Not really all that angry anymore…
Retail pharmacy has claimed another victim....me...
That's right ladies and gentleman, The*Angriest*Pharmacist has jumped shipped in search of greener pastures, and I found them. I got a "desk job." I'm still in pharmacy, of course, and I'm actually using MORE of my knowledge now than I *EVER* did in retail-land.
The days are still long. I still have to deal with stupidity -- just not the stupidity of the masses. I only deal with healthcare practitioners now. For the most part, I'm treated with respect all-day every-day. My supervisors are pharmacists and not full of shit. While they focus on numbers (and are pushed by upper management to focus on numbers), I know they wouldn't do anything illegal, immoral, or even amoral to reach those goals. In the retail world, many a district manager would sell his own mother to a Dothraki hoard to hit his numbers. That's the biggest factor that drove me from retail. Misplaced focus.
Oh..and I have a set schedule -- set shift. I can tell you right now what I work in December. You have no idea how nice that is. I can plan trips/events easily. I can trade and swap to squeeze the most out of my PTO. Hard to do that in a small pharmacy with only 1 or 2 other pharmacists.
Neener neener neener...
Let the insults and admonitions begin. I can take it.
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Sounds almost exactly like the switch I made approx 3 months ago… best decision I ever made. Retail is a sinking ship, happy I jumped it before it goes under. Conditions were bad and only getting worse. There ARE good pharmacy jobs out there… just not in retail.
Good for you and congratulations! Now if your luck will rub off on me and allow my local job market to open up to something like that, it’d be awesome. Will be interested to hear about the stupidity of other healthcare professionals…
I left retail 2.5 years ago and am still not looking back! I too have a “desk job” now, with a set schedule and shift. Welcome to Paradise!
Alright! The best thing I have ever done was leave retail. It sucked. And not just a little.
Good luck in your new gig.
OMG!
Do you want me to die dumb or something? Who’s gona keep me current in all the shenagans in the pharmacy world?!!
congrats TAPest! glad to hear you are out of there!