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[Pharmacy is a Scam]

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My tech was getting $20/hr and you telling me the pharmacist rate will be similar? She never went to college lol.

Yes I am telling you that the pharmacist rate will be similar to a tech rate in the future. 90% of your time spent as a retail pharmacist is filling prescriptions, taking phone calls, restocking meds and filing papers which a tech can do, so why do you need to get paid 3-4x more for doing the same thing?

You scoff at techs not going to college but do you realize that we have been graduating anyone who has a pulse and can take out $200k in loans as pharmacists for several years now? Most of them rely on cheating to even graduate/get licensed, case in point the CPJE scandal going on right now. I would say many pharmacists are just as bottom-barrel as people who “didn’t go to college.”

 

[quickpic007]

Yes I am telling you that the pharmacist rate will be similar to a tech rate in the future. 90% of your time spent as a retail pharmacist is filling prescriptions, taking phone calls, restocking meds and filing papers which a tech can do, so why do you need to get paid 3-4x more for doing the same thing?

You scoff at techs not going to college but do you realize that we have been graduating anyone who has a pulse and can take out $200k in loans as pharmacists for several years now? Most of them rely on cheating to even graduate/get licensed, case in point the CPJE scandal going on right now. I would say many pharmacists are just as bottom-barrel as people who “didn’t go to college.”

Have you ever worked in a high volume community pharmacy?

 

[projektreverb]

Have you ever worked in a high volume community pharmacy?

Define high volume for the record. Because I know someone is going to counter with “my 500 scripts store is busy”. Yeah come talk to me when you’re at a 7-10k weekly/1k daily store.

 

[quickpic007]

Define high volume for the record. Because I know someone is going to counter with “my 500 scripts store is busy”. Yeah come talk to me when you’re at a 7-10k weekly/1k daily store.

4500 sold scripts weekly is my line for high volume. Actually 500 daily sold is still "fairly busy" but I would not call it high volume.

In today's community environs I would pass on your 1K daily store, too much room for error and lawsuits on numbers alone. Sooner or later something will slip when you are on duty.

 

[projektreverb]

4500 sold scripts weekly is my line for high volume. Actually 500 daily sold is still "fairly busy" but I would not call it high volume.

In today's community environs I would pass on your 1K daily store, too much room for error and lawsuits on numbers alone. Sooner or later something will slip when you are on duty.

Agreed. But if you look at it, it’s a numbers game. 1 script in 1000 is way less impactful that 1 in 300-500. So it skews the stats in your favor. Also bumps the numbers in your favor when they run stats on you.

 

[Pharmacy is a Scam]

Have you ever worked in a high volume community pharmacy?

Nope. Costco all the way, baby. But even then I saw the writing on the wall for retail.

 

[thecoolpharmboi]

So I got an offer for $52/hr. Is that normal? I feel like this is so little compared to the work I will be doing. What rates are u all getting?

At this point be thankful you got a job... very competitive market right now. Idk where have you been.

 

[TerryTerry]

Either way she should negotiate for higher pay or find another job. It would demean our profession if new grads kept accepting lower pay. Don't be pathetic. Know your worth.

Beggars can`t be choosers.

 

[Wickett]

4500 sold scripts weekly is my line for high volume. Actually 500 daily sold is still "fairly busy" but I would not call it high volume.

In today's community environs I would pass on your 1K daily store, too much room for error and lawsuits on numbers alone. Sooner or later something will slip when you are on duty.

I personally look at RXs verified per RPh hour as a more accurate indicator of a busy pharmacy, than just going by overall script count. I'd much rather be in a pharmacy doing 1k a day with 3 RPh and 6 staff than do 400 a day by myself and with two techs.