Just want to rant.
This new system DOES NOT free us up more to “spend time with patients”. If anything it’s making my job much harder than it needs to be. Corporate needs to be straight forward with us and simply say this is a way to maximize profit. It’s frustrating that they talk to us like we didn’t complete a doctorate degree and we can’t comprehend the simplest of things. The burnout is about to be amplified 10x.
Hello pharmacist here! My district has gotten out of hand. The new fill is terrible, RPH hours cut, AND THE CHERRY ON TOP they want 1 RPH to work the front counter whenever 2 pharmacists are present. Since you can visual without the bag we can do our workflow in the front so we can push more vaccinations. I’m so tired of this. It feels more like CVS day after day. Anyone else’s district doing this?
EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: we are expected to do all RPH work upfront not just visual: this includes 4 point, resolution calls, and VV, while working register
I have debated on making this post because it's mostly a rant but also a question, does anyone else feel like this new way of filling is slowing down the process and it might be good for catching mistakes but overall it just makes it a slower process and in turn causes the numbers to skyrocket, we are 300/400/700, and we don't seem to be making a dent in it at all. I'm considering even changing professions because the stress of this is unbearable, is it just me? Or do we need time to get used to it, it's been over a month for us. (Do we suck?)
So I had my first interview for PIC with my district manager, another district manger, and PCSM- it went well and he said we’re continuing to the next step.
So now I’m scheduled for a candidate interview with the market leader in a few days. Has anyone else had to interview this high into the market chain for a PIC spot? I was a staff pharmacist before this at a successful store; it just seems unusual I have to prove myself this high up the chain of command, I wanted to know others’ experience.
I’m curious, have your hours been cut? Can you guys share how much you make a week or a day and how many technicians you have per day?
2 techs in the store takes 1:30-2 break and then later in the evening they take another 30mins but the second break is more than 45mins
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How would you input this? Amlodipine or Norvasc?
Hi, everyone! Just wanted to ask as a full time tech, what are the best work shoes you guys have found? Does anyone plan on not wearing the black scrubs and sticking to casual business attire? If so, what have you found to be the best “work attire”? I currently wear Nikes and American eagle jeans with a solid shirt, but by the end of the day my feet hurt sooo bad and I always end up getting sharpie on my jeans somehow.🤦🏼♀️ Are buying my own black scrubs worth it? (Pic is how I stand while inputting 😭)
Anyone know what the checkout redesign is supposed to be?
Is there an easy way to tell if a discount card/coupon should be double billed with insurance vs. applied alone?
For those with the newly remodeled stores, let me see your checkout stations! Where’s your favorite spot to put the phone, scanner, plastic and paper bags? Do you mount the little switcher buttons anywhere? What do you use the drawers for? Just looking for the ideal setup.
Also, none of our hipaa signature pads are working on the new computers. Any easy fix for that? Or just wait for tech support tickets to be addressed? The remodel technician has had no luck as everything appears to be hooked up properly and set to the correct settings in tasco.
With the inflation? Anyone heard anything about pay raises for pharmacy technicians or just all the Walmart associates in general???
hello everyone! i recently got full time status after being part time as walmart for a while and i was curious (and not sure) about the medical plans offered. i plan on seeking therapy or seeing a psychiatrist to get on meds soon, do yall know which medical plan is best for my pockets? thank you !
its been quiet on the sub the last couple of days. are we all ready for tomorrow?
We have repeat offenders who consistently call out on Saturdays/ Sundays and weekdays. On the weekends we only have 3 technicians and we rotate weekends so each technician works 2 weekends and 2 weekends off. Losing that one person means the remaining two of us are doing 100% of the work. Once a manageable shift, now it’s all about surviving the day. It feels like there is zero respect for the people who actually show up. When it's 5–7 people on a weekday, a few callouts is still manageable, but we are a high volume pharmacy, so we are typically behind all the time. My Questions:
How to start. A patient requested a pharmacy transfer through the app but it was connected to the wrong profile in resolution in the patient mis match queue. Is there a way to fix it and connect it to the right person? Or are we screwed
The Rx Operations Lead position has been filled by someone who is useless. or maybe I just don’t understand their job description. She doesn’t help do anything. Ever. She only fills, inputs, & browses mckesson. When she’s on input & res, nothing is moving. It’s like she’s pretending to work. EVERYDAY. She makes every one else do everything else. I understand that part of the role is to delegate to us but it’s getting insufferable & she is coming off as lazy. She acts like shes too good to help the front when we are short staffed or even bring in/put up the order. When we ask for help with anything, she doesn’t help. Our pharmacy manager claims he hired her bc she has been with walmart for a long time. I don’t think that means anything. Don’t even get me started on the schedule….
just got hired as a pharmacy technician part time and was wondering how long orientation lasts and what the hours are like ?? I do have a second job but I’m not comfortable leaving if I get shit hours at Walmart lol
I recently started my PTUs, does anyone know the raise for getting state certified and immunization certificates? In my state there is a raise for both (WI). I’ve worked at walmart for 5 years and transferred to Rx in April if that matters. I’m on track to be certified in both by around October ‘26!
I just got hired as certified pharmacy tech at Walmart and I am thankful for the decent pay and easy as of now work because I am new, however I rarely got trained and when I ask the other techs for help it feels like it’s an inconvenience to them like I barely got any training and I’ve only been employed for 4/5 days. I feel like it’s unfair how I just never got trained I was just told to fill and to learn and shadow the other people at the register. What should I do? Did yall get trained and if so was it a trainer by your side?