My DL (I’m his assistant) told us during our monthly meeting corporate has realized cutting stores to well below minimum ( 30-40 hours alone each week) is not working so they are upping those budgets next quarter. Not back to where they were last... — read more
Leanest Staffing Alocations Among Most Retailers
Many Stores in California did not get hours cut from payroll budgets for 2019. Many even got more hours. With stocks still in the 60’s compared to a few years ago, and the expensive Aetna merger, I doubt CVS’s overall payroll and benefits expense... — read more
Question
I was looking at reviews for other retailers on this website, including CVS’s competitors. I have to say, CVS employees complain the most... and seem the most hostile, unhappy, etc. what is the main reason for your disatisfation with your company?
Urgh
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/13/cvs-concept-store-introduced-space-health-care-services/2845846002/
Bag checks...
So this is just a pet-peeve of mine so I will vent here. So we are required to do bag checks “on camera” or else loss prevention has a stroke. Even if we just rang up a fellow employee and know what’s in their bags. So here it is we ASSUME employees... — read more
The new normal
23 and 24th Dec. Alone FS line 5-9 deep 4 hrs staight. Average sales 18 to 23,000 for these dates. Supervisor over 13 years. So ridiculous signed off 2 registers, told customers in line that I was going on a break and I did, I took a well deserved 15... — read more
Cvs
An event that happened this morning reminded me of an earlier post...I am totally alone for the first 2 hours of the store opening 3 days a week. I had a lady come in with her crying baby , as soon as we opened, wanting a passport picture. Between... — read more
AVP visit
AVP visit next week and DL told me to have extra people on. I told him it’s just me and a cashier the day of the visit just like any other day...he didn’t seem too happy. Why should we have extra people on just because there is a corporate visit and... — read more
Not about the money anymore
This company only cares about its customers and themselves, not the workers. Now there are some good managers in the company but not enough. Its never been about the workers. l love our customers but its hard to come into work with smiles when it... — read more
December 2018 P&L statement
Could anyone tell me if they ever received their 12/2018 P&L statement, thru the normal channel, i.e., Store Operations, Electronic forms?
Employee break room?
Any store have a decent break room or are all break rooms really small and disgraceful? Our break room feels like it was just an afterthought when they built our store. Almost as if they only put one in because they were required to do so. I feel... — read more
What is replacing the full hearts award?
So with the new way we get survey scores now, how do we know if we personally had a good or perfect month? What “award” or certificate do we get for having a good customer service month? Or has corporate just taken away something else from employees... — read more
Are you Aware?
That the New England stores FS & Rx have plenty of hours.
Why does pharmacy close early on weekends?
I've asked a few times and never seem to get a straight answer from anybody. All I get is corporate thinks the pharmacist makes too much money so we let them close early on weekends. But what's the real reason? When I close the store on saturday... — read more
Hr exit interview
After 20 years I have quit this sh!tty DL I am now working for like a slave! His problem is I am going to expose his bad unfair business practices and policy violations as soon as my exit interview arrives. Good luck surviving after things are... — read more
Questions for the RX or Front Store Managers
I am new to the company and recently promoted to Store Manager after 3 months. Q1: why does this company love pay Licensed Pharmacist to being A DL? I am sure the salaries are not cheap. 9/10 DL’s are pharmacist. 1 DL salary can pay for an entire... — read more
Coupon Policy Changing Again...?
I just heard from my DL that we are reverting to the OLD coupon policy. I don’t know if this is a company wide thing or just my district. From this point forward we are to accept every single coupon whether it’s expired, for the wrong item, etc. It’s... — read more
Why no head cashiers anymore?
Corporate needs to reinstate the Head Cashier position! Getting rid of head cashiers meant losing the one other person who could do all those “manager card scans” so as a manager you weren’t being called to the front 30 times per shift. Really bad... — read more
Pharmacist Cascade Meetings
Pharmacists, why are we attending cascade meetings unpaid? Why don’t we all just not attended. If we are salaried that’s fine but why are we told to make up the hours we missed to attend the meetings? The meeting is part of our salaried hours. It... — read more
We are not living our purpose...
I'm a store manager and want to support my pharmacy as much as possible. Whether its pick up, drive thru, production or inventory. Yet due to the lack of payroll and outdated systems the second I go back to help I am called to the front for back up... — read more
Where r the techs?
I am an ex employee ! Walked into my old work place , last week and the entire Rx staff was gone and they were bringing in people from another state to keep the place going and paying them OT and their hotel rooms! How is this saving expenses? What... — read more
Sh!t people left
Can anyone agree all the great managers and pharmacist have left and all that remains are the Sh!t managers that can not find another job with anyone else?
Managers required to work 24 hour shifts. Start feb 15
Just in from Corp. ALL STORE MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK 24 HOUR SHIFTS. 1/2 TIME UP FRONT TO GET ALL THE WORK DONE THAT YOU HAVE NO HOURS TO DO. THEN 12 HOUR SHIFT OVERNIGHT HELPING DO PHARMACISTS JOBS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO HELP. DLS WILL BE... — read more
Consolidated headquarters
Just in. Headquarters to combine with Aetna and expected to reduce 400 positions in total. RM positions to be cut in half and DL positions to expand to 20 stores, which will reduce these positions by 50 percent. All non liscensed RM and DL to be... — read more
Pharmacists
https://www.pharmacistanonymous.com/blog/done-being-quiet
Cvs networking g app?
What ever happened to that networking app cvs was testing that they were supposed to rollout for employees
Schedulers and admins
Are the pharmacist schedulers and admin jobs gone? Anyone hear anything? I have reason to believe that this will happen soon.
Customers
#itsAnnoyingWhen a customer walks in and just stares up at the aisle markers and/or the photo lab looking all confused
Ethically challenged
Why are DL and Rm ‘s so ethically challenged at this company?
Putting the cart before the horse...
So I was surprised to see this yesterday... A small folding table set up in store with a guy sitting behind the table promoting aetna insurance. Now I never got a chance to find out what that was all about, but I know the judge in the case has not... — read more
Minute clinic changing?
Heard from a reliable source that minute clinics will change to "clinic" and will have Dr's replacing Nurse practitioners and PA's. Anyone heard this?
800 million in company cuts
Coming
Rhode Island
Whats going on at the meeting in rhode island this week????
Smit program
I started in the smit program December promoted within after working 6 years in ny being paid 21$ an hour now but I found out an external hire smit is making 24 with way less experience what is the actual rate for smit and what are the rates for... — read more
Cfr 2.0?
My dm keeps mentioning cfr 2.0 in the emails but not where to look up our osat targets He hasn't educated anyone on what cfr 2.0 even actually is or what it has to do with aisle by Planograms how are the two related and how do we prepare for this if... — read more
CFR might work if appropriate hours were allocated
CFR might work if appropriate hours were allocated. Less than 10% of the store actually execute it. Corporate people know this. They have nothing better to replace it with so they keep beating it! Eventually they will admit it is a problem and... — read more
Learnet...
Stupid question and I know what you’re all gonna say, but how do you guys find or make time for Learnet courses, now that they have to be done in store, as opposed to at home. Considering that we have no time or hours to take courses. I know you’re... — read more
Mileage paid outs
Is anyone being told you now have to subtract your normal commute plus an additional 75 miles from your paid outs? Also told you can only claim mileage if the total round trip is above 75 miles. This isnt stated anywhere in human resources but only... — read more
Values in Action
Does anyone remember when CVS first introduced Values in Action? It was a way to show the employees how much we are appreciated! Well it’s kind of hard when most of the good stuff are 60,000 points and managers are only allowed to give out 1,000... — read more