51 dollars/hr for Walgreen new hire pharmacist? Is this true?

[UGAZ]

Had lunch with an old friend yesterday and he said he knows some new pharmacist got hired at walgreens for 51/hr in Southern California...Does anyone know if this is truth? I remember I was offered at 60/hour back in 2006 when I graduated....This is absolutely insane.

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[Momus]

There is your $1 billion cost cutting measure. Next, target firing senior employees and consolidate the leaderships Corp 101.

 

[PharmtoCS]

They can definitely get away with this since KGI and WCU just further saturated the market with their first graduates with students from Chapman and Ketchum to come.

 

[Momus]

They can definitely get away with this since KGI and WCU just further saturated the market with their first graduates with students from Chapman and Ketchum to come.

I thought they were opening like 5 more new schools in CA?

 

[steveysmith54]

I graduated from a dual University of Phoenix/Devry PharmD Plus program and have BCDP (board certified dispensing pharmacist) certificate. I am also mtm specialist. What’s the going rate for the my level of classifications? I will not work less than minimum wage!!!

 

[pvo901]

Had lunch with an old friend yesterday and he said he knows some new pharmacist got hired at walgreens for 51/hr in Southern California...Does anyone know if this is truth? I remember I was offered at 60/hour back in 2006 when I graduated....This is absolutely insane.

I’m not surprised. I know someone who made around $60/HR a year ago when he was hired at Walgreens. Good luck to the new grads in SoCal ahaha.


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[Ziyan]

Does one's rate change if transferred to another district/region?

 

[mentos]

The gravy train doesn't last forever.

 

[Ace41690]

That is the rate in some markets (and i believe some are at 48/hr now). I dont think that is the rate in southern california is that low though.

I have heard your rate only changes if you are below the minimum or above the maximum for that market.

 

[UGAZ]

According to US dollar inflation calculator: $1 in 1860 → 2019 | Inflation Calculator : 60/hr in 2006 is equivalent to 75 USD/hr in 2019. In revese, 51 USD/hr today is same as 40 USD/hr back in 2006. What a joke!

 

[BMBiology]

Don’t tell Wagrxm2000. He is still in denial!

While my salary was frozen it didn't technically get cut (sure you could say inflation but that isn't what people mean when they say cut) Also the freeze didn't start this year.

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[MatCauthon]

meanwhile a local hospital is paying techs 20-30 per hour. it will be interesting to see how close pharmacists come to the upper end of the tech wage scale. rph wages already in 40s some places, haven't seen 30s yet.

 

[alpha12]

What pharmacist would work for $50/hr? It must be very tough out there.

 

[gwarm01]

meanwhile a local hospital is paying techs 20-30 per hour. it will be interesting to see how close pharmacists come to the upper end of the tech wage scale. rph wages already in 40s some places, haven't seen 30s yet.

What sort of training and experience does it take to get one of those tech jobs in California? That would be amazing pay in the states where all it takes is a GED and a fairly clean criminal background to register as a tech.

What pharmacist would work for $50/hr? It must be very tough out there.

You could live a very comfortable life on that pay in the midwest or south. California? No thanks.

 

[alpha12]

What sort of training and experience does it take to get one of those tech jobs in California? That would be amazing pay in the states where all it takes is a GED and a fairly clean criminal background to register as a tech.



You could live a very comfortable life on that pay in the midwest or south. California? No thanks.

Living a comfortable life is meaningless. There are careers that require less school and debt that pay that much. When pharmacists start working for $40-50/hr, that is probably the death of the field.

 

[gwarm01]

Living a comfortable life is meaningless. There are careers that require less school and debt that pay that much. When pharmacists start working for $40-50/hr, that is probably the death of the field.

Plenty of positions on the east coast pay in the $40/hr range and have for years. I guess we died years ago.

 

[awval999]

Living a comfortable life is meaningless. There are careers that require less school and debt that pay that much. When pharmacists start working for $40-50/hr, that is probably the death of the field.

$50/hr is literally $104,000.00. That's starting salary in Columbus, OH.

 

[Pharmacyman88]

There are dropping the hourly rate, I just recently got a new job and offer and they said they were processing my application quickly before the new year because that is when new hourly rate starts. I got Hourly rate of $56/hour.. the new hourly rate is going to be lower.

 

[wagrxm2000]

Don’t tell Wagrxm2000. He is still in denial!






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So you are taking credit for calling what already happened? No pharmacist has had their salary cut, starting pay sure but that too didn't start this year.

Man it's easy making predictions if that is all you have to do.

 

[lord999]

Living a comfortable life is meaningless. There are careers that require less school and debt that pay that much. When pharmacists start working for $40-50/hr, that is probably the death of the field.

Damn, I thought $39 an hour was a pretty swell deal. More desperate workers willing to work for cheaper, that's capitalism. Productivity increases either have to come from more work done per dollar, so more work or less dollar. Sucks if you made commitments based on higher salaries, but your job is not vulnerable to outsourcing, it's vulnerable to insourcing. Cheaper labor pressures happen everywhere.

 

[alpha12]

$50/hr is literally $104,000.00. That's starting salary in Columbus, OH.

Starting salary for what? For pharmacist it used to be higher. Now it's in line with other fields like software engineering that don't require that much education or debt. You can easily get a job at 110k in columbus with 3-5 years experience as a software engineer or developer.

 

[steveysmith54]

There are dropping the hourly rate, I just recently got a new job and offer and they said they were processing my application quickly before the new year because that is when new hourly rate starts. I got Hourly rate of $56/hour.. the new hourly rate is going to be lower.

Do you mind sharing what area of the country?

 

[steveysmith54]

Living a comfortable life is meaningless. There are careers that require less school and debt that pay that much. When pharmacists start working for $40-50/hr, that is probably the death of the field.

I think as long as the students get government subsidized loans and can apply for loan forgiveness programs like, pay as you earn, students will continue applying.

 

[alpha12]

Damn, I thought $39 an hour was a pretty swell deal. More desperate workers willing to work for cheaper, that's capitalism. Productivity increases either have to come from more work done per dollar, so more work or less dollar. Sucks if you made commitments based on higher salaries, but your job is not vulnerable to outsourcing, it's vulnerable to insourcing. Cheaper labor pressures happen everywhere.

True, but pharmacy is such a specialized field. You go to school for 6 years (some people longer) so you can get a pharmd and become a pharmacist. Their is really one kind of job you expect. If you have a business degree, you can go into marketing, human resources, logitics, sales, etc. With IT, you can go in to software development, networks, database, etc. You have a bunch of options in other fields. But with pharmacy degree you can only be a pharmacist and if you can't do that you are pretty much ****ed.

 

[alpha12]

I think as long as the students get government subsidized loans and can apply for loan forgiveness programs like, pay as you earn, students will continue applying.

That's the problem. These university's have become scams. Maybe trump university can open a pharmacy school.

 

[alpha12]

There are dropping the hourly rate, I just recently got a new job and offer and they said they were processing my application quickly before the new year because that is when new hourly rate starts. I got Hourly rate of $56/hour.. the new hourly rate is going to be lower.

You mind sharing what company?

 

[Pharmacyman88]

Do you mind sharing what area of the country?

In New Jersey North East

 

[Pharmacyman88]

You mind sharing what company?

Walgreens /Duane Reade

 

[mentos]

What pharmacist would work for $50/hr? It must be very tough out there.

An unemployed one.

Also, I didn't realize Luol Deng was still in the NBA lol.

 

[alpha12]

Walgreens /Duane Reade

Congrats. It was nice of them to get you in before you had to take a lower rate.

 

[alpha12]

An unemployed one.

Also, I didn't realize Luol Deng was still in the NBA lol.

Not sure if he is. I don't follow the NBA as much any more. Probably because the bulls sucks.

 

[Momus]

I wouldn't be surprised if 4-5 big chains colluded to lower rphs wage at this point and have a hush hush no poaching agreement (like tech companies and fast food joints). No new hires get above $45/hr is all it take to drive down the wage further. If someone gets fired or quit, they will have to take a lower salary.

Oh wait, the saturation alone does an absolutely fantastic job to drive down wages. Who am I kidding...

 

[JustFillIt]

Don’t tell Wagrxm2000. He is still in denial!

This guy is just upset that he had a BM in his pants at work (stress response) and now he can’t work retail. Now he is trying to upset everyone else and bring them down to his level.




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Don’t tell Wagrxm2000. He is still in denial!






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[PharmtoCS]

I wouldn't be surprised if 4-5 big chains colluded to lower rphs wage at this point and have a hush hush no poaching agreement (like tech companies and fast food joints). No new hires get above $45/hr is all it take to drive down the wage further. If someone gets fired or quit, they will have to take a lower salary.

Oh wait, the saturation alone does an absolutely fantastic job to drive down wages. Who am I kidding...

I could see that happen in the future once demand for pharmacists rises again...if that ever happens.

But right now, who needs a no poaching agreement? Companies have lines of desperate new grads begging for jobs that pay $45/hour.

 

[PharmDBro2017]

Heard new grads for Wags were offered 48/hr this year... anyone confirm?

 

[alpha12]

Heard new grads for Wags were offered 48/hr this year... anyone confirm?

Damn. How soon until pharmacists become glorified technicians?

 

[Louie2012]

I wouldn't be surprised if 4-5 big chains colluded to lower rphs wage at this point and have a hush hush no poaching agreement (like tech companies and fast food joints). No new hires get above $45/hr is all it take to drive down the wage further. If someone gets fired or quit, they will have to take a lower salary.

Oh wait, the saturation alone does an absolutely fantastic job to drive down wages. Who am I kidding...

I think they already are. Here in MO (West Metropolitan) I got offered $54.90/hr by WG. My classmate got offered 105,000/year by CVS. That’s exactly the same amount yearly.

 

[chudat]

what are long term care facilities offering?

 

[owlegrad]

what are long term care facilities offering?

I think my site starts new pharmacists at $52.50

 

[PharmDBro2017]

what are long term care facilities offering?

55/hr last time I heard (2 years ago)

 

[alpha12]

I think they already are. Here in MO (West Metropolitan) I got offered $54.90/hr by WG. My classmate got offered 105,000/year by CVS. That’s exactly the same amount yearly.

54.9*2080 = 114,192. Your offer is better. But I am guessing your friend is exempt since he is getting a salary, so he might have a bonus as well. Can't say for sure that they are the same.

 

[The Doom & Gloom]

$47-50/hr- starting salary for big chain pharmacy in nyc queens area, confirmed by a former district manager

Mahattan and bronx pays a little more
$52-57/hr

Most temp jobs are $50/hr and less

Strictly speaking in reference to nyc area only tho.

 

[projektreverb]

I was chatting with a P4 who just got offered 54 an hour by a major chain in a major city in Wisconsin. No hours were discussed tho.

 

[WorthlessOxygen]

I recently posted this on the job market thread but I guess it fits here. Different chain but I'm a P4 and the offer that I just got was $51/hr, 60hrs guaranteed biweekly.

Low COL city in the Northeast.

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[Momus]

My 08 rate when I first got hired was $59-61 depending on where you are in CA. In just 10 years, new hire wage goes down $10. In the next 5 years, I bet it's gonna go down $20 less. New normal is gonna be $40/hr with 250k debt coming soon. Come join us peeps. You got to wear a white coat like a boss. So many jobs! Just submit your resume with a title "Pharmacist for less". It's all fine and dandy here.

 

[Modest_anteater]

Had lunch with an old friend yesterday and he said he knows some new pharmacist got hired at walgreens for 51/hr in Southern California...Does anyone know if this is truth? I remember I was offered at 60/hour back in 2006 when I graduated....This is absolutely insane.

not insane at all. 51 is overpaid IMO. The free market dictates a price more like 35 USD an hour. Do you realize how many pharmDs are being printed a year? it's around 15,000! it's called dilution of value.

 

[Modest_anteater]

meanwhile a local hospital is paying techs 20-30 per hour. it will be interesting to see how close pharmacists come to the upper end of the tech wage scale. rph wages already in 40s some places, haven't seen 30s yet.

I think I have seen one independent posting jobs for high 30's. I'm excited to see when it hits 20s for a pharmD. We need to get all the greedy people out of our profession. I don't think techs should get paid more than pharmacists. Although they probably work harder than some pharmacists so it wouldn't upset me that much if tech's got paid more.

 

[Modest_anteater]

What pharmacist would work for $50/hr? It must be very tough out there.

I would work for 50 USD in a heartbeat. Do you realize how many unemployed pharmDs there is going to be in the next 10 years?

 

[Modest_anteater]

Starting salary for what? For pharmacist it used to be higher. Now it's in line with other fields like software engineering that don't require that much education or debt. You can easily get a job at 110k in columbus with 3-5 years experience as a software engineer or developer.

yeah but that job actually requires a high IQ....

 

[Modest_anteater]

True, but pharmacy is such a specialized field. You go to school for 6 years (some people longer) so you can get a pharmd and become a pharmacist. Their is really one kind of job you expect. If you have a business degree, you can go into marketing, human resources, logitics, sales, etc. With IT, you can go in to software development, networks, database, etc. You have a bunch of options in other fields. But with pharmacy degree you can only be a pharmacist and if you can't do that you are pretty much ****ed.

You realize some people only go to school for four years to get a pharmD degree right? 1 + 3 ....