come on 99% of the time (being)pharmacist is not that stressful

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Jun 30, 2015
2:30:04pm

capo

Hey look at me, I am taking pills from this Big bottle and putting them in this little bottle.

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Highest paying / least stressful jobs? Go

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:22pm

Dentist

RdF3

6/29/15 5:24pm

Don't they have a really high suicide rate?

KingDave

6/29/15 5:28pm

This article states they do have the highest suicide rate

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:34pm

Dentists are #2 now. Passed up by MD's.

fiberpost

6/29/15 6:16pm

Isn't it the orthodontists that have it easy?

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:33pm

Very stressful

Bravescoug

6/29/15 5:36pm

I believe it. I only said that because of the 300 dentists on board

RdF3

6/29/15 8:05pm

Dentists who own a practice have one of the most stressful jobs of all.

Duke Silver

6/29/15 6:19pm

Why is it any more stressful than other small business owners?

Non-donor troll

6/29/15 6:25pm

RE: Why is it any more stressful than other small business owners?

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:28pm

Then why is it different for associate dentists? Because of billing?

Non-donor troll

6/29/15 6:29pm

RE: Then why is it different for associate dentists? Because of billing?

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:35pm

Right, but again, how is that different than any other small business owner? You

Non-donor troll

6/29/15 6:42pm

Associate dentists don't have to worry about hiring/firing, marketing, billing,

Rise Against

6/29/15 6:51pm

Sounds like a lot of standard small business concerns

Gustav

6/29/15 6:56pm

But most small businesses don't deal with dental insurance companies and the

Rise Against

6/29/15 6:59pm

That and people think its their right to free health care.

cougaman

6/29/15 7:23pm

Just checked and per the ADA, owner dentists average 35.7 hours/wk in office

Gustav

6/29/15 7:28pm

The constant mental and physical focus required in combo with working on a live

doubled1981

6/29/15 7:56pm

Owner dentists work 4.4 hours more per week than employee dentists

Gustav

6/29/15 8:09pm

I have worked many jobs and agree that many are hard and stressful

doubled1981

6/29/15 9:21pm

A lot of it is probably the shame of not making it as a real doctor.

Belboz

6/29/15 7:20pm

Ha ha. Not even close. Try investment banking or private equity.

WDaddy

6/29/15 7:43pm

This is protectionism at it's finest. Oh my job is the worst! (wink wink please

Cheesy Gordita

6/29/15 10:47pm

Pharmacist

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:25pm

Stressful

PharmCoug

6/29/15 5:50pm

"I've gotta take pills from this big bottle and put them in this little bottle!

southernfriedcougar

6/29/15 6:19pm

You want to refill your Levothroxine ma'am?

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:54pm

It can actually be very stressful when that woman that wants her levothyroxine

PharmD

6/29/15 7:02pm

RE: It can actually be very stressful when that woman that wants her

Bravescoug

6/29/15 8:27pm

Just reading this stresses me out. I would of thought it was not that stressful

Ycrazy

6/30/15 11:10am

This is one of the big reasons I'm against pharmacists writing prescriptions.

Non-donor troll

6/30/15 11:12am

come on 99% of the time (being)pharmacist is not that stressful

capo

6/30/15 2:30pm

None of that sounds particularly stressful to me. Just inconvenient.

BYUCoug11

6/30/15 12:46pm

If that all of that happens in an 8-10 hour day would you call that stressful?

PharmD

6/30/15 12:48pm

I can't even imagine. I mean, literally, I can't even imagine.

The Underminer

6/30/15 3:16pm

Depends on the pharmacy. I worked at a pharmacy that filled over

PharmD

6/30/15 3:25pm

Glad you're an expert. I hope that one day I can handle thyroid pills.

PharmCoug

6/29/15 7:25pm

Gotta watch out for that levothroxine...it's easy to mix up.

PharmD

6/29/15 7:27pm

You probably couldn't

mobius

6/29/15 8:13pm

hmm or look it up, you have an app on your phone. Seriously,

capo

6/30/15 2:32pm

I know right

mobius

6/30/15 3:08pm

agreed. I think pharmacists should prescribe too. Talk about another profession

capo

6/30/15 3:34pm

Former U.S. President.

Cougar-Duck

6/29/15 5:26pm

Retired anything is always the best

AxelDC

6/29/15 5:34pm

Professional athlete

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:28pm

I hope your talking about golf, because the amount of work and physical stress

srey

6/29/15 5:38pm

Not all sports are created equal

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:51pm

Have you ever played tennis? Not quite sure how you lump it in with bowling

BYUHawk

6/29/15 6:13pm

Tennis is exhausting

donnerstag

6/29/15 6:26pm

Punter. Top job out there. Very rarely are you the goat, and when the game is on

cougaman

6/29/15 6:05pm

If it's so easy, why don't we all make it to pro sports?

southernfriedcougar

6/29/15 6:31pm

Fed government jobs win this going away

OU Cougar

6/29/15 5:28pm

and it's nearly impossible to fire people with govt job too.

nashty

6/29/15 5:56pm

University Professor

4mack

6/29/15 5:28pm

Seminary teacher is better than it used to be too

OU Cougar

6/29/15 5:31pm

RE: University Professor

ausgezeichnet

6/29/15 5:33pm

How is that "highest paying?"

2FarGone

6/29/15 5:43pm

you're kidding right? Here's a list of U of U's highest paid employees

4mack

6/29/15 5:48pm

What do they teach?

2FarGone

6/29/15 5:50pm

Summers off? They do get some but hardly the whole summer

concolor couguar

6/29/15 5:54pm

Those are all at the med school. Avg academic professor makes more like $70k

Gustav

6/29/15 6:02pm

And THIS was my point

2FarGone

6/29/15 6:05pm

There are business professors there making $400,000ish per year

4mack

6/29/15 6:12pm

#2 on the list, John Smith, is one of the leading pediatric spine specialists

wcj99

6/29/15 6:52pm

Many of them bring in millions from fed/industry research projects.

GA_Coug

6/29/15 9:30pm

Chiropractor

RdF3

6/29/15 5:30pm

Had a feeling my career of marketing exec wouldn't make the list. We rarely

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:30pm

el jefe:

nashty

6/29/15 5:35pm

Need an intern, El Jefe?

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:35pm

A relevant survey:

Gustav

6/29/15 5:41pm

It's basically the scientists that are on the list

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:58pm

RE: Highest paying / least stressful jobs? Go

85fan

6/29/15 5:55pm

If I could do it all over again, that's probably the route I'd go.

KingDave

6/29/15 6:03pm

"Even George got into podiatry school"

TNT

6/29/15 6:05pm

*Taking notes*

TNT

6/29/15 5:58pm

Taking notes isn't a job dillweed.

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:02pm

Hey he isn't any happier about it than you. Work sucks

TNT

6/29/15 6:04pm

Probably, but being a stenographer is close.

Breaded Hamster

6/30/15 6:23pm

Sales.

johnnycarson

6/29/15 6:06pm

Isn't that stressful though?

TNT

6/29/15 6:08pm

Can be. But everything can be. But the payoff can be big

johnnycarson

6/29/15 6:12pm

Not if you like to hear yourself yap

southernfriedcougar

6/29/15 6:22pm

Depends on your personality

AxelDC

6/30/15 5:48am

Um unless you're extroverted.. why the Fred Flintstone would you do sales..?

Flyingdolphin

6/30/15 5:55am

Your religion asks you to "sell" it for a few years

concolor couguar

6/30/15 7:16am

I've known introverts try their hand at sales

AxelDC

6/30/15 8:03am

Union Longshoreman on ocean ports. Starting salary -$150K

Zenoch

6/29/15 6:20pm

Correct! This is the ultimate union racket. Just hint at a strike that will

Cougar Junkie

6/29/15 8:33pm

Realtor

mudpupper

6/29/15 6:46pm

how about spending hours on end without a sale?

GA_Coug

6/29/15 7:09pm

This. It's awful. And stressful.

pink22

6/29/15 7:35pm

Except the primary reason it would be stressful

BYU '80

6/30/15 5:32am

Definitely not working in an urgent care. Especially today. 10 patients came in

cougaman

6/29/15 7:24pm

Any type of Physician/Surgeon. Overpaid brats.

Flyingdolphin

6/29/15 7:26pm

Plus there is a good chance they talk smack about you while you are under

TNT

6/29/15 7:28pm

Listening to the Morning Zoo?

Duke Silver

6/29/15 8:31pm

Considering it costs $250k (w/o interest)and 9-10 years post-undergrad education

WorfoSAUR

6/29/15 9:13pm

Oh.

Flyingdolphin

6/29/15 10:48pm

My response to this. If it's so awesome why don't you sign up?

Idahofallsblue

6/29/15 11:14pm

Oh goodness, I couldn't comprehend the persistence it would take

Flyingdolphin

6/29/15 11:40pm

Embalmer/crematory operator

BYUMizzou

6/29/15 7:48pm

Yeah, people are lining up, dying to give them business

Cougarealist

6/29/15 8:15pm

7.5

TNT

6/29/15 8:22pm

RE: Embalmer/crematory operator

85fan

6/30/15 12:04am

Network Marketing. Make a ton, working with family/friends, and lots of freetime

Thunder Buddy

6/29/15 10:57pm

Actuaries or Stats geeks. The numbers are the numbers you are not responsible

Ycrazy

6/30/15 11:15am

pedalcab operator

supertux

6/30/15 11:28am

Punter

newbie

6/30/15 11:30am

RE: Punter

cougaman

6/30/15 11:36am

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