We must never acquiesce, for it is together... together that we prevail!!
Mussolini, or Dwight... can't tell
We must never acquiesce, for it is together... together that we prevail!!
Between that and basic economic laws, I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner.
My first job in 1998 I made less than half of what is being quoted (i.e. 23/hour), pharmacists' salaries are still pretty darn good (at the moment). Even at "only" 48/hour, that has still outpaced inflation by a great deal over the last 15 years.
They are not going to cut the salary of already employed pharmacists. That is dumb, and they know it. If salary gets restructured, its the new hires who would be starting at a much lower rate.
hahaha... just keep telling yourself that. I personally don't think it will be an outright pay cut, but you won't get a raise, but you never know, have you seen the number of new schools that opened up. My prediction will be that raises will come slow and once a decent crop of new hires at lower pay are stable. Who do you think they are going to start cutting...exactly... A two-tierd pay stucture only works for unions like in the auto industry because the higher paid workers can't be cut, most pharmacist are not union, and even if they were, the unions will cave in.
I'm going to work hard to differentiate myself.
I'm going to work hard to differentiate myself.
Great buzzworthy quote. How exactly do you plan to "differentiate" yourself?
I am going to work hard.
Darn it, that was my planyou and everybody else
Darn it, that was my plan
you and everybody else
Dang, you took my backup idea!I will also get involved because networking is my secret wepon.
IMO, its all relative. I am semi active in a handful of organizations, work retail, volunteer hospital, likely get rho chi, started attending weekly ID meetings at a different hospital, and I'm doing PharmD/MBA. While I think I'm doing more than 90% of my classmates in terms of professional development, I still worry as come residency time I'll be competing nationally where my "hard work" might be lazy compared to other people. Here's hoping for a little luck for us allNot sure I agree. Lots of lazy people. I don't mean that I think hard work is some kind of magic cure-all for landing a job (especially because anyone can claim to work hard in an interview), but let's face it - many people just do not put in the work or only do the bare minimum.
Great buzzworthy quote. How exactly do you plan to "differentiate" yourself?
hahaha... just keep telling yourself that. I personally don't think it will be an outright pay cut, but you won't get a raise, but you never know, have you seen the number of new schools that opened up. My prediction will be that raises will come slow and once a decent crop of new hires at lower pay are stable. Who do you think they are going to start cutting...exactly... A two-tierd pay stucture only works for unions like in the auto industry because the higher paid workers can't be cut, most pharmacist are not union, and even if they were, the unions will cave in.
Great buzzworthy quote. How exactly do you plan to "differentiate" yourself?
Has nothing to do w working hard. Has to do w how many metrics you can meet. Autofill, f4, wait time, reciept survey, blah blah blah. How many people you saved frrom an allergy? Drug interaction? Irrelevant...
Dang, you took my backup idea!
IMO, its all relative. I am semi active in a handful of organizations, work retail, volunteer hospital, likely get rho chi, started attending weekly ID meetings at a different hospital, and I'm doing PharmD/MBA. While I think I'm doing more than 90% of my classmates in terms of professional development, I still worry as come residency time I'll be competing nationally where my "hard work" might be lazy compared to other people. Here's hoping for a little luck for us all
Residency directors care. I've asked several what they look for in a CV when inviting someone for an interview. I can handle the rest once I'm in an interview.To be honest, those things you describe are things you differentiate yourself in school, but have no implication in the work world. Rho Chi, active in orgs, weekingly ID meetings, nobody cares.
Before returning to school and switching careers, I had worked my way through three promotions in a fortune 500 company to oversee ~ 3000 accounts and 20 contractors - it was interesting during management meetings being the youngest by 15+ years of anyone in the room. I have real world experience, just not as a manager in pharmacy.PharmD/MBA, so many people have one now, it's getting old, and everyone snickers at it and just calls it a mini-MBA, cause it probably only took you 1 year to do it with no real life work experience. Compared to a regular MBA where you are usually accepted after working 3-5 years in your field and you go there to network with other people who worked for many years, etc.
Great buzzworthy quote. How exactly do you plan to "differentiate" yourself?
I am going to work hard.
Experienced pharmacists bring value to a company and are worth the extra few dollars. They do not need training, loyal, knows the "in and outs", stable, and makes less mistakes. They also are good mentors.
Really? How does an experienced Pharmacist bring value? Take a prescription factory like CVS. It makes no difference if you are a new grad or a Pharmacist for 20 years. All they care about is pushing prescriptions out the door as fast as possible. I would argue in a set up like this an experienced Pharmacist is a liability.
Make fewer mistakes? Not necessarily.
Residency directors care. I've asked several what they look for in a CV when inviting someone for an interview. I can handle the rest once I'm in an interview.
Before returning to school and switching careers, I had worked my way through three promotions in a fortune 500 company to oversee ~ 3000 accounts and 20 contractors - it was interesting during management meetings being the youngest by 15+ years of anyone in the room. I have real world experience, just not as a manager in pharmacy.
I agree that what I'm doing now, sans the MBA, will not translate into a job. But my goal is not a job at this point. My goal is to land a residency.
To be honest, those things you describe are things you differentiate yourself in school, but have no implication in the work world. Rho Chi, active in orgs, weekingly ID meetings, nobody cares. PharmD/MBA, so many people have one now, it's getting old, and everyone snickers at it and just calls it a mini-MBA, cause it probably only took you 1 year to do it with no real life work experience. Compared to a regular MBA where you are usually accepted after working 3-5 years in your field and you go there to network with other people who worked for many years, etc. They are only going to care about performance and how you are irreplaceable, if they can replace you with someone with less pay, good bye.
Really? How does an experienced Pharmacist bring value? Take a prescription factory like CVS. It makes no difference if you are a new grad or a Pharmacist for 20 years. All they care about is pushing prescriptions out the door as fast as possible. I would argue in a set up like this an experienced Pharmacist is a liability.
Make fewer mistakes? Not necessarily.
Really? How does an experienced Pharmacist bring value? Take a prescription factory like CVS. It makes no difference if you are a new grad or a Pharmacist for 20 years. All they care about is pushing prescriptions out the door as fast as possible. I would argue in a set up like this an experienced Pharmacist is a liability.
Make fewer mistakes? Not necessarily.
the only experience in retail that counts is experience managing a BUSY store
companies always have districts where they want to put in a strong manager, but cant find the right candidate for it