If you’re okay with a childish environment you may survive - Customer Service Representative CVS Health Employee Review

2.0
Sep 6, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was decent, work from home during COVID, nice to get a discount at CVS, work-life balance no weekends at some locations.

Cons

Management was very rude and uninformed. It was hard to get help and the wait time for help was frustrating when you already had frustrated customers who had to wait on the line to speak with you. On top of this they wanted you to manage your hold time, but you often had to wait 10-15 minutes for help or to get the customer to another department. Management often threw the rock and hid their hands. During my first few weeks of training I witnessed this as they talked about employees who were not catching on immediately to other employees. They were very unprofessional and rude. I felt my best option was to find other employment. They monitored your every move. If you take a bathroom break that went over a minute you could be reprimanded. They also tried to change my schedule once I started working although the recruiter told me something different. Luckily I kept the schedule the recruiter and I discussed in my email and they honored it. I’m grateful to now be out of the customer service industry too much stress when I can make ten times more with less attitude.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Dec 13, 2014
Recommend
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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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