I work in a compounding pharmacy attached to a regular independent pharmacy/medical supply store. Our lab is at a record high number of scripts, yet a record low number of employees. It is just one full time tech, a manager, and me, and I split my time between the lab and the front. We RARELY have a pharmacist and if we do they are often called out to the front to help.
My manager (a tech as well) used to be full time but whatever reason was granted permission to do only one full day in the lab and the rest of the week in the sales department!! He just pops in for a few hours throughout the rest of the week.
Its been madness. There simply isn't the ability to compound everything and answer the phones and do data entry and everything else with one or two people. Also, there is no SOP and the manager more or less gate-keeps knowledge. So we are in the dark about pricing, for example, and have to tell patients to wait even longer for us to figure that out. He also knows a lot of specifics about patients that we are expected to just know and adhere to without any informing or notes or ANYTHING.
Anyways, I have a terrible cold and have been going in anyways. I can barely breathe or speak but have been answering phones. Coughing and sneezing. I'm finally over it and want to call off today but feel too guilty over how it would impact the other tech and patients. Also, the way I'd definitely receive backlash from coworkers. Everyone talks mad shit and gets an attitude with people who call off. ESPECIALLY my managers:(