Listen - I don’t know where you reside , but if you live in south Florida , shift are always available to pick up . What am I trying to tell you ? Just float dude . I’m going on 8 years with a retail chain and though I’ve had 1 or 2 stable stores where I get several of my hours each pay period , I have floated all along . I’ve almost been forced into permanent stores as staff over the years and never accepted it- always fought against it and explained I wanted to float . Staff is not worth it . Manager is not worth it . If you live in a district where other pharmacists are constantly advertising shifts , the ball is in your court . I’m almost 35. Since I was nearly 27, I’ve had the flexibility of taking time off when I want to without being a slave like a staff pharmacist who gets denied for PTO. I get approved and that’s that . What have I done ? Before the pandemic , I literally traveled the world and enjoyed it while still making at least $105,000 a year (not $120k because I’d take too much time off ). I visited foreign , beautiful lands that most people in America only dream of visiting . I’ve been to every continent except for Antártica . I’ve been to France, Spain, Hungary , Ukraine , Russia , Greece, Italy , the U.K., Turkey , Switzerland , Liechtenstein in Europe . I’ve been to the Middle East - Israel , the UAE (home to Dubai ), Egypt , also Asia (Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan, the South Pacific (Australia and New Zealand ), South America (Peru, Colombia , Argentina , Brazil ), etc. and many places two or even three times . That’s just an idea . How ? Thanks to floating ! As long as you get your hours, live below your means , you’re good . I’ve lived it up and enjoyed my life to the Max . Today, travel is over for a long while even with the availability of a vaccine . Smile . Float if you can . Make your money . Live below your means . Be a hypocrite during any supervisor visits . They don’t matter . Just do your job when you go to different pharmacies , solve the problems that day , and go home . Then, every 3 or 4 months , take off like I did . Go visit Portugal or go to a remote island . Pharmacy has been good to me !! I am now about to turn 35 and my days of travel all over are over and I’m engaged to a beautiful Brazilian girl of 22. I enjoyed my life and pharmacy allowed it thanks to the high pay . Don’t be a slave . Enjoy your 20s and 30s like I have : FLOAT! The pharmacists on this site , perhaps a majority , are loyal sheep to companies that don’t care about them . They’ve gotten married too young , took out a mortgage too young , and established roots . They find themselves stuck and being subservient to retail chain managers . Do it different . Some of them are also workaholics and saving every nickel and dime for retirement for a day that may or may not come . Save for retirement too , but enjoy yourself . Tomorrow is not promised. When you float , will you get stressed ? YES. Some stores are terrible , but you’re there temporarily . I can’t tell you how many times the shift was terrible and I had already booked my flight to either Lima, Cairo , or Christchurch , New Zealand. Enjoy your life , minimize stress by floating .
