Topics regarding layoffs at CVS

Topics regarding layoffs at CVS

Do they know anything other than cutting costs?

This is not the only company that finds a way out of all the problems through cutting costs. However, I am only worried about this company because I am still here. This way, by cutting costs, literally everyone could be the 'leader' of a company. Is... — read more 

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| 1860 views | | 1 reply (November 11, 2021)
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Changes coming

Get ready for wecare project and big changes A district Pharmacy manager is pulled and will work in every single store in district to fix. They will bring 2 techs with them District Front store manager will be pulled to run entire front store... — read more 

No cr-p reason why I should leave

I already know what a p-o company this is. But I need a real answer from a creditable source of why I should not accept a job from another company that I was offered. Pharmacist are about to get a bonus while store managers are not. Pharmacist now... — read more 

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| 2080 views | | 4 replies (last November 8, 2021)
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This place is poison

CVS took everything that was good about Aetna and twisted it around until it became unrecognizable. I can't believe how quickly the culture managed to deteriorate as much as it did. I prayed not to be laid off when the acquisition was announced, but... — read more 

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| 2020 views | | 5 replies (last November 19, 2021)
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Exempt Salaried Managers

Has anyone other than myself looked up the definition of an Exempt Salaried Manager? I found that FLSA says that if you are an Exempt Salaried Manager more than 50% of the time you should be managing one or more employees and that you should be... — read more 

CVS - IT Side

This is not regarding the retail side of CVS but the IT side. AETNA/CVS employees were laid off in March of 2021 in the IT data center in Middletown, CT. Employees went into work that day and night and had to get on a zoom call for them to be told... — read more 

Processes are slowing down work

Additionally, they have so many ridiculous processes in place that adding one line of code to a program can take 3.5 months to get the change/ enhancement to production. Right! Although I don’t work in IT, I can absolutely agree that everything... — read more 

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| 1820 views | | 1 reply (October 31, 2021)
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The ostrich effect and the exodus

Feel free to “cascade” to every employee you know and feel free to comment and add to this post . Our company has been overworking us in the last 19 months. They expect us to fill scripts, outreach calls, covid tests, covid vaccines, clinics outside... — read more 

What is the problem? Nobody wants to work here?

CVS is hiring, but no one seems to be applying. I do not believe that the reason some positions are vacant is that the company is picky about candidates. Leadership should finally think about why no one will work here anymore. I am also on the verge... — read more 

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| 2420 views | | 7 replies (last October 25, 2021)
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They expect a lot, they give too little

I sometimes can’t believe all the expectations this ridiculous company has from their employees. They want a high level of professionalism that they cannot give back in return. It shocks me every time. When they start valuing employees at least a... — read more 

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| 1790 views | | 2 replies (last December 14, 2021)
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25,000 New Hires

I heard that last fall, What happened to the 25,000 they hired last year???? WHAT A JOKE!!!!

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| 1701 views | | 3 replies (last October 1, 2021)
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This is probably the beginning of the end.

Is everyone still drinking the kool-aid or are you beginning to see what is happening. There's a structural breakdown going on, pharmacists, dls, regionals walking away with no replacements in sight. Store level and up. Managers in my area working... — read more 

mandatory vaccinations

As a health care company, CVS Health is focused on helping to turn the tide of COVID-19 and to protect our colleagues, our patients, and our communities. Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases nationwide, driven by the highly contagious Delta... — read more 

CVS to Offer Mental Health Services

I wonder if the employees that they are driving crazy will get a discount? Wait until customers use it to try to get service. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cvs-wants-to-be-your-therapist-too-11630238400

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| 1620 views | | 3 replies (last September 23, 2021)
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Minimum wage

So CVS is going to start minimum wage at 15 an hour. What about the people who have been with CVS for years and are shifts who are making that already or a little bit above? Are we gonna get a big raise or are we going to be making almost as much as... — read more 

Raises

What is going on with these raises why did only two people get a raise in my store but people will start making 15 dollars a hr next year and those making above 15 got nothing not even the tenure raises that was expressed in a task in the hub ....and... — read more 

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| 1780 views | | 5 replies (last September 16, 2021)
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New store manager salary?

A SM was just told today by his DM that his pay is going up because of the wage increases. He went from 49k to 55k effective Sept. 5th anyone else got that news? I’ve been topped of at 65k for the past 6 years. What does that mean for me?

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| 2630 views | | 9 replies (last September 5, 2021)
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SM’s going hourly

I heard that SM’s in stores that do 30k a week or less will be moved to hourly. Anybody else here this?

Store/company changes

Do any one knows when cvs is suppose to change how they operate? Cvs bought aetna and i hear the company suppose to change. I hear some front store product will not be sold anymore and cvs is to change into a mini health/mini hospitol type business... — read more 

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| 2410 views | | 7 replies (last September 8, 2021)
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Phase 2

Phase 2 is to evaluate Higher managers salary’s as in Store Managers and Opps managers. Thoughts? Or has anyone heard anything of when phase two is?

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| 2240 views | | 4 replies (last September 3, 2021)
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What would happen if CVS made all SM hourly?

Salary equals how corporations like CVS take advantage of people like store managers. I'm willing to bet if CVS made all store managers hourly, and made them clock in and out like everyone else, then they'd actually see how much a SM works. They'd... — read more 

No other company....

Name another company that has a bloated corporate office and hundreds if not thousands of field management all thinking of more tasks and checklist for the 2 people on the bottom of the totem pole running the store and ways to cut there hours. I... — read more 

Carepass Saturday

Has any other district been told, that if you are not @ 75% to Carepass goal on Friday that the Manager has to work that Saturday? I guess our district wants us to get even more short handed then what we are.

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| 1411 views | | 1 reply (August 9, 2021)
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Project Bledsoe Timeline

Company's new bold strategy to win 9/13: Announcement call to RDs 9/27: Staffing cuts, targeting 1.1 HC/store-hour 10/11: Store hours begin to be cut 10/18: Stores identified for closure, based on proximity to 24-hour stores, lease considerations... — read more 

I call bull

Does anybody actually believe that the switch to self-checkout is not going to result in layoffs in the long run? Maybe not at once, but as soon as the system is properly up and running I'm guaranteeing you they're going to start getting rid of... — read more 

MyChat

Rumor has it myChat was taken down but Pharmacist were blowing it up complaining about be 100 pages in the red. Anyone else here this? Or know what’s going on?

BIG CHANGES

Raises coming for many lower level people and Store Manager will no more by 2023

And here we go…

Here’s the cost of the so called increase. I do about 50k average a week in FS sales green zone goes in to effect this Friday. ACO will be the primary register. The register closest to the ACO is to be turned customer facing so we can still enroll... — read more 

CVS Getting RxOM position

So, rumor I heard through the pipeline is that CVS is getting the same Pharmacy Operations Manager (RxOM) position that Walgreens has. Has anyone else heard that same rumor?

Overworked and overstressed

Does CVS have any limits at all when it comes to amount of extra work assigned to an employee? We are so understaffed, it's become unbearable to work here. People are leaving because they are overloaded with double workloads and it can only get... — read more 

Keep it to yourself

A coworker of mine has a habit of speaking her mind in public about CVS - especially while at work. She was caught recently and was quickly suspended for a week. She couldn’t believe it (why I have no idea) and thought she’d be safe because we’re... — read more 

New minimum wage coming soon

Higher level position just let the cat out of the bag. The minimum wage is being raised within the next 60 days. Thoughts since my area’s minimum is $13? But I know some areas around the country is $11.

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