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It seems like it's been a while since I have seen anything on these forums about Walgreens POWER. I have a few specific questions about it and if anyone lives in the states where POWER is live I would appreciate any information.
First of all, I heard that when POWER went live in Florida, 200 pharmacists were laid off. Does anyone know if this is true? Also, what was the magnitude of the lay off in Arizona? Did POWER cover all of Florida and Arizona? Or just major cities? Also did POWER ever end up coming to Texas like it was said to?
Interestingly I looked on Walgreens career website and it looked like they might be hiring pharmacists throughout Arizona and Florida. This surprises me since I woulld have thought these would be 2 very saturated states and the number of pharmacists needed would be much less due to POWER. Does anyone have any insight on this?
Another question is does anyone know their plans as far as expansion to other states? Are they eventually planning to roll this out everywhere? I heard that they are starting POWER very soon in Las Vegas..
I was hoping POWER would be unsuccessful but unfortunately since they are now planning to expand it to Las Vegas (and maybe other states as well) obviously it must be good for the profit aspect of the company but horrible for pharmacists. If this happens and becomes widespread then it looks like all of my professor's predictions about the number of community pharmacists needed in the future being drastically reduced might come true.
First of all, I heard that when POWER went live in Florida, 200 pharmacists were laid off. Does anyone know if this is true? Also, what was the magnitude of the lay off in Arizona? Did POWER cover all of Florida and Arizona? Or just major cities? Also did POWER ever end up coming to Texas like it was said to?
Interestingly I looked on Walgreens career website and it looked like they might be hiring pharmacists throughout Arizona and Florida. This surprises me since I woulld have thought these would be 2 very saturated states and the number of pharmacists needed would be much less due to POWER. Does anyone have any insight on this?
Another question is does anyone know their plans as far as expansion to other states? Are they eventually planning to roll this out everywhere? I heard that they are starting POWER very soon in Las Vegas..
I was hoping POWER would be unsuccessful but unfortunately since they are now planning to expand it to Las Vegas (and maybe other states as well) obviously it must be good for the profit aspect of the company but horrible for pharmacists. If this happens and becomes widespread then it looks like all of my professor's predictions about the number of community pharmacists needed in the future being drastically reduced might come true.