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Cesar
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Are you happy and content working as a pharmacist?
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Phil Bergan
Pharmacist
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Phil’s Answer
Honestly the answer to this question is determined by your mindset, your employer and your co-workers. Your co-workers make you or break you.
Most pharmacy jobs tend to be quite busy and getting worse due to reimbursement pressures from insurers. In other words we do more with less seemingly every year.
I don’t want to dissuade you from the profession but with so many pharmacy schools and pharmacy locations closing or reducing hours I am concerned in the future there will be more pharmacists than jobs available. Looks into federal government projections for the most recent projections.
Also an example that I saw in a Pharmacist chat the other day was eye opening. A new grad in Albany, NY (I assume a higher cost of living area) was offered by a retail chain $60 an hour and only 35 hours a week or $109 K a year and I do not think that is a first year rate and raises in pharmacy tend to be less than inflation.
Good money yes, but for the time, effort and cash you put into pharmacy school with little chance of advancement compared to other jobs you may want to check into other professions that sound enticing as well. You may find one that starts about the same or less but has better opportunities to advance and make more over the long term. Just remember while money is nice it will not make you happy so chose carefully. Good luck!
Most pharmacy jobs tend to be quite busy and getting worse due to reimbursement pressures from insurers. In other words we do more with less seemingly every year.
I don’t want to dissuade you from the profession but with so many pharmacy schools and pharmacy locations closing or reducing hours I am concerned in the future there will be more pharmacists than jobs available. Looks into federal government projections for the most recent projections.
Also an example that I saw in a Pharmacist chat the other day was eye opening. A new grad in Albany, NY (I assume a higher cost of living area) was offered by a retail chain $60 an hour and only 35 hours a week or $109 K a year and I do not think that is a first year rate and raises in pharmacy tend to be less than inflation.
Good money yes, but for the time, effort and cash you put into pharmacy school with little chance of advancement compared to other jobs you may want to check into other professions that sound enticing as well. You may find one that starts about the same or less but has better opportunities to advance and make more over the long term. Just remember while money is nice it will not make you happy so chose carefully. Good luck!
Thanks for the advice.
Cesar
abbas Ismael
Pharmaceutical formula
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Khartoum, Sudan
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abbas’s Answer
Ya l love ❤️ 😍 pharmacy very much because there are alotof type of work eny pharmacist cane find work enjoyable for himself and career and also financially comfortable to going on his life
Thank you!
Cesar
Tamara Potter
Pharmacist
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Midway, Utah
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Tamara’s Answer
I love my job as a pharmacist. There are so many different things you can do as a pharmacist that the trick is to find your niche. Most people have no idea of the variety of different types of jobs pharmacists do. Most people only think about working behind the counter in a retail pharmacy. Here are some other examples of places pharmacists work: pharmaceutical companies, hospitals or clinics, health insurance companies or government in agencies like the DEA or FDA. If you try one area of pharmacy and it doesn't suit you, there is probably a different one that will.
Tamara, thank you!
Cesar