Sadly, I would say: please don’t it.
We are dreadfully misunderstood by not only the public but other healthcare professionals, we routinely have to work under EXTREME pressure, we take a fair amount of abuse, we take massive amounts of responsibility, we can kill/harm someone with one mistake, I’ve never met a pharmacist who liked their job, you are constantly contending with many factors outside of your control and then take the flack for it, the pay is stagnant, the profession and the government can’t decide what our role is…I could go on. Actually I will.
Just today, I was sworn at for an item not being in stock (completely outside of my control, due to a manufacturing issue), had someone ask me for advice then tell me she doesn’t trust me, had to placate someone furious with me because I can’t give out antibiotics without a prescription, etc etc etc.
You are on your feet all day which is hard as you get older or have health issues. If you have a break for lunch, the pharmacy has to close (legal requirement) therefore we don’t tend to have ANY breaks as the grief from customers (and sometimes managers) just isn’t worth it. We don’t get to go to the toilet when we need (this has made me ill before now) or have any flexibility in our working day. We are bound by a code of ethics even as students which makes our private life subject to scrutiny in case we damage the reputation of the profession.
The rewarding bits happen from time to time but it’s mostly just one hard slog.