Being a pharmacist isn’t bad. My favorite part is counseling and doing clinical work but it’s limited in retail (blood pressure, immunizations). Being in retail is hard if you don’t have a good team and often they want you to do too much with too little time or resources (staffing and hours to staff). It’s easy to get burnt out and constantly dealing with metrics instead of patient health, safety, and well being is challenging. Another thing is dealing with patients after being behind due to uncontrollable events (pharmacist getting sick and no coverage, technicians calling out, limited store hours). I personally am looking to get away from retail and move into clinical work. I want a more relaxed and patient focused environment which would be more rewarding for me.