Relocated to Minnesota

[nafcillin]

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I just recently relocated to Minnesota because of family and am currently unemployed. I have over 10 years of inpatient experience and I can’t find a job to save my butt.

The university of Minnesota is constantly hiring, which a red flag in this environment. I mean, I need work but I don’t want to step into a hostile work environment. Anyone have experience there who would be willing to Message me?

I’ve been rejected from every other place, despite my experience. It’s downright depressing

Also, if you know of anyone hiring an inpatient hospital Pharmacist, please let me know. Thanks!

As an aside, are hospital jobs now in danger of over saturation? I remember when my old place of employment was desperate for pharmacist and even offered sign on bonuses!

 

[awval999]

I just recently relocated to Minnesota because of family and am currently unemployed. I have over 10 years of inpatient experience and I can’t find a job to save my butt.

The university of Minnesota is constantly hiring, which a red flag in this environment. I mean, I need work but I don’t want to step into a hostile work environment. Anyone have experience there who would be willing to Message me?

I’ve been rejected from every other place, despite my experience. It’s downright depressing

Also, if you know of anyone hiring an inpatient hospital Pharmacist, please let me know. Thanks!

As an aside, are hospital jobs now in danger of over saturation? I remember when my old place of employment was desperate for pharmacist and even offered sign on bonuses!

So you're unemployed and literally there is a hospital constantly hiring and you don't want to apply because....

Have you done the following:
1. On your CV list a local MN address
2. Have active MN RPh license

 

[nafcillin]

So you're unemployed and literally there is a hospital constantly hiring and you don't want to apply because....

Have you done the following:
1. On your CV list a local MN address
2. Have active MN RPh license

Yes to both 🙂

 

[nafcillin]

So you're unemployed and literally there is a hospital constantly hiring and you don't want to apply because....

Have you done the following:
1. On your CV list a local MN address
2. Have active MN RPh license

I had a colleague commit suicide due to a hostile work environment and I saw what damage it did to her family and loved ones. I don’t want to step into dysfunction

 

[lord999]

PM me, but they all have some level of dysfunction. Fairview University is nowhere near the worst. There is not a Harborview equivalent here unlike Seattle, they are all workable.

 

[zelman]

Are you kidding me?! Every other post here is “SaTuRATiOn!!! wHy nEw SkeWl oPen?!” and the ones in between are “GET ME OUT OF RETAIL!!”

Now you come here asking if hospital pharmacy is saturated? Do the math.

 

[rxkrafted]

Clearly you are not that desperate for a job... There is a place that is constantly hiring but you don't want to work there?

 

[rph3664]

When my BFF was unemployed a few years ago, he refused to apply at a hospital in his town that always had multiple pharmacist openings; he said he'd rather work in fast food, or even have no job at all, than work there. There really are places which are that bad. 🙁 BTDTWTT.

One such place I've seen mentioned over and over here is Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

One such place I've seen mentioned over and over here is Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

I've overheard people at CVS trying to leave retail say dismissively "Nobody's hiring....except CHOP*eye roll*"

That place must be a toxic hellscape if CVSers think its a no-go zone.

 

[lane one]

I've overheard people at CVS trying to leave retail say dismissively "Nobody's hiring....except CHOP*eye roll*"

That place must be a toxic hellscape if CVSers think its a no-go zone.

Ok...THAT is bad. Anyone seen it first hand?

 

[bacillus1]

I've overheard people at CVS trying to leave retail say dismissively "Nobody's hiring....except CHOP*eye roll*"

That place must be a toxic hellscape if CVSers think its a no-go zone.

I know a person who worked there, and sounds like it is.
The other day my friend who lives in Philly said "saturation, what saturation? I have no problem finding jobs".

Ok...THAT is bad. Anyone seen it first hand?

Just second-hand. Know someone that worked there. She hated it. They made her pull doubles in the IV room. If someone has no job though, seems tolerable for a year or so.

In other news, I had a friend in Philly tell me "Saturation, what saturation? I've never had trouble finding jobs". Seriously? I've been trying for 5 years, and still nothing. I'm not going to CHOP though.

 

[Saiyo]

There is not a Harborview equivalent here unlike Seattle, they are all workable.

Wow...does this place have that horrible of a rep?

 

[WVUPharm2007]

In other news, I had a friend in Philly tell me "Saturation, what saturation? I've never had trouble finding jobs". Seriously? I've been trying for 5 years, and still nothing. I'm not going to CHOP though.

I know for a fact that Rite Aid is hiring in Philadelphia. I've heard from both a graduating CVS intern that didn't get an offer and from a recently fired CVS pharmacist that they were given offers.

 

[BenJammin]

Beggars can't be choosers

 

[samven582]

I just recently relocated to Minnesota because of family and am currently unemployed. I have over 10 years of inpatient experience and I can’t find a job to save my butt.

The university of Minnesota is constantly hiring, which a red flag in this environment. I mean, I need work but I don’t want to step into a hostile work environment. Anyone have experience there who would be willing to Message me?

I’ve been rejected from every other place, despite my experience. It’s downright depressing

Also, if you know of anyone hiring an inpatient hospital Pharmacist, please let me know. Thanks!

As an aside, are hospital jobs now in danger of over saturation? I remember when my old place of employment was desperate for pharmacist and even offered sign on bonuses!

I rather be jobless then work in a hostile environment

 

[bacillus1]

I know for a fact that Rite Aid is hiring in Philadelphia. I've heard from both a graduating CVS intern that didn't get an offer and from a recently fired CVS pharmacist that they were given offers.

Only want clinical positions, or maybe an MSL for a medium to large company. Thanks, though. I applied to the internal med posting at Presby and didn't get a callback. Now applied to Lankenau, as they're having a mass hire. Philly VA has had a vacancy since June 2017 that I want to apply for, but HR still hasn't posted it...typical VA.

 

[Sparda29]

Isn't Mayo Clinic in Minnesota?

 

[JustFillIt]

So - these days it’s not about who is hiring and where you are applying.... This has barely anything to do with your chances of finding a job.

How you find a job is - who do you know that can help you get in? Pharmacy now takes business acumen and a very good support network to gain employment and keep employment..

With that being said - who do you know that can help? You have had 10 years to network. Don’t forget you have to do favors to get favors.... I have helped people network and gain employment, then I keep those folks on the back burner for if I ever need help. Use your network - reach out to people on your Facebook.. Talk to people from your graduating class.

Every day is an opportunity to meet someone, make an impression, and garner support. If you have kept your head down and ignored people for the past 10 years you are in no better shape than you were the day you graduated

 

[lord999]

Wow...does this place have that horrible of a rep?

Yep, Harborview was almost closed multiple times. It's one of the shadiest operations as a hospital that fleeces the taxpayers of four states due to CoN difficulties.

Isn't Mayo Clinic in Minnesota?

Yes, and they're not as good as their reputation suggests. They just market very well and allow for certain things to slide. In exchange, their pay is crap and their workloads are fairly hard.

 

[bacillus1]

Yep, Harborview was almost closed multiple times. It's one of the shadiest operations as a hospital that fleeces the taxpayers of four states due to CoN difficulties.



Yes, and they're not as good as their reputation suggests. They just market very well and allow for certain things to slide. In exchange, their pay is crap and their workloads are fairly hard.

Oh, Hopkins runs the same way. Sucks how "big name" hospitals treat their employees like dirt.

 

[rph3664]

Isn't Mayo Clinic in Minnesota?

This poster appears to be in the Twin Cities; Mayo Clinic is in Rochester. Google Maps says it's about 80 miles, which is an awfully long commute unless you're desperate. My dad has gone to Mayo for an ongoing issue which has since resolved, and my parents had nothing but good things to say about that place. I realize that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good place to work as a pharmacist.

I forgot to mention that my BFF's former joblessness was the result of being fired from a toxic situation of its own (he loved his job but the boss was another story) and he has 3 kids, 2 of them now in college. You have to take care of yourself so you can take care of your kids.

My last pharmacy job, which was rapidly on its way to killing me, was at a small rural hospital (too big for critical access) and morale was sincerely very high there. I mean, how often do you walk into a HOSPITAL and everyone's smiling? And I liked my co-workers.......but it was a big sign that pharmacy was no longer the career for me. One of the fix-it guys at the rental association where I lived said that a few years earlier, he'd had a 90K job, and after his 3rd heart attack, his doctors said, "You will not be returning to that job." He replied, "But how am I supposed to take care of my family?" They said, "You can't do that if you're dead." Good point; in the end, he moved his family to this small town, and the pay at this new job was low enough that his wife had to go back to work, something she was planning to do anyway, and he said his health was restored and he and his family were much happier.

 

[spacecowgirl]

Mayo pretty much requires pgy1 for staff pgy 2 for anything else. And it's not in Minneapolis.

 

[genesis09]

If you are in the Twin cities, do you have a Wisconsin license? That can open up doors.

 

[Modest_anteater]

I've overheard people at CVS trying to leave retail say dismissively "Nobody's hiring....except CHOP*eye roll*"

That place must be a toxic hellscape if CVSers think its a no-go zone.

There is a reason even people in Northern NJ are saying "Don't get CHOPed"

 

[rph3664]

So, if CHOP's reputation is so bad, how do they get people to work there? Do they hire foreign pharmacists? I'm curious.

 

[beautifulrobot]

So, if CHOP's reputation is so bad, how do they get people to work there? Do they hire foreign pharmacists? I'm curious.

I don't actually know, but my guess is they either use contractors or hire uninformed applicants and just have high turnover. Not everyone does their research.

 

[bacillus1]

I don't actually know, but my guess is they either use contractors or hire uninformed applicants and just have high turnover. Not everyone does their research.

Philly area is very saturated, so it's often a case of work for CHOP, be unemployed or move. So...if people don't want to move, they work for CHOP for a year until they find something better. I ended up choosing to move across the country over applying to CHOP (though that was quite a toxic work environment as well, but at least it was a clinical position).

 

[Sparda29]

I've overheard people at CVS trying to leave retail say dismissively "Nobody's hiring....except CHOP*eye roll*"

That place must be a toxic hellscape if CVSers think its a no-go zone.

I didn't like working at the pediatrics hospital here in Long Island. (There is only one of them.)
What I noticed that I didn't like, pharmacists don't really have professional discretion in this setting, you have to do things the way they tell you to do them. Every thing requires verification by two pharmacists (annoying as ****). Management was very very strict. I got written up for sleeping during my 1 hour break. (apparently it's not a good aesthetic look if employees are sleeping on the couches in the lobby area).

 

[nafcillin]

My last hospital was awesome and people and management were so nice. Like I said, friend committed suicide and a lot had to do with her work.

I have an accounting background so I’ll fall back on that if there is nothing in next 6 mo.

 

[rxkrafted]

Work alone doesn't push you to do that unless you already had existing problems or are dealing with other things at the same time. You can always quit if you don't like working there since being unemployed isn't bother you as much since you can wait up to 6 months. If you have that accounting background as a backup plan, might as well go for that.

 

[rph3664]

Work alone doesn't push you to do that unless you already had existing problems or are dealing with other things at the same time. You can always quit if you don't like working there since being unemployed isn't bother you as much since you can wait up to 6 months. If you have that accounting background as a backup plan, might as well go for that.

It may have been the thing that shoved her over the edge. 🙁

 

[rph3664]

Yep, Harborview was almost closed multiple times. It's one of the shadiest operations as a hospital that fleeces the taxpayers of four states due to CoN difficulties.

What is CoN?

 

[BidingMyTime]

It's always easier to get a job if you are employed, then to if you are unemployed. So OP, I recommend taking the job, being currently employed will only help as you search for a better job.

 

[lord999]

What is CoN?

Certificate of Need.