Pros
- Locally, the branch is run well despite all the challenges - Coworkers are nice people, they'll stay behind past their scheduled shift ends to help so that closing workers don't have to stay hours past their shift ends - It beats retail pharmacy - You'll be exposed to specialty and uncommon IV meds and a wide range of patient demographic
Cons
- Was sold to private equity by original owner ~4 years ago - Only 40 hours of PTO during the first year of employment and you feel guilty about taking it because understaffed - Understaffed (both pharmacists and technicians) - Poor work-life balance because understaffed - Exploits salaried workers to work long hours every week (just because you can exploit based on the definition of salaried doesn't mean you should) - During town meetings, leadership will brag about explosive growth in IVC but neglects the existing pharmacies by barely being able to staff them - desperately has a travel pharmacist and a company trainer become pharmacist-in-charge for branches in states they don't live/practice in because they literally have no one else to take up those positions - Will only compensate you for time worked after 7pm if on-call on weekdays - Micromanagement from mid-level managers - Being on-call during the weekend is 98% chance you WILL have to go in to work on Saturday and Sunday, so you actually don't get any days off for 12 straight days - An unfortunate chunk of patients are deeply unpleasant people - Merit raises take place June but if you aren't hired by November of previous year, NO RAISE FOR YOU, not even a prorated one (so you will have the same pay for 1.5 years)