Fruth Pharmacy Reviews

Good employees often find the work environment stressful on a personal level due to the pass-the-buck mentality of insurance companies, doctors' offices, and patients. That's unfortunately why many leave the company, because little effort is made by Fruth to keep its employees confidence and preparedness high. Specifically for the pharmacy: Profiling customers interested in purchasing items used in the production of meth was soul-sucking. Either I felt like a jerk checking ID's of potentially healthy customers, or I watched the system of writing Driver's License #'s in a book do nothing to stop regular purchasing of ephedrine by the same people all the time. Outdated systems, ineffective work practices, and long wait-times led to many pharmacy patients dealing with inconsistencies in the delivery of their prescriptions.

There is NO room for advancement for most employees, the starting pay is barely above minimum wage, raises are a joke, and the training is barely enough to get you through each day. There is poor communication throughout the whole company, many promises but no follow through. And unless you suck up to your pharmacist, don't expect a good review (which determines your raise). The company claims to care about the store employees, but they just want you to work as hard as possible to get their numbers up. They try too hard to be like Wal-mart and Walgreen's that they forgot about the values and sacrifice of independant pharmacies who take care of their workers. If you want a serious career in pharmacy, keep looking, this is not a job you can support your family with.