<prompt> Human: Im 26 working at a small local pharmacy. I recently got nationally certified and approved through the state board of pharmacy to be fully licensed pharmacy tech. I was doing the work of a tech debatable on the legality of that but not the issue here with lower pay 8-10 dollars an hour for 2 years now and understood the low pay since I wasnt fully certified. I went in expecting an offer of at least 14hr and was going to try to negotiate a little more but he came out saying 12. Honestly, the pay doesnt seem too out of place if compared to the big chain pharmacies but heres where some other big info comes in. My mom worked at the same pharmacy for somewhere between 10-15 years in the past and she was an incredibly high paid tech for retail pharmacies. She was making 21hr when she stopped working there about 3 years ago. Its a tiny pharmacy where the only employees are the owner pharmacist, another part time incredibly incompetent pharmacist that honestly shouldnt have a license who makes 28hr for 12 hours a week, two delivery guys that make 10hr for 4 hours a day each, myself, and one other tech who is the only mystery of payroll to me. I believe she made 10 when my mom worked there but big raise to at least above 14 after she left. We hired no other employee after my mom left. After doing the math, I see roughly a 30,000 gap between what the payroll was 3 years ago with my mom working there and now without her. This math doesnt include the 5 hours we are open on saturdays or any kind of taxes but that doesnt really effect the point. My mom was probably the best pharmacy tech anywhere she ever worked and I guarantee some revenue was lost when she left but not 30k a year cut to revenue. Basically we had 3 people capable of filling scripts 3 years ago and now we have 2 people doing the same work and making a lot less money in the big picture. And the other big issue is no health insurance. We have a 401k but thats the only benefit on paperI like the job. Its a nice atmosphere. I can take off any day I need without any complaints, just have to make up the work when Im back. I can wear whatever I want and dont have to follow any terrible corporate rules or anything so Id like to keep the job but dont feel like I should at the current pay.The timing of this is pretty awful too since I need to buy a car currently. I dont have very high expenses or anything and I do actually have 14k saved in my bank account so Im fine short term and have some flexibility for the future but dont know which route to take. I had medical problems years ago when in community college so that opportunity got screwed. Thought about looking into some other program with online trainingclasses but dont really know what to look into. Thanks for anything  <response>: Youre framing the situation as though youre entitled to get more money just because your pharmacys payroll spend is less than it used to be.By your own admission the pay is close to what youd made a nearby chain pharmacy. Do you bring anything to the table that makes your work worth more than market rate?Your mom made substantially more but she also has over a decade more of experience. Just because her departure reduced payroll spend it doesnt mean youre entitled to the difference.And even if we assumed you were entitled to get more because payroll spend is down, you dont know what other expenses the pharmacy has. The business is surely quite low margin. Margins on drugs are probably thin and getting thinner. Health insurance companies are a pain to work with and keep squeezing pharmacies. They might have renewed a lease and rent is higher. Insurance rates may have gone up. Alternatively, you can always just go to the owner and say Im thinking 15 an hour. We have a good relationship, youve known my mom for years, and I easily do 15 worth of work in an hour. Theres plenty of value in working with someone you already know and trust, and saving a few bucks probably isnt worth the risk of finding someone new.Hope you get it! Everyone deserves to make an honest days pay for an honest days work. 