2006-12-27 01:02:31 · 7 answers · asked by Allergic To Eggs 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
It depends if you work at a busy store. If you are at a busy store it can be extremely stressfull. If you work at a slow store it's not as stressfull. You have to keep in mind that you are dealing with peoples lives working in a pharmacy. You have to want to do it and not just for the money. Yes pharmacist make really good money, but if you don't have a passion for medicine and wanting to help people then you will get burnt out on it and not like it anymore. So if you're in it just for the money, I'd advise you to go another way. I used to work at Kroger Pharmacy and it was a slower store so it was a good store for me to start out at but now I work at Walgreens and its a much busier store so its more stressfull. But you just basically need to learn how to deal with stress and not get overwhelmed. People that are sick or in pain do NOT what-so-ever want to wait for their script to get filled. They want it right then when they get to the store but they can't get it like that. You will either love or hate it. I personally love it or I would not be doing it. You should start out at a slower store as a Tech and see if thats what you want to do. That way you don't spend the 6 to 8 years in school to become a pharmacist and end up not wanting to do that. During grad school you will do ratations and stuff at different stores/hospitals so you'll also get the training that way. I hope this answers you question. But if you're also asking about sales reps, I don't know that much about them. You could try to go to your doctor and ask them about the sales reps they get.
2006-12-27 03:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by AnGiE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother-in-law is a registered pharmacist. He makes A LOT of money but at first, for the first few years, it was very stressful for him working at Walgreen's where he had way too many prescriptions to fill and not enough help. He now works for a private company 4 days a week and earning the "big bucks." There are many types of pharmacy you and do. I think it is an excellent career but as in many health fields, you must be willing to work nights, holidays and weekends from time to time.
2006-12-27 02:17:57 · answer #2 · answered by nowhere 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in a hospital as a nurse and can tell you what I see about our pharmacy. I know the pharmacists there are always kept extremely busy, always working short handed. At work we can never get a pharmacist on the phone when we need them cause they're just so busy. It seems stressful because the amount of work they need to do throughout the day.
2006-12-27 01:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With pharmacy, it really depends. If you are at an appropriately staffed store with a reasonable number of prescriptions, it's not that bad. However, there is a shortage, and many stores and hospitals are short staffed. Also, you'll have customers yelling at you for things you cannot control.
In the end, I say pharmacy is medium stress.
2006-12-27 09:01:29 · answer #4 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i used to work in pharmacy as a cert pharm tech and had actually applied to pharmacy school, but decided that i couldn't do it for the rest of my life. i had too many old ladies tell me to go to hell (no joking), and got sick of dealing with the druggies.
so i chose a career path where i rarely deal with the actual patient. hospital pharmacy is really neat though and i really like it when i wasn't being yelled at.
2006-12-27 05:46:15 · answer #5 · answered by pele 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh my gosh- if i knew then what i know now- i'd be almost finished with pharmacy schooling- take it. It's not hard at all- pure knowledge - no stress what so ever. You're basically just like a doctor when it comes to how slow you can be...hehehe....kidding- ok not really....but enjoy anyways....tc and good luck
2006-12-27 02:33:45 · answer #6 · answered by answers4questions 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure science and no stress.
2006-12-27 01:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋