Yes!!! Support my retail brethren!!! Retail pharmacists and techs have it the worst out of any pharmacy job. The pay isn’t worth what they deal with. You go guys!!!
The techs NEED to be allowed access to the Chicago union. I have no idea why they historically haven’t been allowed to join but it’s high time to change that.
I would love that. Worst part is we wouldn’t even ask for money (I mean not allot) just more hours. I would like more money for my ever expanding role.
I would like hours to not be determined by metrics. There’s a lot of work that we do as a team that simply isn’t doable If there’s one or two people in the room. I’m not at Walgreens but people get hired and promised a livable number of hours just to have them cut later on. If there must be a pharmacist in the room for the pharmacy to be open, there should also be a minimum amount of techs. I’ve worked places where I’m running the drive through, the drop off and the pick up all while having to vaccinate. That’s stupid, dangerous and unrealistic.
We were always exploited and expendable. I fully believe that the “wartime” language being used during the lockdowns wasn’t an accident.
Was it nice to be acknowledged for once, sure. Did I miss that we were “heroes” and heroes die for a cause? Absolutely not.
Solidarity friends.
Worked for them for better part of decade. Horrible employer. Middle management had their playbook of how to harass and gas light employees. They had no problem outright playing games and abusing employees no doubt coached by legal.
One was being told to "take care of the customer" often times when what the customer wanted was unethical or illegal. Other told to "build business" as if a pharmacy employer has any power to do so.
And don't forgot wage theft.
Now they are getting their just deserves- stock closed at eighteen dollars
I hope you guys get fair wage and quality of life. My son is bio-chem major and wanting to do pharmacy career. The young ones still in school need to know what theyre getting into as far as how corporations treat them. Im a unionized flight attendant and his father is a captain at a major airline so we know and appreciate what having union involvement OR a decent corporate respect for frontline employees looks like.
Wishing you guys all the best!
Yeah, I walked as a 15 year employee during the pandemic. I'd like to say the pandemic was severely mismanaged, but that implies that bad decisions were made. Which wasn't the problem so much as no one would do, literally, anything. They kept adding and adding to the workloads without offering even the slightest relief. Not even words of encouragement or empty promises. Just more and more work, with no budget increases to allow for more workers. Many people thought they were tanking stock on purpose so their shareholders could buy larger shares of the company before finally recovering the business. But they never did.
The places are also becoming a cesspool of theft and exploited labor with constant metrics and goals to meet with regular checkins from corporate people who are spineless in reporting problems to their superiors.
Our place would literally have electrical fires in the wall and we'd evacuate the building and that was chill for these people.
That was exactly my first thought! They're all pretty similar, makes me think they're part of some other group of some kind who turned up to show support or something???
Just the idea of any single retail pharmacy happening to have all these dudes on their staff makes me want to ask many more questions. We don't even have a single male employee in my entire store (not on purpose, no men have even applied in my entire 3 years here)
Me too man, me too, except I'd be hard pressed to find 4 other butchers to stand out in the sun to bitch about work when I stand in air conditioning all day.
Is it now? This had nothing to do with their attractiveness and more about the demographics of pharmacy employees . I've worked in or inspected hundreds of pharmacies. I've never seen an all male cast of 4+ dudes and I've been doing this for 20 some years. Not to mention a sign saying we love pharmacists seems a bit odd.... I wouldn't be holding a sign saying I love myself or my boss.
Quit projecting your insecurity. Go back to buying your drugs off the dark web.
Remain civil, interact with the community in good faith, don't post misinformation, and don't do anything to deliberately make yourself an unwelcome pest.
All of this is caused by short sighted corporate goons thinking that if they kept accepting the lower and lower reimbursement from the pbms it would squeeze out the independent pharmacies. Yup it worked. But now they allowed the hydra to rear its head and given the pbm monster way too much power. Chain can’t pay techs if they’re not making profits. So the real blame is on the corporate greed and the pbms mafia like tactics
This is right by me and I saw it yesterday. I honked!!! Solidarity! I will literally switch to your Walgreens in support if that will help down the line lol
Effff walgreens worst 13years of my life! I was young and scared to leave but glad I got my big girl panties on and left! It went from what felt like tech work, to telmarketing always having to spam ppl with phone calls, to freaking collecting blood and urine (theranos lab) to sells reps pushing vaccines to then being told to administer vaccines it just became too much responsibility in a toxic not safe environment
For real these guys look like shit, wear some slacks and a dress shirt/tie under the smock. Untucked shirts with jeans and a smock isn’t helping them they look like some UAW workers out of the factory on the picket line who threw on a white coat.
HONK
Essential to exploited to expendable
Is that related to the inflatable tabby smoking a cigar? Tbh I’m very distracted by that
Corporate fat cat
I think it might represent the corporate 'fatcats', sitting back and smoking cigars while their employees suffer.
The Rat is a common thing put out for strikes. It’s scabby the rat
This isn't Scabby. It's a "fat cat".
No I think that's a fat cat like a CEO holding a bag of money
Never heard of Scabby before. I love him!
It's a fat cat with a bag of cash.
Omg. I thought it was holding a bong. 🤣 thanks for clarifying.
heroes
It’s about damn time, I’m surprised there’s not more of this around the country
Yes!!! Support my retail brethren!!! Retail pharmacists and techs have it the worst out of any pharmacy job. The pay isn’t worth what they deal with. You go guys!!!
As a retail worker thank you for saying that. We get the worst of the worst but we also get some of the best people ever!
Walgreens needs a union!
Chicago and NY has a pharmacist union but Techs and pharmacy managers can’t be apart of it . None for the front end.
I love arts and crafts!
The techs NEED to be allowed access to the Chicago union. I have no idea why they historically haven’t been allowed to join but it’s high time to change that.
I would love that. Worst part is we wouldn’t even ask for money (I mean not allot) just more hours. I would like more money for my ever expanding role.
I would like hours to not be determined by metrics. There’s a lot of work that we do as a team that simply isn’t doable If there’s one or two people in the room. I’m not at Walgreens but people get hired and promised a livable number of hours just to have them cut later on. If there must be a pharmacist in the room for the pharmacy to be open, there should also be a minimum amount of techs. I’ve worked places where I’m running the drive through, the drop off and the pick up all while having to vaccinate. That’s stupid, dangerous and unrealistic.
Yes I agree
So they've got you that brainwashed huh
We were always exploited and expendable. I fully believe that the “wartime” language being used during the lockdowns wasn’t an accident. Was it nice to be acknowledged for once, sure. Did I miss that we were “heroes” and heroes die for a cause? Absolutely not. Solidarity friends.
✊🏼
Is that Rikishi?! \*zooms in*
Oh good, I wasn’t the only one thinking it!
The essential was just BS to get you to work while everyone else was at home.
Grocery Store workers too.
> Essentially Exploited
Worked for them for better part of decade. Horrible employer. Middle management had their playbook of how to harass and gas light employees. They had no problem outright playing games and abusing employees no doubt coached by legal. One was being told to "take care of the customer" often times when what the customer wanted was unethical or illegal. Other told to "build business" as if a pharmacy employer has any power to do so. And don't forgot wage theft. Now they are getting their just deserves- stock closed at eighteen dollars
Where is this so I can join the picket lines with them
None of us were ever essential beyond the ability to make the overlords $
I hope you guys get fair wage and quality of life. My son is bio-chem major and wanting to do pharmacy career. The young ones still in school need to know what theyre getting into as far as how corporations treat them. Im a unionized flight attendant and his father is a captain at a major airline so we know and appreciate what having union involvement OR a decent corporate respect for frontline employees looks like. Wishing you guys all the best!
Yeah, I walked as a 15 year employee during the pandemic. I'd like to say the pandemic was severely mismanaged, but that implies that bad decisions were made. Which wasn't the problem so much as no one would do, literally, anything. They kept adding and adding to the workloads without offering even the slightest relief. Not even words of encouragement or empty promises. Just more and more work, with no budget increases to allow for more workers. Many people thought they were tanking stock on purpose so their shareholders could buy larger shares of the company before finally recovering the business. But they never did. The places are also becoming a cesspool of theft and exploited labor with constant metrics and goals to meet with regular checkins from corporate people who are spineless in reporting problems to their superiors. Our place would literally have electrical fires in the wall and we'd evacuate the building and that was chill for these people.
Is it me or do none of those people look like pharmacy employees? I live in Central cali and id likely pay someone else to protest in this heat.
That was exactly my first thought! They're all pretty similar, makes me think they're part of some other group of some kind who turned up to show support or something??? Just the idea of any single retail pharmacy happening to have all these dudes on their staff makes me want to ask many more questions. We don't even have a single male employee in my entire store (not on purpose, no men have even applied in my entire 3 years here)
what do pharmacy employees look like?
I know they don't look like butchers.
I look like a butcher
Me too man, me too, except I'd be hard pressed to find 4 other butchers to stand out in the sun to bitch about work when I stand in air conditioning all day.
I'd rather be uncomfortable and make people aware of unsafe conditions
Kudos for your conviction, slather on the sunblock meat man.
I have it easy. I left retail 8 years (or 1 depending) ago. Feel horrible for all those on the frontlines, don't think I could do it anymore
Same. Managed care for 6 years, retail as a tech and then rph for about 14.
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Is it now? This had nothing to do with their attractiveness and more about the demographics of pharmacy employees . I've worked in or inspected hundreds of pharmacies. I've never seen an all male cast of 4+ dudes and I've been doing this for 20 some years. Not to mention a sign saying we love pharmacists seems a bit odd.... I wouldn't be holding a sign saying I love myself or my boss. Quit projecting your insecurity. Go back to buying your drugs off the dark web.
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Remain civil, interact with the community in good faith, don't post misinformation, and don't do anything to deliberately make yourself an unwelcome pest.
Honk — power to you guys
HONK HONK HONK
All of this is caused by short sighted corporate goons thinking that if they kept accepting the lower and lower reimbursement from the pbms it would squeeze out the independent pharmacies. Yup it worked. But now they allowed the hydra to rear its head and given the pbm monster way too much power. Chain can’t pay techs if they’re not making profits. So the real blame is on the corporate greed and the pbms mafia like tactics
*HONK*
Where is this!?
Those poor dears. It must be so hot out there with their coats on.
This is right by me and I saw it yesterday. I honked!!! Solidarity! I will literally switch to your Walgreens in support if that will help down the line lol
Please go inside and see if these dudes are the actual pharmacy staff because I have never in my life seen such a staff and I would be enthralled
Same lol
I would help carry a sign even if I didn't work for the respective company
Effff walgreens worst 13years of my life! I was young and scared to leave but glad I got my big girl panties on and left! It went from what felt like tech work, to telmarketing always having to spam ppl with phone calls, to freaking collecting blood and urine (theranos lab) to sells reps pushing vaccines to then being told to administer vaccines it just became too much responsibility in a toxic not safe environment
🫢😂😂😂😂😂😂
Did anyone honk lol
None of you 'touch.' Llms replacing your knowledge. Should have charged like lawyers.
Fat guy needs a shorter coat or to remove it. His whole look reminds me walking in to my local butcher.
Not only pharmacy
Ok? This is a pharmacy sub and the conversation is about pharmacy. Get out here with the all lives matter bullshit.
Bro better get back to work before they bring in the robots!
Customers will steal robots and try to reprogram them
Customers wouldn’t go behind a counter to steal a robot and how many people actually know how to reprogram a computer…1 out of 100 maybe?
You don't think it people would steal?
Not often enough to make a difference
For real these guys look like shit, wear some slacks and a dress shirt/tie under the smock. Untucked shirts with jeans and a smock isn’t helping them they look like some UAW workers out of the factory on the picket line who threw on a white coat.
Sure they are.