You know guys, forget about the word "slavery", it might be an exaggerated term, I agree. When I quit I was 100% sure they will find a replacement the next day. A dormant, a foreigner on a working visa, a kid with 150k+ debt, a mom or a dad who needs to pay tons of bills and feed his/her kids or someone else who will accept these conditions without complaining. ANd, do not think I am demeaning these people, I believe most of them believe they do not have a choice but to accept these conditions. ANd I have the utmost respect for them because they are hard working people. Unfortunately, in a harmful way to the bigger picture.
The point is when the norm becomes working 12-14 hours non-stop with no break, then there's something wrong
when you need to go to the bathroom but you hold because the pharmacy is extremely busy and these few minutes will cause a backup, then there's something wrong.
I believe most of us are hard workers, all of us studied hard and went through a lot of education that required tons of dedication and discipline.
Working hard does not mean to push yourself to the maximum on a daily basis (without a fair return in salary, recognition, or career growth) because they understaff your team every single day. Working hard doesn't mean that I work like a robot. How long can you physically and mentally take that, a year, two, maybe 10? And then, they will fire you for any reason and replace you with a newbie to save a few thousands of dollars on your annual salary. These saving are the cost of one dinner at capital grill for the big corp guys with lobbyists and politicians.
As a pharmacist I should work hard, but not like a donkey. I am not saying that I need time to check my phone, play games, or watch a show. I want to do what I should be doing as a pharmacist. Improving the health of the community I am working in. Educating my patients about their drugs and healthy habits. We could be a huge asset in helping this healthcare from failing.
With the current working conditions, you are just stuck in front of the computer, verifying tons of prescriptions, not even half-assing patient counseling, and for sure, trying to avoid DURs or MTM like they never exist. How many of you just got used to override the DURs because the pt has been on the medication for awhile, how many of you have the time to ask the patient if the drug is actually working after checking their whole profile.
I felt I was not a human, I was just a robot with a license, which they need to keep a pharmacy open, ANd when the day come to rid these regulations, most of us gonna end up jobless. Because after many years of doing this job, you do not develop any skill that you could transfer to another career.
Sorry about the typos.
