Pharmacists not unified?

[koercive]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

As a small subset of the population, does anyone else think pharmacy is pretty divided? There's so many different organizations, and many of these directly oppose each other. In medicine, physicians have developed their status through the single unifying AMA, correct? Why is pharmacy so divided, and what needs to be done to change?

 

[lorain]

its simple, retail rph do it for the money, hospital rph dont, and clinical rph do it cuz they want the better lifestyle and use their knowledge more to make community impact....and it creates a divide...see how hard it is for a retail rph to go into hospital (they discriminate against them)

 

[owlegrad]

its simple, retail rph do it for the money, hospital rph dont, and clinical rph do it cuz they want the better lifestyle and use their knowledge more to make community impact....and it creates a divide...see how hard it is for a retail rph to go into hospital (they discriminate against them)

Hospital rph don't get paid? Maybe I am a cynic but I am pretty sure that everyone who works does so for the money. Unless you donate your time, you are in it for the money. But I would love to hear from people who are not interested in the money.🙂

 

[type b pharmD]

Hospital rph don't get paid? Maybe I am a cynic but I am pretty sure that everyone who works does so for the money. Unless you donate your time, you are in it for the money. But I would love to hear from people who are not interested in the money.🙂

I'm in it because it's a fun, relatively easy job with stability and good social interactions. I mean, standing, sitting, compounding, doing some calculations, and entering information into a computer.. Honestly jobs could be a lot harder (perhaps retail is). You could be working in a noisy environment like a shop floor, be dealing with peoples bodily fluids, dirt, sweating, damaging your body, getting in an accident, etc. For example, i spent a semester as a construction general laborer. After doing that, pharmacy jobs all look easy. Disclaimer: I have no retail experience.

 

[lorain]

Hospital rph don't get paid? Maybe I am a cynic but I am pretty sure that everyone who works does so for the money. Unless you donate your time, you are in it for the money. But I would love to hear from people who are not interested in the money.🙂

i meant retail get paid more than hospital staff rph (in general)

 

[owlegrad]

I'm in it because it's a fun, relatively easy job with stability and good social interactions. I mean, standing, sitting, compounding, doing some calculations, and entering information into a computer.. Honestly jobs could be a lot harder (perhaps retail is). You could be working in a noisy environment like a shop floor, be dealing with peoples bodily fluids, dirt, sweating, damaging your body, getting in an accident, etc. For example, i spent a semester as a construction general laborer. After doing that, pharmacy jobs all look easy. Disclaimer: I have no retail experience.

Those are all great reasons, and it sure is nice to hear about someone who enjoys their job. I am curious if it was the money that got you interested in pharmacy in the first place? Maybe something along the lines of "I could bust my butt in construction all my life (absolutely nothing wrong with that) or I could go back to school, become a pharmacist, make good money and have time for (insert whatever). I just have a hard time believing that there are all these people out there who love pharmacy and are not interested in making six figures. On a side note, is it only in academia that wanting money is looked down on? I have never been in a situation where someone who earns a living for their family says "Yeah, but are you only going to pharmacy school for the money?" I think this idea of it being bad to go into pharmacy for money is unique to students/faculty.

 

[owlegrad]

i meant retail get paid more than hospital staff rph (in general)

Fair enough, sorry that I took your statement wrong. The way it was worded lead me to think that you were saying that hospital rph are more benevolent or something. My bad.

 

[type b pharmD]

Those are all great reasons, and it sure is nice to hear about someone who enjoys their job. I am curious if it was the money that got you interested in pharmacy in the first place? Maybe something along the lines of "I could bust my butt in construction all my life (absolutely nothing wrong with that) or I could go back to school, become a pharmacist, make good money and have time for (insert whatever). I just have a hard time believing that there are all these people out there who love pharmacy and are not interested in making six figures. On a side note, is it only in academia that wanting money is looked down on? I have never been in a situation where someone who earns a living for their family says "Yeah, but are you only going to pharmacy school for the money?" I think this idea of it being bad to go into pharmacy for money is unique to students/faculty.

Honestly the biggest thing for me is being able to work part time and still make decent money.. either after paying back my loans or maybe later when i turn 50 or something.. i would like to end up working only part time so i can pursue other interests, although who knows in several years maybe the challenge of moving up would keep me working full time. I dont care if people are going into it for the money.. I mean it's sad in general that people are so fixated on money.. but you have a right in this country to work however you want to earn however much money you want, so why nag them about it? I personally don't really need money but it's a career I really enjoy and it will be nice in the end to have that kind of flexibility.