Great Example!!! Re:The New Breed Of Pharmacist

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Sounds to me like the guy is just plain lazy. I am wondering if your boss

thought he was going over his head to contact District? Also I am wondering what

district told him in response and what your boss said to him. A perfect example

of a guy trying to have or show reasons (er...excuses) as to why certain work is

not done on his shift.

It is just possible that 'others' ( customers and co-workers) called district to

complain about him and he decided to blame you. A big RAT!!!

In general I respect most pharmacists. In general I have learned a great deal

from them. But in general the attitude and abilities are changing among new

grads.....

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chem

Pharm Tech Educator

F/O

cphtgenius@... wrote:

Hi J and All,

LOL I couldn't agree with you more. Recently, I've had a newly licensed (July

04) pharmacist transfer to my store. While I understand and respect the fact

that everyone regardless of position needs training when starting a new job,

this guy really takes the cake. I've been out for about 2 weeks (my son got a

cold the first week of preschool which he gave to me and then he developed a

minor case of chicken pox from his vaccination). Anyway, the new pharmacist

calls the pharmacy district manager to complain about me. So now one sick

technician is the source of all pharmacy problems. Orders weren't put checked

in or put away, no doctors were called for refills, 5 prescriptions were LOST

COMPLETELY, refrigerated orders were left out of the fridge for days!! I could

go on but . . . well you guys know. What surprised me the most was that he was

a tech for our company for years while he was in school. I'm just furious

because I think his first reaction should have been " wow, she

takes care of a lot of stuff around here " not " let me call and complain

because she's out sick " .

He is a very unappreciative man but he's young and he has years to learn. Now,

it's not my fault none of the other techs have any sort of education but that's

another argument.

[Guest guest]

Hi J and All,

OK after my first day back I am hating this job. My PIC thought (and still

thinks) he over-reacted and went over her head by calling district. But as

usual, with money being the leading factor that drives these businesses,

district came to our store with these solutions to the problems. Hire another

tech. (nevermind that BOP says we can only have a 2:1 pharm-tech ratio and we

are working at 3:1 now - bring in another at 4:1 and just cross your fingers)

Have store meeting next week at the diner (they will pay) because it's the

support staff that need correction. I figured that out when the PIC had a list

of complaints about this other pharmacist and district said I guess we'll have

to talk to him. The bottom line is we can be replaced and he can't. And, the

other tech they think we should train more and give more responsibility to is a

high school drop out.

And yes, you were right about what happened. Many, many customer's called our

corporated 800 number to complain about him specifically and he blamed me for

not being there.

Very discouraged today,

--

To love what you do and feel that

it matters - how could anything

be more fun? -- Graham

.. . . for my heart rejoiced in

all my labour . . . Ecclesiastes

2:10

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Dear ,

Sounds to me like the guy is just plain lazy. I am wondering if your boss

thought he was going over his head to contact District? Also I am wondering what

district told him in response and what your boss said to him. A perfect example

of a guy trying to have or show reasons (er...excuses) as to why certain work is

not done on his shift.

It is just possible that 'others' ( customers and co-workers) called district to

complain about him and he decided to blame you. A big RAT!!!

In general I respect most pharmacists. In general I have learned a great deal

from them. But in general the attitude and abilities are changing among new

grads.....

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chem

Pharm Tech Educator

F/O

cphtgenius@... wrote:

Hi J and All,

LOL I couldn't agree with you more. Recently, I've had a newly licensed (July

04) pharmacist transfer to my store. While I understand and respect the fact

that everyone regardless of position needs training when starting a new job,

this guy really takes the cake. I've been out for about 2 weeks (my son got a

cold the first week of preschool which he gave to me and then he developed a

minor case of chicken pox from his vaccination). Anyway, the new pharmacist

calls the pharmacy district manager to complain about me. So now one sick

technician is the source of all pharmacy problems. Orders weren't put checked in

or put away, no doctors were called for refills, 5 prescriptions were LOST

COMPLETELY, refrigerated orders were left out of the fridge for days!! I could

go on but . . . well you guys know. What surprised me the most was that he was a

tech for our company for years while he was in school. I'm just furious because

I think his first reaction should have been " wow, she

takes care of a lot of stuff around here " not " let me call and complain because

she's out sick " .

He is a very unappreciative man but he's young and he has years to learn. Now,

it's not my fault none of the other techs have any sort of education but that's

another argument.

[Guest guest]

Or has anyone discussed with the PIC that it's also HER license on the line

if the BOP comes in for an inspection and finds the ratio is exceeded?

At least after he'd been at the store almost a year, my partner (thank god

he wasn't MY partner for a year!) was given 2 options by corporate. He

could resign or he could be fired. And he had to go home and THINK about

that! Then he came back the next day and thought that once he 'resigned'

he'd still be allowed to work for another week, since he wasn't provided

with 'advanced warning' that he would be being asked to leave.

And yes, give him enough rope and he'll hang himself. My partner finally

did that.

Thank goodness!

Even though it was MY mistake that did it. (I filled a prescription on Wed

evening for Premarin 1.25mg when it was written for 0.625mg.) He found the

error in our 24 hour audit. On a Thursday afternoon sometime between 4pm

and 9pm. The tech asked him if she should call the patient. He said that

they should wait until I came in THE NEXT DAY to handle it. And then HE

asked the tech what forms he needed to fill out for a misfill report. So

the girl ended up taking 3 double doses of Premarin. She ended up with some

nausea, lightheadedness/dizziness. If he'd called her when he discovered

the error, she'd have had 1 dose, the Wed night dose.

Also, might want to discuss with the PIC about cross-training the other

techs to do some things? If you think they'll actually do them?

Della

Cat Haven, Inc

A No-Kill Cat Rescue (501c3)

Houston, Tx

www.cat-haven.org

Re: Great Example!!! Re:The New Breed

Of Pharmacist

Hang in there -

Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself.

This twit sounds almost identical to a pharmacist I worked with a while

back. I swear, I was about ready to take that PharmD diploma of his and make

sure it never saw the light of day again!! Unbelievably arrogant and

absolutely refused to accept any suggestions/corrections from the techs.

After a couple of really serious errors, admin finally came down and said

" one more screw up and your outta here " I was suprised they gave him that

much---I mean even the cost of getting a new pharmacist would be cheaper

than a law suit. Why risk another screw up!?! Anyway, this guy finally took

the hint and quit.

Good luck,

Dora

PS Has anyone reminded corp. about the BOP staffing rules?

cphtgenius@... wrote:

Hi J and All,

OK after my first day back I am hating this job. My PIC thought (and still

thinks) he over-reacted and went over her head by calling district. But as

usual, with money being the leading factor that drives these businesses,

district came to our store with these solutions to the problems. Hire

another tech. (nevermind that BOP says we can only have a 2:1 pharm-tech

ratio and we are working at 3:1 now - bring in another at 4:1 and just cross

your fingers) Have store meeting next week at the diner (they will pay)

because it's the support staff that need correction. I figured that out

when the PIC had a list of complaints about this other pharmacist and

district said I guess we'll have to talk to him. The bottom line is we can

be replaced and he can't. And, the other tech they think we should train

more and give more responsibility to is a high school drop out.

And yes, you were right about what happened. Many, many customer's called

our corporated 800 number to complain about him specifically and he blamed

me for not being there.

Very discouraged today,