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rigoletto1975 · 01-30-2007, 07:31 PM

Hey, thank you so much pharmacist0006. You have given valuable insight about company H1-B sponsorship. I didn't think it was like this. Now I see the reality of it. It's unfortunate that we are treated this way, but what can we do? We are at their mercy. All pharmacy applicants are highly educated people, most I think are MS or Pharm.D. holders. I myself am an MD back in Manila. I just finished my training in Anesthesiology but I opted to work here as a pharmacist for a better life. I'm supposed to take the diplomate exam in Anesthesiology this March but what the heck? What I'll make there in a month, I'll earn it here in a day and a half. Isn't that amazing? The Philippines is a beautiful country but the economy is bad. You can keep on working for 20 years and nothing is gonna happen to you.

My mother is a pharmacist as well and she is here in CA. She will be taking the Pharmacy tech exam so she could work, at least, in a pharmacy. At the moment, she's working as a cashier for Target.

On a different note, I'm gonna be starting with Rite-Aid in about 2 weeks, I hope. Once I get the CA intern license. They're paying me $23.50/hr, but my friend who started Dec. 20 said she was paid more. Is this the rate of pay for interns? What about the pharmacist rate? I hope you don't mind my asking. I know the pharmacist rate is $47-51.00/hr. Is there some truth to this?

Again, thank you for your correspondence. Keep in touch.

01-30-2007, 07:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
rigoletto1975 Trying to make mom and pop proud Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 24	Valuable insight Hey, thank you so much pharmacist0006. You have given valuable insight about company H1-B sponsorship. I didn't think it was like this. Now I see the reality of it. It's unfortunate that we are treated this way, but what can we do? We are at their mercy. All pharmacy applicants are highly educated people, most I think are MS or Pharm.D. holders. I myself am an MD back in Manila. I just finished my training in Anesthesiology but I opted to work here as a pharmacist for a better life. I'm supposed to take the diplomate exam in Anesthesiology this March but what the heck? What I'll make there in a month, I'll earn it here in a day and a half. Isn't that amazing? The Philippines is a beautiful country but the economy is bad. You can keep on working for 20 years and nothing is gonna happen to you. My mother is a pharmacist as well and she is here in CA. She will be taking the Pharmacy tech exam so she could work, at least, in a pharmacy. At the moment, she's working as a cashier for Target. On a different note, I'm gonna be starting with Rite-Aid in about 2 weeks, I hope. Once I get the CA intern license. They're paying me $23.50/hr, but my friend who started Dec. 20 said she was paid more. Is this the rate of pay for interns? What about the pharmacist rate? I hope you don't mind my asking. I know the pharmacist rate is $47-51.00/hr. Is there some truth to this? Again, thank you for your correspondence. Keep in touch.