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Yes, and there were people telling you the same thing when you were considering pharmacy school. Why did you completely ignore them and enter pharmacy school? Why do you think todays prospective pharmacy students are any different than you were back then?
Yup, we already have that happening. Posting history can be quite interesting.
Pharmacy is a LOOOONG way away from being equivalent to an art history degree. Seriously.
Bidingmytime... PAtoPharm is almost a P2 now...
They can, the problem is loans. Too many people take out a huge mortgage, car loans, enroll their children in private schools.....all of this based on a $240,000/yr income. When that income is cut in half, it takes time and a lot of work to downgrade living experiences (first, find someone to buy their house and hopefully they don't end up underwater, then find a cheaper house/apt to move into, then pay all the moving expenses, second, sell their cars and most certainly take a big loss on it, and then have enough left over to buy a used car, not to mention the time it takes to find a suitable used car, 3rd depending on the private school contract they might not just be able to immediately pull their children out....not to mention all the headaches and school issues involved with changing schools in the middle of the year.) So I completely sympathize with what the OP is saying, if someone's income is suddenly cut in half, that is not an easy adjustment to make.
Some would call it punishment, but you know to-ma-toe, to-mah-toe
I have considerable experience working both, and they are both difficult jobs. Both jobs require high intellectual engagement to keep from killing a patient. There are differences, multitasking in retail involves dealing with multiple patient issues at the same time, and hospital multitasking involves more big picture keeping all of the diagnoses and health issues in mind at the same time for any prescription.....but a pharmacist in either area must do both. Now, of course, there are outliers, the independent pharmacy that does 40 scripts a day, the rural 20 bed hospital....if someones retail or hospital experience is limited to that, then its easy to think that all of retail or all of hospital is that easy. But most retail and most hospitals aren't like that. Not to mention one's co-workers, co-workers have a huge part in how easy or rough a job seems.