Walmart Pharmacy VS Target Pharmacy???

[rph09]

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Please share your experience / opinion on which pharmacy(walmart or Target) is better for a working pharmacist. If you get an offer from both at the same time which one do you choose?And why? tech provided, benifit and hours ?? Any input is appreciated.

 

[pharm B]

Wal-mart recently instituted policies that place a great number of responsibilities on the pharmacist alone. For example, if a tech does a re-bill (after getting an insurance card from the pt, etc), the tech cannot, by policy, put the new leaflet in the bag. Pharmacists are pulled in multiple directions more often now than they were about a year ago.

Doesn't Target have a decent loan re-payment program? I thought I saw a thread on here that mentioned that recently.

 

[pharmwannebe2]

Wal-mart recently instituted policies that place a great number of responsibilities on the pharmacist alone. For example, if a tech does a re-bill (after getting an insurance card from the pt, etc), the tech cannot, by policy, put the new leaflet in the bag. Pharmacists are pulled in multiple directions more often now than they were about a year ago.

Doesn't Target have a decent loan re-payment program? I thought I saw a thread on here that mentioned that recently.

agreed. i don't know much about Target but at walmart they have a lot of procedures that pull a pharmacist in many different directions. Like mandatory counseling even if pt doesn't ask for it on all new medications.

 

[rph09]

Seems like Target is better rite??

 

[DASicari]

If I wanted to do retail, Target would be one of my top choices.

 

[gmuskie]

One of our pharmacists used to work for Wal-Mart and he always felt like they weren't being honest with him. Trying to get benefit info or any idea of responsibilities were never consistent.

 

[Auriel619]

There was another thread on SDN where everyone had a good laugh over some lady who complained that Target Pharmacies closed for an 1 hour lunch every day and just hung a sign outside the door saying they will be back in an hour.

That sounds like a great reason right there.

 

[AC1997]

No doubt: target > walmart. I hear it is not easy to get a position at target.

 

[uicgrad]

Definitely Target over Walmart. In a heartbeat. I don't know if Target is still using PDX or not but it is harder to learn and definitely much less efficient a system than the Walmart computer system. That being said the overall working conditions make Target over Walmart a no-brainer. (I've worked for both.)

 

[deleted319231]

can anyone comment on target's loan repayment program? I was recently offered a floating position for target but I didn't respond.

 

[Style]

can anyone comment on target's loan repayment program? I was recently offered a floating position for target but I didn't respond.

Target tuition assistance was mentioned here:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=753229

May this be helpful?

A friend of mine took a Target full time float position. I'm sure the pace of work was fine, but he ended up finding a different job as they had him travel some long distances which he wasn't too happy about. As you know Targets aren't at every street corner so the stores are fewer and farther apart.

Another friend of mine worked relief for Target and was fine with it.

 

[rph3664]

Go with Target - definitely.

 

[rph09]

Thank you all, for your replies . Seems like all voted for "TARGET".

 

[J ROD]

Target is one of the better retails....Walmart is the devil....😡

 

[fiorio]

i would go with Target
walmart is more profit driven

 

[phathead]

Walmart tech's are some of the dopiest tech's I've ever come across with. We used to have to talk to most of them as if they had down syndrome to get a correct response.

 

[DAW2]

even if you have to drive further for target...have you seen when they open and close? wish i accepted their offer many moons ago...

 

[meister]

Target is a billion times better but it probably won't be long until the other shoe falls on that.

 

[rph09]

😕😕😕😱😱😱

Target is a billion times better but it probably won't be long until the other shoe falls on that.

 

[eddie269]

Target grad intern here. Hate the system (PDX) for the mere fact that doing 200 scripts feels like 800. So much tearing, sticking, bagging, labeling, capping, rubber-banding, etc.

But the good news...200 scripts is way more than most Target stores do per day. 😉