It’s All In The Timing
Bosses & Owners, France, Instant Karma, Jerk, Non-Dialogue, Pharmacy | Working | February 14, 2022
A high school friend is working at a big local pharmacy. He has no medical degree, so he does all the other tasks: stocking the shelves, filling the printers, cleaning, etc. He likes to tell the story of how he got the job.
It started as a summer job, and then they gave him a short-term contract, which was renewed twice. The law says that after the third contract you have to consider making it a full-time position. The head pharmacist was all for keeping him, but the owner thought it was a waste of money and said so with some nasty slurs about uneducated people.
So, the head pharmacist talked to my friend, and they arranged the schedule for him to stop working right as the pharmacy opened their brand new orthopedics aisle. With no one to do the basic tasks and the extra load of work for the opening, it was a nightmare. The owner had to step in more than once to keep the pharmacy running.
It took some more negotiations before my friend got his long-term contract, but the owner was way more open to the idea of a non-medical worker helping out. At least the health crisis didn’t hurt them too badly.
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