pharmacy technician

pharmacist

data entry clerk

senior pharmacy technician

technician

specialty rx

I want to make this as short as possible. I'm a former driver for SRX, I've been there for 4+ years and it was an OKAY experience working there. The pay is decent depending on what route you're doing. If you do more than one route a day, you'll get a hefty paycheck. Learning how to get from point A to point B is very simple, they make you use your personal phone with a scanning app that allows you to scan all totes and medical equipment that you need to transport; very simple stuff. Pharmacy tends to make some changes here and there every ones ore twice a month which was kind of annoying but you'll quickly adapt to it. Being able to finish a route and go home afterwards was the best part of the job.

What I enjoyed about working here: Mostly all drivers are cool peeps, they will help you out if they see that you need help with something. Developing a good relationship with the drivers was a plus on my books, it's very important to gain their trust because they'll feel comfortable working along with you. There might be some days that they'll need to take a day off and they'll come ask you to cover for them and vice versa. During your route, if you need to eat a snack you have the leisure to stop anywhere you want to get a quick bite and continue your route. Some nurses will be very generous enough to give you a snack or a drink and that was always something I enjoyed. I've been given bottles of wine during the holidays which was real neat Depending on where you go, some facilities will give you something out of generosity and I appreciated that a lot.

What I did NOT enjoy working for this company: This company fails to be organized and very often have higher ups come in to supervise EVERYONE to make sure that everyone is doing what they're suppose to do. Sometimes the higher ups will stay there for a week or two to ensure that everyone's doing their job. The higher ups put pressure on dispatchers and route supervisors so that they can reflect all that pressure onto everyone else and it's one of the many things why I didn't like working at SRX.

Route pick-up ETAs is where this company struggles the most. It was, and still is a constant problem with the people inside pharmacy causing major delays with the drivers. Dispatchers would give us an ETA now and half-hour later or an hour later they'll give us another ETA and all the drivers will become irrate and discontent with what's going on in. These problems resulted in drivers quiting on the spot and some drivers going home. These problems still persist even during harsh weather conditions where you think that this pharmacy might be considerate and let all drivers pick up their routes so that they can roll out on time and finish on time so that they can get home safely, instead they'll delay everyone and the drivers will have to go out there in the midst of all tropical storms or harsh snow blizzards and risk their lives out on the road to deliver meds to facilities. 

Some nurses and nursing supervisors can be hit or miss. You'll meet some sweethearts/awesome nurses and you'll meet grouchy lazy nurses who will give you a hard time and do everything in their power to make our jobs a lot more tedious. The most important thing to do when dealing with incompetent nurses/supervisors is keep calm and be professional, never give them attitude, tell them to have a good night or a good day and move on with your route. Some nurses will refuse to sign for medication for a number of stupid reasons so when that happens I'll usually tell them that I'll let dispatch know that they are refusing to sign and they'll either get in trouble the next day or get fired. 

Last but not least, there are zero benefits, there are zero vacation days even though I remember someone saying that there are vacation days; I never went on vacation working for this company. For you to go on vacation you need to find another driver that is willing to cover for you. If you can't find anyone then you'll have to just do your route. Sometimes dispatchers and route supervisors will find someone, sometimes they can't and you'll be lucked out. Vacations were planned out amongst the drivers and sometimes route supervisors would get angry because nobody will tell them that someone they'll be taking some time off for vacation and they'll have someone else to cover for them. Sick days also don't exist, if you get sick you had to let dispatcher and route supervisor know that you're unable to work that day and they'll find someone to cover for you.

Very fun environment and people, as well as very fast paced work. Workload comes in waves usually but you don't really have any down time besides your break and meal.

Be cautious if you plan on doing full time as they do expect you to stand for the entire work shift (7 or more hours not counting break and meal) which can lead to blood pooling and building up pressure in the veins of the legs. 

Obviously this condition isn't specifically targeted towards Specialty, but this was my only job where standing in one spot, without moving, for a prolonged period of time isn't unusual and it gets to be very uncomfortable on the legs given some time. Although as a tech you will be moving looking for drugs, it's not enough to release the pressure on your legs.
Part timers should not worry though.

Overall good work environment, great people to work with. but watch out for throbbing leg pains. If possible stick/aim for a position where either: you're allowed to sit, or you're allowed to walk. 

Pro Tip: If you do end up in a station where you aren't given much access to movement as other spots and are full time, take $10-20 and invest in a foam roller or any other type of accessory that allows for decompression and increased blood circulation of the back and legs.

Best of luck!

Where do I even start. Training is minimal at best. I left a solid company for this dumpster fire of a company. Management plays favorites and extremely unprofessional in their demeanor and behavior towards employees. Myself and other employees addressed some important concerns to the supervisor a few times about what was going on during our shift. The day supervisor just ignored and pretended that it wasn’t happening and basically dismissed the concerns.
Not once during my interview was it mentioned that we were not allowed to leave work unless our work was 100% completed. The supervisor also failed to mention that you’d be stuck doing one task for 8 hrs a day 5 days a week during the interview. The management at this company are very unorganized and if you speak up or address anything that’s a concern, consider yourself a target. I should’ve seen the red flags during the interview about how this organization is run. By far the worst company I’ve ever worked for, stay FAR away as possible.

Kiss some rear end to get in with the cool kids and you’ll do great. Work hard and get taken advantage of. Such is the culture at this company. If all you care about is clocking in and getting a check, by all means, apply. This is not a bad place. If a career is what you’re looking for be prepared to suck up to management. Promotions and raises are rare and only given to friends of management. And if you do get one, get it in writing and notarized otherwise they act like it was never discussed and proceed to their benefit and to your detriment. No communication between departments. No one knows anything. I can’t tell you how many times I got a call meant for another department and when I say I will transfer them to the right place, they complain about being transferred to several places with no help (record when I left was seven transfers with no help).
I’m at a new pharmacy and I can tell you I am much happier. The toxicity and favoritism at specialty pharmacy is beyond belief.

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at specialty rx is non existent. They were very okay with me working 5 weeks postpartum after a c section, but fired me because of attendance, knowing that my reasons were for my very small child.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at specialty rx are awful. They give you close to minimum wage and getting benefits it’s pointless when you’re paid so little.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at specialty rx, I think you should just not work here. During the beginning of COVID-19, the company was letting go of everyone.

Management
In general, managers at specialty rx show lots of favoritism especially if you are Filipino or Indian.

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at specialty rx is not accepted by the company. I’ve been threatened for write ups for doing as little as talking to my colleagues.

Overall
My experience working at specialty rx was awful. I would never recommend this to anyone. I was let go for more personal reasons, and they gave the excuse of it being because of attendance.

Specialty RX New Austin location has serious issues with leadership, transparency, and overall culture. Promises made during hiring often don’t match reality. Favoritism is common, and advancement can depend more on internal politics than actual performance. The pharmacy manager lacks effective leadership skills, leading to constant upper manager involvement, which only adds to the tension.

In just one month, more than seven newly hired employees left- a direct result of the stressful, unhealthy work environment. The culture rewards undermining others instead of teamwork, leaving staff feeling on edge rather than supported. If you value stability, respect, and strong leadership, this may not be the right place for you.

If you want to be stressed and overwhelmed. Go ahead and apply for this job. If you're a girl and want to do all the work while the men do nothing but work around and steal company's time, go ahead and apply to this job. This company is just another high school. So much drama. Upper management does nothing to help and solve issues. So much favoritism here no room for advancement. Super micromanaged. 

The Human Resources department do nothing for the employees. The lady does not care about your issues nor works with you to solve the problems. 

The company took COVID-19 as a joke and had no plan put in place in advance. They do not follow COVID-19 protocols. Instead they starting firing people who have put their hard work for the company. 

DO NOT APPLY.

At the East Rochester location my co-workers were truly amazing, kind and talented . Management on the other hand is ruthless , underhanded , and self serving. Some professional employees are highly favored and treated in a very friendly manor by the on-site manager while others are never spoken to , and barely even acknowledged at all. I was one of the latter and I can not for the life of me figure out why. I have been in my profession for over 30 years and I have never experienced  such a disparity in the way people are treated on simply a human being to  human being level. I have been away from here for months and I still feel rattled and sad remembering how belittled I felt there on a daily basis. There were several other professionals here which were treated exactly as badly as I was , I feel for them as well.

My experience was that the overall work environment felt unhealthy and discouraging. Leadership often communicated in ways that left many employees feeling unsupported, and expectations did not seem applied consistently across the team. Some employees appeared to receive more leniency or positive attention, while others experienced much closer scrutiny of their work. This pattern created a sense of instability and made it difficult to feel secure in the role. At times, performance feedback felt less like coaching and more like searching for reasons to document concerns, which contributed to a negative atmosphere and reduced trust in leadership.

Management has poor communication and understandment with their employees. There is SO much favoritism. They make you have more responsibilities in which isn’t part of your job title. Basically you’re not getting paid for the amount of work you do especially if you do more work than others (who take their time). Don’t even bother getting your hopes up asking for a raise even if you are a hard worker. If you don’t like a fast paced environment this is not the job for you. So much drama and nosy people there. They lovee to bribe and reward you with non appreciative gifts. You don’t get any over-time. There are no such thing as 15 minute breaks on the weekends. You are just a worker and not a person known there.

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