you're doing you will be miserable. And this misery will translate over to your personal life. So take a serious look at the career you are choosing and determine if it's truly what you want to do. Explore the major areas, shadow or volunteer in a hospital and community pharmacy. Check out independent community because believe it or not, they make up a good chunk, almost half, of all the pharmacies in the country. Make damn sure it's what you want to do so you don't waste a seat that another person might have gotten that had a passion for the profession and been a pharmacist for their entire life.
I heard that many areas are saturated with pharmacists now. If we were to enter pharmacy school now, would we be able to have jobs in the future?
Thats totally false. There will always be pharmacy jobs. I dont know who always releases this false information concerning pharmacists oversupply. There are no facts or figures that show that pharmacists will be in oversupply. In fact, a lot of data has shown that there will be a shortage for a long time. By 2020, prescription drug demands have been projected to increase by 27%. I dont know why a lot of people say there will be a shortage when the facts and figures say the opposite. Dont freak out. Go to school to learn how to count pills for $100000 is a no brainer.
Facts and figures are lagging by a few years, anecdotal evidence indicates saturation in many individual markets. Also, the facts/figures showing a shortage do not take into account geography, so if there is a +2000 surplus in California and a -4000 shortage in North Dakota (arbitrary #'s for illustrative purposes), it'll still read as a shortage.
So yes, there will be jobs, there just won't be choice...shortage studies assume it's one homogeneous country and everyone is willing to move anywhere when clearly most people don't. If you're willing to relocate away from the desirable coasts to less desirable locales, you'll be just fine; otherwise, be prepared to job hunt and float/work PT/work less desirable schedules in 2012 and beyond.
Another thing to consider is yet another variable: Retirees. How many currently-employed but soon-retiring Pharmacists (5-10 years?) will need replacing?
Hard to say, but I suspect it'd be a fairly significant number, wouldn't you all?
I will be interesting. I know a lot of people that lost a large portion of their 401k. The economy will prolly be the largest factor.
I will be interesting. I know a lot of people that lost a large portion of their 401k. The economy will prolly be the largest factor.
blah blah blah.. the only people that say that crap about going into a career just because you like it no matter what it pays are 99.9% of the time people that have never had a job.
In reality 99.9% of jobs suck.. maybe not the first day.. first year.. first decade... but at some point you WILL sit up and go... "Damn I am sick of this crap everyday." Even rock stars retire ya know.
I don't mind small towns, and $60,000 sounds like a fortune to me.
I'm feeling pretty optimistic.
Same here. If I didn't have any loans (or kids), I'm pretty sure I could live comfortably in the lifestyle I want on about $30K/year.
Me too. If I didn't have a family to worry about, debt to repay, or care about my quality of life...heck, I wouldn't care if pharmacy paid more then 35k/yr...but I do and I'm sure I'm not unique in this regard. If you don't think a career in pharmacy will afford you the life that you want...change it while you still can. But try to remember that there's a lot of flexibility in how you can apply your pharmacy education.
blah blah blah.. the only people that say that crap about going into a career just because you like it no matter what it pays are 99.9% of the time people that have never had a job.
Financially, pharmacy is still a good bet, just the days of being able to shat and eat at work without falling behind are long gone.
I don't think the move will be that drastic in 3-4 years time...it's not like the subprime crisis that blew up in everyones faces.
My guess is (for retail), it'll go like this:
1) Sign on bonuses disappearing in desirable areas (already happened)
2) Increased time to find a position at the previous price point
ie) jobs aren't falling into every graduates' lap. remember the tech bubble and some company hiring the entire graduating class at Stanford? Yeah, not gonna happen anymore.3) Lack of choice in schedule and locations within a particular region
4) Lower quality grads/pharmacists will be shut out of positions PERIOD in desirable regions.
lower quality = your ass is slow/can't handle pressureOnce you satisfy all these...that's basically the point of true saturation. What then happens is that, aside from the bottom feeders who suck at their jobs, it'll be a race to the bottom for salaries.
5) No raises (or just COLA) for existing staff, new grads that ARE hired are paid at a lower rate (5-7% reduction) than existing staff.
Prediction: 2012-2014 as all the new schools from 2007-2009 start pumping out graduates in earnest6) Pretty soon, existing staff only sees COLA/COLA + 2% while starting salaries continue to fall in 3-5% increments.
Just my thoughts based on pharmacist supply...the true wild card in all this is on the demand side. Technological advances have kept massive increases in Rx count from overwhelming the small RPh pool in the early part of this decade.
Potential universal healthcare provisions might increase demand, but that'll definitely cause your taxes to rise, blunting the potential impact. Also, profit margins for pharmacies will shrink further as gov't reimbursement rates are so low and many PBM's run lock-step with the gov't rates.
Retail will then need to get creative and steer these poor folks into high margin items like cheese balls and generic lip balm to survive, pretty soon pharmacy simply becomes a loss leader (as it already has in many places).
Bottom line: salaries will fall (either directly <5% annually by 2012-2014 or by attrition through inflation), but there are other things (like increased stress, less respect) that are to be considered. Financially, pharmacy is still a good bet, just the days of being able to shat and eat at work without falling behind are long gone.
A very poor example of why someone should be worried about job security in health care. Until there is a cure for every human disease out there, or a robot that can make the decisions that doctors and pharmacists make every day, healthcare workers will always have a job. Replacing a heart or treating a complex disease is a little more complicated than a machine at general motors cutting metal. Your really going to compare healthcare to innovation and robots replacing manual labor on an assembly line???