Corruption at its best. - Anonymous employee CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
Aug 20, 2008
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are no good reasons to work for CVS/pharmacy. Do not be drawn in by pay and benefits. This company is dishonest and highly politically charged. Technicians are poorly trained and even if the staffers want to do a good job they cannot the way the system is set up. CVS believes it is easier to pay off their mistakes rather than actually have a good work ethic and avoid them in the first place. Most people who work for CVS are people no one else will hire. Their attitudes are at the bottom of the cess pool. Avoid CVS if at all possible.

Cons

Disrespect. Dishonesty. Politically driven. No Integrity. Care only about numbers and nothing else. They operate all of theie stores on a skeleton crew. There customer service initiative is just a smoke screen. They only care about numbers so that those in management can get big bonuses. When customers call to complain, they just give them a bunch of crap about how they are sorry and will resolve the issue; the issues never get resolved. Benefits and pay are the best in the industry but you are a slave to the work. The company thinks you are part of their cult ; it's their way or no way.

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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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