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I hear Walgreens is pretty bad, too. Not whataboutism-- this seems to be universal right now?
by thefurdrake 3y ago
I hear Walgreens is pretty bad, too.
Not whataboutism-- this seems to be universal right now?
- kube-system 3y agoIt's the same work environment at any high-volume low-margin retail workplace.
- TylerE 3y agoMost retail positions don’t require a doctoral degree.
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- kube-system 3y agoI don't care who you are, or where you're from, or what you did, as long as you're selling things for pennies of profit in high volume to the general public, you're going to be busy and overworked.
- TylerE 3y agoThe difference is pharmacists have more leverage. Replacing a cashier is trivial. Replacing a licensed pharmacist isn’t.
- thefurdrake 3y agoThe lack of difference is that the functional result appears to be the same based on observation.
- CaliforniaKarl 3y agoUniversal? Absolutely not. Example: I had an appointment at a doctor's office in a medical office park. By "medical office park" I'm referring to a plot of land with lots of doctor and specialist offices, which are not part of a single chain, provider, or medical group. During the appointment, I was told to pick up some over-the-counter medication. I noticed that, in the middle of the medical office park, there was a pharmacy. So, I went over there. There was a single employee on duty, a pharmacist. I was the only customer there. This was around 11:30, so I expect at least one person was at lunch. Though there was work to do, the pharmacist seemed relaxed, not hurried. They asked what I wanted, found it, asked some questions (to identify possible complications), and handled payment. Since this pharmacy is in the middle of this office park, I expect they are mainly getting business from the individual medical offices nearby.
- phil21 3y agoThis is my current secret as well. Depends on how dense your area is, but either find a medical office park like this, or a hospital campus if in a major city. They usually will have a pharmacy that is largely used to service other providers in park/campus, and thus is typically pretty laid back. A large number of these keep a retail counter open almost as an afterthought, but in a hospital setting usually meant for patients being discharged or whatever I imagine. Most of these will take anyone off the streets. Recently this has started to change so I expect in a few years most will no longer take "retail" (the secret is long out, so more and more control-seekers are wasting staff time) customers at all and only service inpatient. It's worth driving an extra 10 minutes if you have such an option. Otherwise if you must go chain I've had the best luck and heard mostly good things from staff about Costco. Walmart also seems to have a quite functional pharmacy - but it can be quite hit or miss depending on location, and is starting to suffer from the general overworking conditions the rest of the chains have.
- mjcl 3y agoIt's only universal at the large chains. I started using an independent pharmacy because the local CVS was obviously overworked / understaffed.
- TylerE 3y agoI’d love to use an indie pharmacy, but my employers pharmacy benefit provider is…. CVS. If I don’t get most of my drugs filled there, they cost 2-3x as much, sometimes more.
- Animats 3y agoWalgreens seems to have an incredibly inefficient processing operation. Each prescription fill requires someone to access several different computers. A vaccination took an hour, of which 90% was paperwork.