Please I need an advice, ASAP!

[angelil_yu]

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Hello,

I'm wondering if it is okay to work for two different companies at the same time. Is there such policy that forbid employees from working at two different pharmacy stores?

This will include Walgreens + another grocery stores (ie. Albertsons, Publix, Winn-Dixie, but not major ones like CVS or Rite Aid)

THanks!

 

[Gauden44]

Hello,

I'm wondering if it is okay to work for two different companies at the same time. Is there such policy that forbid employees from working at two different pharmacy stores?

This will include Walgreens + another grocery stores (ie. Albertsons, Publix, Winn-Dixie, but not major ones like CVS or Rite Aid)

THanks!

You can do it, but don't let either of the stores ever find out, else you'll be fired immediately.

It's considered a conflict of interest. Don't do it.

 

[lazydazy]

yeah, it's a conflict of interest. a tech at my store wanted to work for an independant and CVS and my boss said no. he asked our boss and was upfront, but there is no problem if you want to work for a retail store and a hospital. several of my classmates do that to get experience in both areas.

 

[eddie269]

I think I heard it's possible to work for a relief agency. Aren't there agencies that hire you as floaters to fill in random unfilled shifts. Not sure if these are for hospital or retail pharmacies. People always tell me some pharmacists take on an extra shift a week to make a nice chunk of change every year.

 

[GatorRxGirl]

A lot of independants don't have a problem with it but I would advise against it just because of the conflict of interest. I worked at Walgreens and a hospital at the same time. The hospital didn't care because it was a completely different type of setting. My manager at Walgreens spazzed out because they felt betrayed and upset I didn't want to work for them as a pharmacist one day.

 

[VanduchiPharmD]

I have the perfect example. There was a local pharmacist who wanted to come work for me, and she works for a big chain. She asked if she could work part time for me, and if she liked it she would start pushing the big chain's patients over to my store and we would eventually need her full time. Conflict of interest right there!

Now I work for a fairly large chain, and they make us sign a conflict of interest policy stating that I do not have any financial interest in a competitor and had nothing to gain from any competitor. It basically says at the end if you are lying you will be terminated immediately.

Simple, companies need to keep the business they have and grow it, if you have someone on the inside driving that business down, that is not good for the stockholders and the boss if fired, and his boss if fired, and so forth.

Many people may say "well I am honest, I would not do that". well unfortunately there are some nasty people out there, you will see them soon 🙂....BTW, can I get my percocet Rx filled early? Thanks

 

[Kaya31]

I work at Walgreens and I just got a job at a long term care pharmacy. My boss at Walgreens had no issue, nor did my new boss, but there is no conflict of interest since they are not competitors. They both seem to understand, that as a student I just want to experience as many areas of pharmacy as possible so that when I am a pharmacist I'll have a better idea of what will make me happy.

 

[what_what_what]

Greetings I'm new here. It's wise to be honest. In addition, once a person is fired r/t this type of problem, it may be called up for recollection by your future employer. I remember some testimonies, even from (risk manager-lawyer), about people who lied about their past employment but then recalled again by the interviewer out of nowhere. It seems that they have access to your personal record.

Hello,

I'm wondering if it is okay to work for two different companies at the same time. Is there such policy that forbid employees from working at two different pharmacy stores?

This will include Walgreens + another grocery stores (ie. Albertsons, Publix, Winn-Dixie, but not major ones like CVS or Rite Aid)

THanks!

 

[DrugDealer]

Some of the chains won't even hire front-store cashiers who also cashier at another chain...which is a situation that arises more than you might first think, since these are low-paying jobs and many workers need more hours than one store can provide.

With that said, some chains do allow you to work elsewhere as a pharmacist (I'm not sure about techs). When I was an assistant manager at Rite-Aid, our part-time pharmacist also owned her own independent. Our part-time pharmacist at the CVS where I now intern recently transferred to Target up the street, but still works per diem for us.

Bottom line, in my opinion, everyone seems to have different policies, so I would defintely check it out first. And, since pharmacists are well-respected for their honesty and ethics, I think it is very unprofessional to not be open with your (potential) employers.

 

[alwaystired]

Some of the chains won't even hire front-store cashiers who also cashier at another chain...which is a situation that arises more than you might first think, since these are low-paying jobs and many workers need more hours than one store can provide.

With that said, some chains do allow you to work elsewhere as a pharmacist (I'm not sure about techs). When I was an assistant manager at Rite-Aid, our part-time pharmacist also owned her own independent. Our part-time pharmacist at the CVS where I now intern recently transferred to Target up the street, but still works per diem for us.

Bottom line, in my opinion, everyone seems to have different policies, so I would defintely check it out first. And, since pharmacists are well-respected for their honesty and ethics, I think it is very unprofessional to not be open with your (potential) employers.

I am surprised a chain would let someone that OWNED their own store work for them. If I owned a pharmacy, I would be very tempted to funnel business to my own store. If I worked for CVS and I worked for Walgreens, then I wouldn't be as tempted since I have little to gain if I did funnel them away from one evil giant to the other.

 

[DrugDealer]

I am surprised a chain would let someone that OWNED their own store work for them. If I owned a pharmacy, I would be very tempted to funnel business to my own store. If I worked for CVS and I worked for Walgreens, then I wouldn't be as tempted since I have little to gain if I did funnel them away from one evil giant to the other.

I was initially surprised by this as well. I mentioned it to one of my friends who had been in the business a little longer to see what she thought, and she said there was a similar situation at her Walgreens--one of their pharmacists also owned her own store. I think these pharmacists may have started at the chains when the pharmacist shortage was the greatest and were able to negotiate around this. I also think the chains aren't as threatened (or perceive to be threatened) by the independents as they are of other chains.

 

[penguins429]

The pharmacy which I work at is a specialty pharmacy owned by CVS ... and they won't let any of their employees work at a regular retail CVS too, just because they don't want to have to pay them the overtime. So they actually make you go to a competitor if you do want the extra hours.

 

[alwaystired]

The pharmacy which I work at is a specialty pharmacy owned by CVS ... and they won't let any of their employees work at a regular retail CVS too, just because they don't want to have to pay them the overtime. So they actually make you go to a competitor if you do want the extra hours.

In my area, CVS doesn't pay overtimes for pharmacists. Only 6 bucks extra an hour if you over like 44 hours or something like that.