Pros
Sometimes drug reps bring free food. The coworkers are really cool people.
Cons
I worked at the Guardian Pharmacy of Tucson, aka The Wilmot Pharmacy. The company was previously owned by two friendly brothers in the local area, a small local business that cared about its employees, their families, and the pharmacy's patients. Then Guardian and Saliba's stepped in, changing the business to the opposite. In a year, over a dozen employees were either fired or felt compelled to leave, out of a pharmacy with a staffing of only 6 employees originally! Most of this stemmed from the terrible and tyrannic management (you might of heard of Saliba's Pharmacy in Phoenix). We were like losing business left and right. The employees were constantly to blame, even though we tried to give our management warning (and they swept it under the rug to protect their own jobs). We randomly switched to a completely different pharmacy system, which had tons of bugs and incorrect information with our cycle fill. Again, employees were totally to blame for any problems! It was a depressing place to work cause that "family" feel had been taken away. Then we would get business back, and would not have the staffing to take it on! Management would tell us "it has to be done by this deadline no matter what...we will deal with any problems later", essentially meaning to fill all the meds as quickly as possible, even if they were wrong. We are dealing with the health of patients in assisted living homes, but management only sees dollar signs from getting new contracts!! They want their profits and bonuses. This job like completely changed them. What you can expect from this company is a management team that tries to be your friend, while screwing you over at the same time. Our management would frequently tell employees they were doing great jobs, then suddenly give bad performance reviews (so they don't have to give raises). They would also repeatedly say they were excited to hire new employees due to increased business, then fire the old employees due to "budget problems". This must have happened at least 5 times while I was there. Everyone here recognizes the trend, but the two directors still think they are like super sneaky. They will not work with employees on how to improve...they just decide to "sneakily" replace them. They can't be professional about wanting to terminate employees. I spoke with the owner about my concerns with the company. While he initially seemed receptive, the response to everything was a dismissive "thank you for bringing this to my attention" and no change ever happened. Before I knew it, **I** was dealing with Guardian's HR department! About criticizing the company and "harassing" management, for a company I've worked with for years and wanted to help! They do not care about your suggestions or your legitimate concerns as an employee. We were also scolded for discussing our own wages and benefits. Employees have rights, whether Guardian wants to admit it or not. Our pay and insurance plans are FAR BEYOND AVERAGE for this industry, but they compare us to retail pharmacy employees throwing pills in a vial. We are doing much higher level jobs, like medication therapy management and dispensing for facilities! But Guardian will go out of its way to shut you up. If you are hourly, they see you as a child who needs to be disciplined. They would like rather spend more time and money dealing with who they see as "problem employees" then actually fixing the way the company operates. I left because I wasn't respected. I left because Guardian Pharmacy could not treat me like an adult. I left because the pharmacy director could not function professionally. This is the same director who did NOTHING when I came crying to him about how other employees treated me. I could keep going, but I hope you see my frustration and agony, as someone who once trusted and believed in this so-called "pharmacy". Please, avoid Wilmot Pharmacy and Saliba's Pharmacy. Avoid all Guardian pharmacies. I hope no one ever has to repeat what I went through.
