Quitting
So I’ve been a pharmacy tech for around a month and a half now; I started this job with no pharmacy knowledge and just customer service experience. I only took the job because I really needed one, and I had no luck with other employers.
In all honesty, my experience here has been nothing but awful. I’m constantly stressed and I dread going to work. My lead tech has scheduled me outside of my availability multiple times, and got upset when I told her I wouldn’t be able to work those shifts. The pharmacy manager also expected me to do like 5 different things while completing my training modules as well.
I know that it would’ve been impossible to learn everything in a month and I should probably cut myself some slack for not knowing some things, but I’ve had enough. Part of me feels bad because the other techs have been nothing but nice and helpful to me and me quitting would just be giving them more work. On the other hand, I really don’t like the job, and it doesn’t help me in the long term, career-wise (I’m still in college studying something not aligned with pharmacy).
I’m a little nervous about handing in my 2 week notice, especially since the pharmacy manager never seems to be in a good mood. But I was recently offered a summer research position at my university (which more closely aligns with my goals), and I’ve also interviewed at another job (which I haven’t heard back from yet, but I was referred to the position).
If there’s anything I learned from my last retail job, it’s that I’m easily replaceable. CVS will 100% be able to find someone to fill my position, and staffing issues are ultimately management’s responsibility and not mine.