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If you are pretty sure any move will put you in a worse situation as far as hours/schedule, the bump in pay should be enough to compensate you for that.

The pay would be pretty much the same. Definitely not enough to sway me one way or the other.

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You might find a job you love with better pay and just get used to a worse schedule.

There are plenty of people I know in my profession that have kids/family and deal with their schedule just fine. I just know it wouldn't be as ideal. Hell, I'm already thinking 6-7 years down the road and how I'd like to be able to coach my future kids' youth basketball and baseball/softball teams! Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead, but I just know jobs with these hours are hard to come by in my profession.

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Is there any way you can make your current job more interesting, maybe learn a new skill so you can help out in a different part of the company?

Not really. I had to learn a new skill for this job (get trained/certified), and that's pretty much all I do now. I'm a pharmacist working in healthcare IT at a hospital. My sole responsibility is the build/maintenance/upgrade of the pharmacy component of our electronic medical records software. It was interesting at first, but now I'm kinda over it and think I would prefer getting back to a normal pharmacist job...at least in regards to job satisfaction. I kinda enjoyed working with patients and other healthcare workers as opposed to sitting at my computer in my office and only interacting with my fellow healthcare IT people. That schedule tho...

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Posted by ZereauxSum

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Posted on 4/10/14 at 8:12 am to That's BS

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I'm a pharmacist

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That schedule tho...

OK, that definitely makes sense.

We're talking a pretty big change in schedule.

At least you don't have to worry about job security or pay!

Man, that's a tough call. I work in MIS so I'm a little biased but I'd personally hold onto that IT gig. But you did go to school for pharmacy and if you're missing the traditional work, maybe it's time for a change.

I will tell you that's it's never too early to think ahead as far as the kids are concerned...I have 4 (soon to be 5) and I would have hacked off a finger to have the schedule I have now when they were smaller. It's just night and day to me how much easier life is, especially when you're as involved as you want to be. But...like you said, plenty of people work the kind of schedule you'd be returning to and are perfectly fine.

What's the job market like where you live in Healthcare IT? I'm guessing you could go back easily if you really wanted the schedule back.

This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 8:14 am

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