Would you encourage your DC to be a pharmacist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pharmacists start with a high salary, but there is little movement over time. You’re essentially capped the moment you start.

Also, retail work is the worst. As others have said, you are overworked, you’re working with high school graduates for assistants who are oftentimes not committed at a professional standard, you’re on your feet all day, and your boss is the store manager, who is typically a non-college educated person who resents that you think you’re better than them.

All of this plus robbery targets, even in nice areas.

[Anonymous]

Pharmacist here. The market in most East coast metro areas is really saturated but still decent opportunities in other locations. The key is to complete a residency or fellowship, and to seek positions in hospitals, clinics or the pharmaceutical industry where the working conditions are better (as compared to retail).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pharmacists start with a high salary, but there is little movement over time. You’re essentially capped the moment you start.

Also, retail work is the worst. As others have said, you are overworked, you’re working with high school graduates for assistants who are oftentimes not committed at a professional standard, you’re on your feet all day, and your boss is the store manager, who is typically a non-college educated person who resents that you think you’re better than them.

All of this plus robbery targets, even in nice areas.

This, pharmacists being robbed at gunpoint and being told to unlock the safe where painkillers, etc. are kept is becoming more and more common

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a pharmacist friend in sales (a PhD). Makes very good money. I think you would have to go that route to make the time and education worth it at this point.

Getting a pharmacy degree to work in pharma sales is a total waste of time. If you want to work in pharma sales, just be personable, well put together, ans attractive, and get a bachelor’s in anything you want.