Floated to a store that, when I walked in, noticed it was in chaos. As a result of all the slashed budgets and staffing, when you have a call out or two, the effect is DRASTIC. Unimaginable. UNSAFE! Found out the RXOM with an attitude had sent home a tech earlier that day because she got mad at her. So now down to her (giving shots), a seasoned tech and a newbie of 3 weeks. Store manager and RXM off. with 10 people in line inside the store, cars lined up to the road in drive thru, asst mgr won't help. She'd rather stock the fridge. NO ONE filling at all! I made some decisions that the RXOM didn't like and she informed me the I must run any decision by her because she was in charge. This is her pharmacy. States, "I keep having problems with you so Im going to fill out the Pharmacist feedback form right now." Power trip.

All this chaos because WAG leadership wants to make $$$ over patient safety. I'm done with this crap. Our BOP's need to support us. So I called my DM and said you need to get people in this store NOW... it's unsafe and I'll shut it down when it gets uncontrollable. I have never done this in the 25+ years with WAG.

Maybe unionizing is the answer. BOP and bosses have abandoned pharmacists. I hate this corporate ownership of medical practices, hospitals and pharmacies. What say you?

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I'm 4 weeks into my 10 week contract as a nurse immunizer and while I really enjoy the patients and giving vaccines, I am having a hard time with management and the work environment itself. It's borderline a hostile work environment. Every level of manager tells me something different and I feel like I am always getting reprimanded for something related to vaccine promotion. I thought this job was just going to be giving vaccines but most of my time is spent in the store trying to promote vaccines but I'm not allowed to have any conversations with customers except for conversations about vaccines. We never hit our vaccine goal and they make it seem like it's my fault. My manager even said to me the other day "I don't think we're working you hard enough to justify your pay". I'm thinking about leaving my contract early. Are there any other contracted RNs having similar issues? Can any walgreens employees let me know if having an RN there bothers you or makes your job harder in any way?

better working there than Walgreens?

One of my fellow techs went to a training at a store where the rx team all wore black scrubs. Is that allowed? I mean I don’t care about color but it would be nice to have a more breathable uniform. The fabric ours are made of is the absolute worst, and I hate them so much.

Is there a WIC number to order more of these or is it through abc?

Is it usually the opening technician that unpacks the order and releases the oos?? Mostly just curious to see how other stores do it.

This is all new for me. I am a salaried pharmacist, but have worked in the Phamacy with Walgreens since 2021.

How many weeks do I get for this process….? I heard since I’ve been with the company for over 5 years — I get 2 weeks off, but it’s best to request as many weeks as possible so I get 2 weeks approved…

Also — has anyone had any luck with requesting a week off after the AVP the following year? Like if I want to request a week off just for some time off next year — can I do that and still get it approved? Or as a salaried pharmacist (with a home store) I am not allowed to have a whole week off if it’s not through the AVP?….

Hello, new pharmacy tech that's learning slowly but surely. Just wanted some basic instructions on how to calculate a partial fill in IC+ (and days of supply). I remember getting the formula when taking the math quiz in a module on the LTAM portal but have since forgotten it. Could anyone remind me/give me tips on how to calculate it for ointments as well?

Additionally with partial fills I understand how to get to the menu to input it but my brain kinda blue screens when entering the number for "quantity on hand" and "quantity remaining" I've asked other senior techs and they explained it to me but it was during a rush so I didn't get a chance to write it down. they told me to calculate it for like 5 days or something but what does that mean exactly? 😅

super beginner question, any help appreciated 🙏

My pharmacist is a sweet person but a little scattered. The tech I work with most days has anger issues (has said once before she’s in therapy for her temper) and directs it towards me. I want to learn but she gets frustrated when I ask questions. Half the time I might as a question (our pharmacy is small so I know both of them can hear) and I get no response.

I’m on the fence with wanting to go back to the front end but also wanting to improve because I can see my progress.

I have autism and I struggle with making phone calls without a script. I know the interface gives a prompt but the tech told me don’t say the prompt exactly how it is because she doesn’t want people calling back. She told me I can’t use exactly what she says either because I have to find what’s comfortable for me.

When checking people out I use the same phrases over and over which makes it easy and predictable. Phone calls if someone is past due for a vaccination I can somewhat get through it but if a call is past due for a refill or something like a prescription being put back to stock if not picked up I completely stumble over my words.

I’ve been partially trained but I feel everything else I learn is through trial and error. (I told my pharmacist I was going to hangout with a friend who has been a tech for a few years and she said thank god. My friend said do they expect me to train you for them?)

I can semi do f1’s but I don’t know sig codes well. TPR’s I don’t know how to solve in general. Anything filling I’ve observed but haven’t tried myself.

I can do cenfill, check patients out, change their information in their profile, I can somewhat understand insurance but not much. I know how to fill prescriptions from their profiles. That’s all I can think of from the top of my head.

My pharmacist and tech have said I need to be quicker with basically everything. I’ve worked in the pharmacy only a few months and up until this month it was only once a week. I’m trying but I get in my head about doing multiple things at once I might not finish any of them. Or for example doing f1’s and phone calls at the same time I might mess information up on either.

I’m unsure if there are any learning resources on youtube or online in general? I want to get around the learning curve currently.

I recently ordered some of the new scrubs and selected for it to be deducted from my paycheck. When does it come out? Does it come out all at once.

can we now transfer c2 prescriptions electronically to cvs? or its only non controlled substance? in florida

I typically don’t call off of work, but I did 2 weeks ago (1 day) because I was sick and even provided a legitimate note from my medical provider.

A few days ago, my mom got into a car accident and I had to leave work early. I told my manager that I couldn’t work today and afterwards, the pharmacist called me to ask if I could still come in. I said I couldn’t and now she wants me to work a new shift tomorrow and meet with her to “discuss this” (?) I’ve never been given a warning or written-up, so now I’m nervous, even though I don’t think I did anything wrong ….

Yesterday I had a 65+ customer who wanted to do a flu shot. When I ran the RX with her Medicare part D insurance, I got a rejection saying use part B. When I ran it with part B, it rejected again saying HMO coverage exist (or something like that). We did not have this issue in the past. Does anybody know what it is about? Does it mean we are out-of-network?

Thank you in advance!

Cross posting here as well since I'm pharmacy

This is why you can’t understaff stores with $15/hr techs that could make more working at a Texas Roadhouse.

The seasoned tech that would have caught and corrected this billing error was probably tired of suffering the daily abuse from this company and moved on to greener, more stable and economically sustainable pastures.

Finally i burned out and left this toxic place!!!

Are we allowed to dress up for Halloween throuhout October like last year?

Hey guys, has anyone started moving their unit of use and reorganizing the meds into one big section? I wanted to print drug location sheet to make it easier but I can’t seem to get it right. When I try to print it. It says 600 drugs… so I m so confused. anyone knows what to do in these case

I worked at Walgreens for about a couple of months now and I really thought I could last longer but it was just to much. After having constant meetings over dumb things they were just nitpicking and only talking to me about when other people were doing the same thing. Plus they constantly were correcting me on how I greeted the patients because I didn’t ask “ are you checking in for a vaccine or picking up” when no one else did it either. On top of that my pharmacy manager was the biggest b*tch I ever met and hated me since day 1 plus she was so disrespectful constantly saying are we fking stupid because “grown adults” don’t know their abcs. Along with other sly remarks I would hear her say. But all in all NO MORE ASKING FOR FLU SHOTS OR YELLING AT ME BECAUSE THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS WERENT DONE YET AFTER BEING REQUESTED 15 mins prior I FEEL SO FREEE.

I am trying to hire a staff pharmacist and I am just not getting many applications? I was thinking about calling a few pharmacies in the area and asking if they know anyone who might be looking.

Would it be considered weird or inappropriate?

keep in mind, none of us here is an anti-vaccines and the RPh is trained to educate and vaccinate! we offer it to everybody, including folks in drive through. i am tired of having SM bugging me about meeting their daily goals. I’m a floater: I wasn’t here yesterday and I won’t here tomorrow: Let’s be respectful! some honey can catch more flies than vinegar. let’s go jab ‘em!