July was an anxiety-filled month. Work has been crazy and my manager broke the news that she spoke with higher ups and I will not be getting a salary increase. Their rationale is they have hired a dedicated person to help alleviate the work I was helping with for a different department. Another person from my department is also finally coming back after having taken a month leave. I was assured that once that’s in motion, she’d take back the role…
I quit! After 3 years as a retail pharmacist, I have finally freed myself of this hell otherwise known as retail pharmacy. This is my Declaration of Independence! Okay, that was a bit dramatic, although I did cry when I called my manager that I would be putting in my 2 weeks and quitting retail pharmacy. As I reflect on these past three years, there were some good and some bad moments (see here, here, and here), but I will…
It’s been roughly three years since I graduated from pharmacy school and became a pharmacist and figured it was time for an update on my career as a retail pharmacist. Looking through my archives, I’ve written only 3 total updates on my pharmacy career in the three years since I started this blog out of 76 total posts. It’s not that I have nothing to say on my career, but rather, I’ve really come to view my career as a…
“I got that summertime, summertime sadness…” is completely stuck in my head and unfortunately it describes my life right now. I feel trapped. And apathetic. And sad. How’s that for a way to begin the summer? But I’m hoping that it gets better. Maybe it’s because it’s been a cloudy and rainy spring these past few months. But summer’s here now and I’ve always been a summer girl. Okay, but let’s backtrack and get to the issue at hand. I…
When I started this blog, I never thought I’d write about my career in pharmacy. It was supposed to be a place for me to document my journey through personal finance and debt repayment. But I realized that my personal finance has a direct correlation to my career choices (both past and future). So I thought, what the heck, my job is half of my life so there was a lot to write on that. However, what I didn’t realize…
I graduated from pharmacy school a year ago and have been a licensed pharmacist for almost 10 months now. I wish I could say all those hours spent studying in pharmacy school and all the debt I incurred was worth it now that I am a practicing pharmacist. But then this post wouldn’t be called Why I Regret Becoming a Pharmacist. Although the thought had been running through my mind and I’ve said it a few times to some friends,…
Pharmacy school can be grueling. You are not only going to but are expected to spend 30-40 hours outside of classroom time studying on your own. If you consider going to class already a full time endeavor, consider going to pharmacy school as holding two full time jobs. I graduated cum laude from pharmacy school and was able to stay on Dean’s List throughout my entire time there. If there is one thing I can tell you about studying in…
It’s been almost a year since I’ve graduated pharmacy school and I’m currently writing this in the library of my alma-mater which makes me feel especially nostalgic. Knowing what I know now, these are the 7 things I wish I knew before going to pharmacy school. 1. Work at a retail pharmacy By far, the most regrettable decision I made in undergrad was to not have worked in a retail pharmacy as a technician before entering pharmacy school. I…