Technical Support Rep (RSSC) - Low Pay, High Workload, No Promotion Opportunities - Technical Support Representative CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
Nov 6, 2016
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Pros

The training team is really good.

Cons

• Performance metrics are implemented in such a way that employees rarely "earn" a max raise during your yearly review. • You're hired on and trained in two "skills". As you progress, you train in more "skills" which increases your workload. There is no compensatory pay raise as you demonstrate ability to provide support in multiple areas; you just increase your workload. So, you're almost incentivized to be good enough to not get fired, but not so good that they continue to train you because that just results in more calls. • The reason more calls/skills is a bad thing is because there's no upward movement. Rarely does a position become available, and when one does it's almost always filled based on seniority, not skill or ability. Upper-level positions are filled from outside the company, and mid-tier workers are content enough to just stay there, so there's no upward mobility for entry-level workers. Treat this job as training for another company. • Pay is bad. You start at $13/hr, which isn't terrible, but there's no increase as you learn more support skills, so ultimately you will be there for multiple years earning your paltry $0.20/hr or whatever annual raise. • Lack of pay increase means that people don't stick around. This means that level of service drops because your best employees leave. • Benefits are terrible. No coverage for any kind of ADHD medication. It was cheaper to take a coupon and go to Walgreens than it was to fill at the pharmacy I worked for.

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Cons

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5.0
Dec 13, 2014
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Pros

I learned a lot working there as far as how to run a business as well as how to develop a team. I had one of the most successful teams in the company ranking as the top store year over year in two separate markets, one in the Northeast one in the Southeast. I was a paragon winner with the company as well. My most recent DM was very supportive. I genuinely thank them for the opportunity and the knowledge that I acquired while working with them.

Cons

Work hours were excessive. To be successful hours worked were borderline slavery. While I willingly worked them to be successful, the week you didn't you were immediately behind. Vacations were almost non existent due to constant visitors from corporate stopping in to do reviews. Holiday weeks were paid 4 days regular 1 holiday and you worked all 5. The facade of the stores looking great when these people stop by versus the reality of the business is polarizing. There were always teams of people and excessive expenditures of payroll thrown into stores prior to their visits. While I understood the need to make an appearance, it was always will always be a backwards way off thinking. Company preaches quality of life for their clients while quality of life for their employees is non-existent. As a "manager" in your average store you will be "managing" a total of one person during your shift, with a total of 10 people at location. Location open hours will exceed total payroll hours ie Sun-Sat 7am-10pm = 15hrs per day x 7 days x 2 people = 210 hrs which excludes the need to have a person unload deliveries that come in during non opened hours. Your budgeted hours will be approximately 208 hrs. I will only mention that during the month of December that there are extended hours for the stores but no budgeted hours to accommodate. Stores are held to strict shrink targets with little to no control over external theft. Remember 2 people at location, if four people enter to steal there is nothing you can do to stop them. These are facts not personal prejudices.

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