Month: August 2022

I was hired last week as a pharmacy technician for an independent pharmacy in the Philadelphia suburbs. Had a brief working interview and was told everything looked good, so they offered me a position and had me on the schedule all week this week, for 35 hours. Worked two days and was let go after my shift yesterday, apparently because they “had an opportunity” to hire someone who was “more familiar with the software” whom they could “plug right in”. They had me right there and thought I wasn't good enough after only two days. Who can be expected to master new software in a new work environment after only two days? Most states require certified pharmacy techs (PA doesn't, but certified techs generally make more money), but if they felt threatened by the fact that I have a degree (AA in healthcare studies) beyond my certification and were afraid…

I’m a brand ambassador so I get it’s important to have someone at the location everyday, but I’m just so tired. I was supposed to have Monday and today (Wednesday) off, but she has called me in for both days and it’s really frustrating. Monday was because apparently my coworker was feeling under the weather and couldn’t come in. I had lied and said I had a doctors appointment of my own so I couldn’t stay for the whole shift but I could come in late, because the shift was 10am-8:30pm and I was not down to come in the the entire shift. What bugged me most about that was there was this one day I was sick and throwing up and tried to all off work and I was told to still show up. So I guess when I’m sick it doesn’t matter but when others are I have…