Pharm Tech Appreciation

[drumsandwires]

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So our technicians have a more thankless job and (much) lower than deserved pay for a not entirely unskilled job. Heck, as an intern and student the techs were of tremendous help. How have you shown your appreciation towards them? Buying lunch, coffee, gifts?

 

[IrunDaily]

I tell them thanks. I figure if they want to be noticed and thanked then they would have decided to go 100k in debt as I have.

 

[DYSF777]

My old pharmacist would throw crazy holiday parties with lots of free booze. That was appreciated.

 

[owlegrad]

So our technicians have a more thankless job and (much) lower than deserved pay for a not entirely unskilled job. Heck, as an intern and student the techs were of tremendous help. How have you shown your appreciation towards them? Buying lunch, coffee, gifts?

Sometimes I buy pizza. Other times I just say "Thanks". Oddly, the thanks seems to go farther. I would take the pizza anyday, but that's just me.

I figure if they want to be noticed and thanked then they would have decided to go 100k in debt as I have.

I give this a big 👎

My old pharmacist would throw crazy holiday parties with lots of free booze. That was appreciated.

Sounds like my kind of guy!

 

[Rockinacoustic]

I figure if they want to be noticed and thanked then they would have decided to go 100k in debt as I have.

Heh, Says the newbie Pharm Student.

 

[CUninja]

So our technicians have a more thankless job and (much) lower than deserved pay for a not entirely unskilled job. Heck, as an intern and student the techs were of tremendous help. How have you shown your appreciation towards them? Buying lunch, coffee, gifts?

Deserve is a very interesting word. Does anybody really deserve anything?? (That is an honest question.)

I treat techs the same way as I treat anyone else...if someone goes out of their way to help someone else out, it shouldn't matter what their job title is. 👍

 

[PumpkinSmasher]

I tell them thanks. I figure if they want to be noticed and thanked then they would have decided to go 100k in debt as I have.

You have a lot to learn, pompous ass.

I have never worked in a pharmacy where the director or manager does not bring in treats once a week for the staff. Ranging from simple lunch items to bagels to donuts. When I worked weekends as an intern, I would bring donuts on Sundays.

 

[DAW2]

i buy starbucks or mcdonalds every now and then. just to keep morale up. but you are getting paid, so you're there for a reason...

 

[Aznfarmerboi]

I agree with Cuninja.

I think pharm tech appreciation day is full of crap. They get paid to do a job and they better do it. They are not more deserving than janitors or the waterboy when i am eating out.

I am generous to my staff but my incentives are for the purpose of them reaching a goal or to raise morale.

 

[Aznfarmerboi]

So our technicians have a more thankless job and (much) lower than deserved pay for a not entirely unskilled job. Heck, as an intern and student the techs were of tremendous help. How have you shown your appreciation towards them? Buying lunch, coffee, gifts?

How much do you think a technician should be paid?

I believe A technician starting out usually costs more to train than what they are being paid. I have to staff more hours to have somebody train them. At the minimum, I lose a lot of time fixing mistakes, teaching, labels (15-20 cents), unusable drugs (opened bottle of pradaxa) etc. At the worst, I have a lawsuit on my hand because they might have given out the wrong medication while ringing up a customer. That is why they get started a little bit above minimum wage.


A technician who brings value to the store (drives in business) is worth 15 dollars at the most. The fact is that we dont get reimburse a lot anymore to fill scripts...

Once you factor in benefits, I believe that most technicians are well paid for the skills they have.

 

[RockHardIce]

How much do you think a technician should be paid?

I believe A technician starting out usually costs more to train than what they are being paid. I have to staff more hours to have somebody train them. At the minimum, I lose a lot of time fixing mistakes, teaching, labels (15-20 cents), unusable drugs (opened bottle of pradaxa) etc. At the worst, I have a lawsuit on my hand because they might have given out the wrong medication while ringing up a customer. That is why they get started a little bit above minimum wage.


A technician who brings value to the store (drives in business) is worth 15 dollars at the most. The fact is that we dont get reimburse a lot anymore to fill scripts...

Once you factor in benefits, I believe that most technicians are well paid for the skills they have.

It would be nice to have this rate to do all the things many techs do: take the time in between customers to make 3 and more calls to patients so that they refill their flonase and pataday, get screamed at by both customers and pharmacists for once million plus one reasons not caused by the tech, forget that breaks exist, get screamed for unintentional mistakes although its the job of the pharmacist to do all final checks, and so on.

Your comments would most likely make lot of techs go like...😡 👎

P.S. This is all just my opinion. You may have a valid point, but sorry to disagree.

 

[genesis09]

I bake cakes and cookies for my techs.

 

[Aznfarmerboi]

It would be nice to have this rate to do all the things many techs do: take the time in between customers to make 3 and more calls to patients so that they refill their flonase and pataday, get screamed at by both customers and pharmacists for once million plus one reasons not caused by the tech, forget that breaks exist, get screamed for unintentional mistakes although its the job of the pharmacist to do all final checks, and so on.

Your comments would most likely make lot of techs go like...😡 👎

P.S. This is all just my opinion. You may have a valid point, but sorry to disagree.

That is dependent on the store. Your scenario while it happens, is a worst case scenario. Technicians should not get any harrassment from customers or pharmacists.

The better question is why are they being screamed at by millions of customers? Customers come in to get their prescriptions filled, not to yell at people.

Also, my technician have more than enough time to do their PCQ calls. They also get 30 minute breaks. What you are describing is a poorly run pharmacy.The problem isnt how much a technician should get paid, but why the pharmacy is poorly runned.

 

[Dr Wario]

That is dependent on the store. Your scenario while it happens, is a worst case scenario. Technicians should not get any harrassment from customers or pharmacists.

The better question is why are they being screamed at by millions of customers? Customers come in to get their prescriptions filled, not to yell at people.

Also, my technician have more than enough time to do their PCQ calls. They also get 30 minute breaks. What you are describing is a poorly run pharmacy.The problem isnt how much a technician should get paid, but why the pharmacy is poorly runned.

I wish my pharmacy was somewhere on your planet. My techs are all top notch and they still get yelled at. "WTF do you mean my copay is $1 all of my medicine is free!" "WTF do you mean my 60 tabs of Nexium for 30 day supply is not covered right NOW?"