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Hi guys and gals, I’ve been working for 1 retail chain for 5.5 years and have worked with many personalities and never had a problem . For 4.5 years, my home store was a busy 24 hour pharmacy where I worked every other weekend and occasionally on weekdays . I never had any issues or clashes with the rxm or staff pharmacist . Despite the craziness, I was much happier. Due to schedule changes , a year ago, I was transferred and my home store is now a relatively low volume store of about 130 scripts a day with no drive-thru and I work there every other Thursday and Friday. The problem is that the rxm is a complete SOB and jerk . The man is in his mid to late 50s, never married, no children, and middle eastern . I love ME people but have had a variety of clashes with this man. He’s temperamental, a stickler, rude, and condescending . I don’t see him regularly because the shifts are 10 hours both days and I am the only rph on duty but he has come by on occasion and seems to have a problem with any little detail . I’m 32 and I’ve had to control my mouth because I want to tear him apart personally and put him in his place . Unfortunately, I know I must control myself. You make any mistake or do something that I and many other pharmacists have done hundreds of times in a variety of pharmacies I’ve worked with and he seems to bark at you . For example, one time I was swamped with several transfers and couldn’t get to them by the end of my shift . I left a note asking him to please take care of the transfers and on one visit he was condescending and rude and told me that just like he doesn’t like for me or another pharmacist to “inherit his problems”, he doesn’t want to inherit mine. Ummmm...excuse me, but at nearly every pharmacy I’ve worked with in almost 6 years, every pharmacist has left me either a few problems or transfers to take care of and I deal with it. I don’t see the big deal . It’s small **** like that that I don’t agree with . Another thing is that on my shifts even though the tech is good, it’s like he has no set shift - sometimes comes in at 8 am, other times at 10 am . No consistency . Plus, now that it’s flu season, it just so happens that on one of my days there every other week, he has to go with the rxm to the clinic and I end up working alone for most of the ten hour shift . And with little help from the floor (IC3). Though it’s not that busy, when you’re alone, I shouldn’t be dealing with the front, verifying, and filling because my one and only tech is not there due to some flu clinic . The point is I’m not a happy camper even though it’s consideted low volume . A friend of mine says higher volume is better because you don’t have periods when you’re alone . The rxm is a douche and he still has taken his sweet time to complete my annual evaluation . He wants to meet with me for that . In my previous home store, in almost 5 years, I never had the rxm meet with me for an evaluation . Always get a 3-3.3 in 5 years. This f*ker will probably give me some bs evaluation just like he did with another pharmacist I know when this was his home store . I’m trying to get out and want the scheduler to change my homestore without explaining to her the reason why . I don’t want this to go up to the DM. How would you deal with this and anyone have any solid excuses I could give to my scheduler so she changes my homestore without questioning me further? I’m even thinking of outright inventing a personal problem or life circumstance that no one can question so I get the hell out of that place . I can be evil and try to get him into trouble with the company and give him a scare as vengeance but I’m trying to avoid that. I’d rather work in a busier store with techs, good vibes, and decent rxm and staff . Good camaraderie. Please help with ideas on how to approach this situation . Thank you . Also, I apolgize for the lack of paragraphs as I’m typing this from an iPhone . Thanks.