So in Germany....

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...it's the law that pharmacists must own their own shop. Absolutely no international chains...ever. Must be nice. I guess if all else fails and our profession goes to hell, I could always pack up and move to Germany. I'd imagine a pharmacy with an American trained pharmacist would be an attractive business in Berlin...

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...it's the law that pharmacists must own their own shop. Absolutely no international chains...ever. Must be nice. I guess if all else fails and our profession goes to hell, I could always pack up and move to Germany. I'd imagine a pharmacy with an American trained pharmacist would be an attractive business in Berlin...

I would learn a new language and move to Germany before I lived in North Dakota.
 
I would learn a new language and move to Germany before I lived in North Dakota.

Yep, ain't much to see or do in North Dakota. I wouldn't mind learning German, in fact I woulda taken the class in undergrad if LIU offered it but all they had was French and Spanish. Already know a bit of spanish, and I have no interest in learning French.
 
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German is a pretty easy language to learn too. Really similar to English.
 
...it's the law that pharmacists must own their own shop. Absolutely no international chains...ever. Must be nice. I guess if all else fails and our profession goes to hell, I could always pack up and move to Germany. I'd imagine a pharmacy with an American trained pharmacist would be an attractive business in Berlin...

No way, man. I hear it is getting WAYYYY oversaturated in Berlin. You can't even get a store with a drive-thru that offers a nice view in the neighborhood you want to live in anymore. Such bull****.
 
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I worked in Berlin with a German degree. In Germany, the salaries of employed pharmacists are very low - in Berlin you will make 1800 euros after tax each month. Be careful what you wish for. Even the independent pharmacists make hardly 100 000 euros before tax each year in Germany. In europe the payment for academics is generally worse than in North America. In France and Germany the lifetime earnings of scientific degrees is not higher than the lifetime earnings of craftsmen - a result of the last 15 years. Furthermore, your American licenses won`t be accepted in France or Germany, but we have the same problem in your country. If money is topic for you, you can get a job in Berlin with the right license (studying is free here, there are no unemployed pharmacists in Germany because of the low salary).
 
...it's the law that pharmacists must own their own shop. Absolutely no international chains...ever. Must be nice. I guess if all else fails and our profession goes to hell, I could always pack up and move to Germany. I'd imagine a pharmacy with an American trained pharmacist would be an attractive business in Berlin...

My Moms side is German. I have relatives who still live in Germany. I wonder if they would let me move in?
 
There are plenty of great things to see and do in ND! We just don't tell anyone because we want to keep it all to ourselves. If I told you about all of the wonderful attractions I'd lose my ND license, so there you have it. 🙄
 
Here's a pharmacy in Tokyo...want to work in Japan?

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Du Hast! Hmm. I really gotta start listening to more Rammstein.

Use the Berlitz guides, where you'll learn such useful phrases as "Der Fisch springt aus dem Wasser" and "Der Mann mit dem Stock." Jumping fish and stick-carrying men are popular topics in Germany.


No way, man. I hear it is getting WAYYYY oversaturated in Berlin. You can't even get a store with a drive-thru that offers a nice view in the neighborhood you want to live in anymore. Such bull****.

Don't get me started on the Teutonic robots that bark stilted German at you while making your job obsolete.
 
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It's so beautiful and clean out there. I love Germany! 😍

I miss it a lot! I plan on going back over there on my Christmas break to visit some friends- Uli and Sandra. 🙂
 
Not to mention the Nurburgring and the Autobahn.

You know how they control speeding in Germany. If you are going over 85 mph and have an accident, your insurance pays ZERO.
 
Not to burst your bubble... but not only are the concerns raised here already are major - like your degree being worthless in Germany as their pharmacy education is very different, therefore licensure being problematic, and salaries not being that high - I calculated specifically, in Munich and in Nebraska, the net take home pay ends up being about the same. And Munich is a lot more expensive to live in than Nebraska. That information is a few years old now, though.

Moving on from here, the number of pharmacy permits being given out is very tightly controlled in almost every municipality. It's not like you want to open a pharmacy, and as long as you satisfy the requirements, you will get a permit, which is pretty much the case in US. There, the board has to believe there is a legitimate need, and there is a restriction on how far pharmacies have to be from one another, too, in most jurisdictions.

And on the final and much more sour note, the rule that every pharmacy has to be owned by a pharmacist, and no pharmacist may own more than eight pharmacies, that essentially disallowed chains, can be struck down at any time now. German pharmacists AND German regulatory body are fighting tooth and nail, but the European Union is pushing back and saying that law is against the European law, and is anti-competitive. So we will see... the pharmacy owners I know even three years ago didn't believe it will last for 10 years... so we will see.

But Germany is a very nice country, true. I prefer Austria, though. But there demand for pharmacists is pretty much non-existent, and for foreign ones it's even worse. 😀
 
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While I was in the military, I was stationed in Germany. It's really nice out there, but during the three years I was there off post in the city, there was a water shortage, so they were limited to the amount of baths they could take, no joking either.
 
...it's the law that pharmacists must own their own shop. Absolutely no international chains...ever. Must be nice. I guess if all else fails and our profession goes to hell, I could always pack up and move to Germany. I'd imagine a pharmacy with an American trained pharmacist would be an attractive business in Berlin...

In Ontario (Canada) pharmacies may only be owned and operated by a licensed pharmacist, however that does not preclude chains.... they just license incredibly lucrative franchises to a few lucky pharmacists.
 
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