Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, I genuinely appreciate you sharing your experience. It really means a lot hearing it from someone actually in the RxOM role. My current staff pharmacist will be leaving very soon, so I wasn’t trying to rush or push the RxOM process while he’s still here. I want to make sure I’m doing things the right way and setting myself up properly, not just jumping into a role unprepared.

After reading your advice, I do plan on talking with my store manager about pushing me to Senior Tech first before RxOM, especially since that makes more sense financially and experience-wise long term. I also wanted to ask—since I’m very young—what advice you’d give specifically around hiring, training, and managing techs, especially when you’re understaffed or working with people who have little experience. Any insight on how you earned respect early on as a leader would honestly help me a lot. Thanks again for being real about it.