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are you saying you don't have enough floaters to fill hours in your pharmacy or are you saying that you don't have enough hands in your pharmacy that can be done with techs?
Pharmacy 2020 graduate salary ?
Started by heisenberg20
are you saying you don't have enough floaters to fill hours in your pharmacy or are you saying that you don't have enough hands in your pharmacy that can be done with techs?
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I wouldn't say middle of nowhere, but I'm pretty sure the nearest Chipotle is 2 hours away. The corporate terminology is "outlier market"
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That's a good salary for 2020. If it's in the middle of nowhere then houses must be dirt cheap.
Is your pharmacy ever closed when it's supposed to be open?
It's pretty common for Minute Clinics to be closed on a random weekday because they simply have no nurse practitioner to work that day. They will put a sign "sorry closed, come back tomorrow". That's what a true shortage is.
I've never seen a pharmacy closed on random a weekday unless there is an emergency. There is always a pharmacist available to cover the shift.
Otherwise it just sounds like a typical CVS run with a skeleton crew.
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It's a skeleton crew, yes. But since it's so far from other stores in the district, it's damn near impossible to get floaters or even techs when someone calls out. At our worst, we have sat at 140 pages in production, 40+ pages in verification, and 10+ pharmacy calls. Any new grads still need a job? Like I said, we could use the help lol.
And I know my salary is less than grads from the years before me, but I'm pretty satisfied with my pay.. especially with everything going on these days. Millions of people lost their jobs this year; there's no way in hell I'm going to complain about making six figures.
Are you sure open job listings were already posted for your area because if they were, i'm almost certain they would have received many applicants already... I don't know how many times techs and floaters can call out purposely to prevent working there but that's something you should address to your supervisor
It doesn't sound like you are in actual position to make pharmacist hiring decisions.
But ya, like others said, sounds like just another high volume CVS.
Farmgurl20
Full Member
What state?
Yikes, definitely not that far. More like the closest store is an hour and a half away.
It's just not a super desirable area. But housing is dirt cheap, so maybe we'll get some applicants from 2021 grads..
Depends. Generally in a state of confusion and anxiety. Dad jokes aside, az.
Farmgurl20
Full Member
lol I am looking for job in AZ. DM me please.
That's not what i was asking... I was asking if you were sure that jobs openings were listed or not. Doesn't matter if its a desirable area, it'll attract unemployed pharmacists.
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why didn't you just DM him lol
When did you graduate?
Which prepharms are saying this? lol Who would hire a new grad in replacement of an experienced pharmacist? Unless it's cvs, wag or wally world?
DinaraI
New Member
Foreign grad over 10 ago, passed Naplex this June
crazy thing is "back in the day" in major southeast city circa 2006 this was actually quite common to have one our stores closed. I remember getting called in the AM to see if I would pick up an extra shift at a store that would otherwise be closed. Best $150 an hour I ever made.
Not sure if it's all that pervasive, but if stores are expected to be wiped out (all techs and pharmacists out for quarantine) it might be a challenge now to find tech coverage at the last min as other stores' employees go down one by one
Walmart in CA for pharmacists is very cush though. So many RPH whining about work with at least 5 hours of overlap for most stores (from the slowest to sub-50 percentile in Rx volume)
Walmart in CA for pharmacists is very cush though. So many RPH whining about work with at least 5 hours of overlap for most stores (from the slowest to sub-50 percentile in Rx volume)
WH0AG
New Member
Damn, hows that job search been going so far?
watchfulwaiting1957
Bible Scholar
I mean, I talked to a dean of a large pharm school and he told me roughly 50% of new grads were going into residency. So i guess this is a way of pushing the can down the road for these students? I think PGY1 pays between 15 and 20 an hour?
I have been searching for a while and had a few phone interviews but no job offers yet. I think it is pretty competitive out there right now for pharmDs. The next wave should be here in August I think as many pharmDs get minted in May then pass NAPLEX and MPJE by July. So hopefully I get a job before August 2021.
wow. 150 USD an hour for the entire 12 hour shift and back in 2006! That's more than I make in 2 months in 2021 money. Well done.
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Yes and 50% is BS. They lie just like used car salesmen. They are selling 200k tuition instead of used cars.
Who needs work when you have free money pouring in from the govt... I have front office personel in my business who are not willing to work for less than 20$ an hour..
watchfulwaiting1957
Bible Scholar
Honestly, and I hate to take their side, but it's probably actually smart NOT to work right now if you work a low-wage job and just collect benefits instead.
Think about it:
If you work you are possibly earning less money than you would collecting benefits
if you work you are risking covid19 infection
if you work you actually have to WORK
I don't blame them. They are smart for using the system. I am not political at all but it will be easier to get techs I think after September 2021 when the benefits end for most of these people collecting PUA/unemployment ect.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
Any luck??
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