have you read any of the problems posted here, this system has caused many jobs to be loss and for a future pharmacist as yourself arent you concerned that the job market for you will be difficult in the near future...you will be competing with pharmds that have worked for years...we are trying to protect our livelihood, maybe the whole union thing was a littlt too irrational however you must understand that by supporting this system you are basically puuting the last nail on the coffin that is your job!!
No, it seems like this system makes business run more efficiently (good) and allows what pharmacists remain to focus on things like immediate waiting fills and consults (if this is incorrect, let me know). This doesn't sound like it affects the quality of patient care either. The more scripts and phone calls you can transfer to a central (isolated) location, the better off your patients are. Hell, this system delivers too? Awesome, more likely your pt will be compliant and less likely they'll break their hip trying to get to your store. This doesn't sound like Wags simply cutting hours/pharmacists.
Besides, the need for retail pharmacists & technicians doesn't seem to have abated regardless of a) proliferation of, and economic incentives for, mail order pharmacies, b) move from universal claim forms to computerized claims, c) H1B's. To attack a company for being more efficient is self-serving and, in the long run, runs counter to the idea that people with doctorates and/or many years of pharmacy experience are adaptable.
You are adaptable, right? You do have
other marketable skills aside from "I have a PharmD/BSPharm and a pulse," right? You have good communication skills, right? It seems like the only people that are truly scared for their well being are those who answer no to these questions.
The things that will grow the field aren't going to come on the retail side (save for the growth in patients over the next decade or so necessitating the need for more fill facilities), it's things like the JC requiring prospective review in ED's that will push the profession into new areas and opening new avenues of practice.
But, of course, if all you want to do in life is stare at a screen all day, open bottles, and call for copies over the phone and get paid $55/hr for it....you had better come up with a better excuse than, "I have a PharmD and a pulse, hire me." That's not going to fly, and it shouldn't fly, either.