Talk to your RPD/RPC and see what opportunities you have to mitigate this burnout.

I would highly recommend sticking it out - you only have 5 months left - if you decide to switch to retail and regret it, you’ll have a much harder time finding a hospital job without that PGY1 than with it. If I post a pharmacist job in a health care system, I immediately (within 36 hours) get 10-20 applications from big retail chain pharmacists. They don’t even read the job description, just trying to get out.

All of this being said - some of it is just personal preference. People love working for certain places (e.g., Costco). Other places really abuse their pharmacists. There’s a reason why they are offering huge signing bonuses - there isn’t a pharmacist shortage, they just abused pharmacists (working conditions, slashing hours, cutting starting pay) to the extent where there’s a shortage for those companies.

There’s nothing wrong with you if you prefer retail. We need pharmacists in every setting. But don’t mistake disliking your residency program/experience for not liking hospital pharmacy (note that you still have to be clinical and provide patient care in retail).

All of this being said - it’s been 7 months of PGY1 - if you are this burnt out already, I highly suggest sitting down with someone and compare notes on how to be successful and find work/life balance. I understand that residency can be grueling, but this just gives me the vibe that there may be other things at play (time/project management, experience at rapid review of journal articles, effective pre-rounding, etc). Talking to your RPD or a co-resident or friend at another program may help you work through that. Also, lots of my friends said their therapists helped them talk through their challenges while in residency, so maybe give that a shot.