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Originally Posted by pharout

Admin,
You have just described the entire community pharmacy sector in the US. Long days, no lunch break, abuse, commutes, etc. I would say stop this, in mass, if you can before it reaches proportions such as here. If you throw in multiple insurance companies of which you must call all day to work out billing issues, constant telephone interruptions, abusive clients, not able to take vacation even when you have days, and finally drive-thru windows....you now have our community/chain pharmacy system in the U.S. Do not take the abuse or let corporate decisions drive pharmacy practice or it will end up like this (because many pharmacists here took it for years and now it is accepted practice). Some companies even offer the "lunch break" as an incentive to work for them, as a benefit......I don't know of any other profession here where this happens.

Hi

Thanks for this contribution. It seems the grass isn't always greener!