Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Pharmacy
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy [18 VAC 110 ‑ 20]
Action Addressing hours of continuous work by pharmacists
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 1/29/2016
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1/4/16  12:40 pm
Commenter: Drug Topics

How Pharmacy Metrics Affect Our Profession
 

Anonymous Jan 2, 2016

All that I know was that where I live the 2 CVS pharmacy managers with > 20 years each with the company were fired on the same day rumored to be due to "metrics". A recent graduate I know had an interview with CVS and was told "they are slowly weeding out the old guys". After double-digit years of above average reviews with my company I was given a poor rating by a new supervisor (no longer with the company) and demoted from my position to fast-track another employee to a supervisor position (that didn't happen). A pharmacist locally in a third company spoke his mind to a supervisor (no such thing as an open door policy) and was subsequently transferred to a more remote location from where he lives. All levels of management live on metrics only. Work hard, do your job, take care of your patients but don't completely trust your management at any level.

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