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Four Times When My Pharmacy Had To Say “No” — And We Weren’t Just Being Difficult

by Daniel Shifrin | Jan 4, 2023 | Career, Professional Skills, Workplace Matters

“Oh, you’re just being difficult!” As a pharmacy manager, I got that a lot. I always felt my pharmacy department was treated like second-class citizens. We were the ones that always had to compromise. We had to change the way we did things to make others...

How My Short-Lived Role as an Acting Director Allowed Me to Merge as a Valuable Commodity

by Daniel Shifrin | Jul 7, 2021 | Career, General, Success Story, Workplace Matters

I really enjoyed working in my first hospital. I was hired by an older gentleman. He was the Director of Pharmacy. I believe he liked the suit that I was wearing. He was very knowledgeable and very soft spoken. He was also very close...

How Other Departments Exceed Their Boundaries and Exert Their Influence Over the Pharmacy

by Daniel Shifrin | Sep 30, 2020 | Workplace Matters

I was very lucky. I had a good boss. He made me the pharmacy manager of the pharmacy in the main hospital. This was shortly after our hospital merged with a smaller hospital. He was the Director of Pharmacy at this smaller hospital. He made a woman the pharmacy...

Four Times When My Pharmacy Had To Say “No” — And We Weren’t Just Being Difficult

How My Short-Lived Role as an Acting Director Allowed Me to Merge as a Valuable Commodity

How Other Departments Exceed Their Boundaries and Exert Their Influence Over the Pharmacy

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