Re: Outlook for Pharmacy (was "Message for Carol")

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Let's face it, ANYTHING that can be outsourced or done off shore
WILL in a matter of time. The bottom line drives everything
nowadays. If a client was asked whether they would pay a
premium to have personalized legal representation including
timely responses to questions, private meetings, and
prioritization of their matters they would all say "of course."
But ... what REALLY happens? You bend over backwards for them
and they either don't pay or contest the amount. Result?
Service goes out the window and profits become top priority;
it's the same in any industry. Seniors who won't (or can't) pay
for their medications from local pharmacists who would give them
personal service and really care about them go to Canada,
Mexico, or god knows where to get cheaper prescriptions.
Everybody shops online or goes to Walmart for cheaper goods.
Who cares if your clothes are made in a third-world country,
they cost less! So, local American workers lose out and the
mills close. I'd focus on a positon somewhere that you'll at
least make GOOD money while the goings good; you can't lose out
in the medical field. Everybody is living longer and there is a
serious shortage of health care professionals. I know, my wife
is a APRN and makes three times (yes, three times) my salary.
~Zephyr

On 5/11/06, Mr. Blue wrote:
> On 5/10/06, L wrote:
>
>> why not pharmacy? better pay, hours, etc. If I could start
>> college again, I'd go into pharmacy. I'd already be rich by
>> now.
>
> Since I have a biochemistry background, I've wondered about
> this. My concern is that although the job market might be good
> now, it might not be so great for pharmacists in the future. I
> think we'll see increasing amounts of mail-order prescriptions
> (less need for local pharmacists) and that perhaps some of
those
> mail-order prescription jobs will even be outsourced. Why does
> counting and dispensing pills need to be done locally? I don't
> see any reason why this work couldn't be done in Mexico nor
even
> in China, at least for medications that are not needed
immediately.
>
> That's my concern about making a large investment of time and
> money in Pharmacy.