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<blockquote data-quote="Spooby" data-source="post: 4096352" data-attributes="member: 548396">When I first started I was lucky and just got a pharmacy tech job as just another &quot;job&quot;.&nbsp; I enjoy helping others, but you don&#039;t do that in any of the major pharmacy retail chains.&nbsp; Smaller places like at grocery stores, or custom compounding pharmacies would be a better place for that.&nbsp; That was one of the things that turned me off from the field.The drug interactions was another reason why I got interested in pharmacy, but I soon discovered that I pretty much wanted to know how EVERYTHING worked.&nbsp; Not just drugs, but mechanics, linguistics, and politics.&nbsp; Once I figured that out about myself the interest I had in studying pharmacy wasn&#039;t there anymore.&nbsp; My experience was pretty sour, but not everyone in the field is like that.&nbsp; The only thing I REALLY hated was that your salary potential was pretty much capped out at $120k/year regardless of your educational background.&nbsp; To get past that point you&#039;d have to be in management, and I wasn&#039;t willing to even consider that.&nbsp; In the end its still a business, and a pharmacist in a retail chain is nothing more than another employee.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spooby, post: 4096352, member: 548396"] When I first started I was lucky and just got a pharmacy tech job as just another "job". I enjoy helping others, but you don't do that in any of the major pharmacy retail chains. Smaller places like at grocery stores, or custom compounding pharmacies would be a better place for that. That was one of the things that turned me off from the field. The drug interactions was another reason why I got interested in pharmacy, but I soon discovered that I pretty much wanted to know how EVERYTHING worked. Not just drugs, but mechanics, linguistics, and politics. Once I figured that out about myself the interest I had in studying pharmacy wasn't there anymore. My experience was pretty sour, but not everyone in the field is like that. The only thing I REALLY hated was that your salary potential was pretty much capped out at $120k/year regardless of your educational background. To get past that point you'd have to be in management, and I wasn't willing to even consider that. In the end its still a business, and a pharmacist in a retail chain is nothing more than another employee. [/QUOTE]

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