slave to this horrible corporation - PTCB Pharmacy Technician CVS Health Employee Review

2.0
Sep 23, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

somewhat flexible hours, nationwide company, CVS pays for certification, decent benefits, many locations, good team work, decent employee discounts and prices

Cons

Anyone who works in retail pharmacy knows it is VERY STRESSFUL! But CVS makes it especially hard by working its employees to death with no reward at the end of the day. Pharmacists have to work 10 to 12 hour shifts WITH NO LUNCH BREAKS! Technicians are overworked and underpaid. At our store we fill close to 4,000 prescriptions weekly. Every day I come to work there are about 4-5 pages in the queue and it has been getting worse since they recently cut technician hours so we are always screwed. CVS wants to save money buy cutting hours because they are greedy corporate pigs and ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MONEY. The CEO makes 18 million a year. I make 14,000. HORRIBLE!!!!!! I am PTCB certified, been with CVS over 2 years and have been begging them for a raise but still haven't seen 1 cent increase. Our store was given hundreds of coupons for uninsured patients to discount their drugs and the DM came and threw all the coupons away!! She said it was costing CVS money! Apparently CVS' money is more important than helping people who can't afford medication. I hate going to work every day I wish I could quit but it is too hard to find another job. My advice to you is if you are considering CVS, DON'T DO IT! I don't know a single CVS employee who is happy with their job. TWO THUMBS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cons

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5.0
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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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