What's keeping you at CVS? I left a year ago and never regretted that decision but I know most of the people I worked with are still there and feeling as miserable as I once did. I know things are a bit trickier now but there is still an abundance of available jobs. Seriously, why stay?
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What part of the country do u work in ?
Making $102
I almost have it as good as you - except for the fact that you make 20k more than me .
Been here 18 yrs as store manager very rarely work over my 45 make 102k plus between 15-20 grand bonus every year haven’t touched seasonal or done a Plano in over 7-8 yrs life is good and I attribute it to a great team no people calling out and really seasoned veterans makes this job easy and I’ve had 7 DMs or DLs now and I’ve never had a problem with any of them which is also a big plus
Company sucks big time. Of course you can rationalize all you want. You can accept the company could care less about you, your health, your life or your family and keep showing up everyday and be miserable or pretend to be happy or just quit.
Just marking my time until my last day finally arrives. At this point it's simply painful. the ones not laid off yet treat us that are laid off like dirt. I've never been so disrespected as I've been since the news i'm being laid off. Decades to the profession, now dealing with this. It's a nightmare. Gives me chest pain and nightmares. truly a dispicable company run by unethical people. The ones left need to wake up and understand Coram is a dead company, and their time is coming, probably soon.
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A good part of it was the district leader. But let’s not gloss over what a horrible company it is to work for.
You can say build a team train them and keep them happy as if those are the only factors that go into running a business. A large part granted, but when you have all of the downward pressures from bonehead corporate Decisions there’s only so much you can do.
I could walk in the store on happy pills and treat my team like gold, it still doesn’t change the fact that trucks got pushed every week, all hours. outside our window and I had to ask my team to make personal scheduling adjustments constantly for two years. It doesn’t change the fact that a successful leader is measured by the amount of CarePass their team could sell.
Please Don’t act like you’ve got something figured out that many many talented leaders couldn’t achieve. Don’t act like it’s never been easier to run a CVS without seeing what is like outside of your bubble. They are not all created equally.
Must be your dl..other than hours shortage it has never been easier to work here…build your crew, train them and keep them happy..
I agree! I myself was in the same situation. After 11 years with CVS post pharmacy school, it became “all I knew”. It was about 2.5-3 years ago, where I saw other phenomenal people start dropping like flies and it opened up my eyes to the hill I had ahead of me.
I’m referring to the battle of dusting off the resume from 11 years ago and getting my knowledge of the job market up to date. It took many rejections, many learning curves on how to interview etc as CVS interview straight out of school was a joke now that I look back on it. They were just as desperate then as they are now and I was fooled by it thinking I was “lucky” and jumped into the role.
My advice to those wanting to escape, make it your project to update your resume, don’t doubt yourself of your abilities because if you can make it at cvs, any company/ job role will be lucky to have you show up on their doorstep. It’s just a matter of learning how to showcase yourself in the simplest/ most impactful way possible to pass the latest systems used in application tracking.
That alone was a challenge for me. It took numerous edits, numerous applications, numerous rejections, numerous sent applications that went cold, but when the lucky break hit I went running and will never look back! I will not step foot into a cvs again, I am disgusted by everything they do internally and project an opposite image publicly.
Similar to previous post, I have also dealt with PTSD moments when I currently speak to another pharmacist in that setting when doing a prescription transfer. The sound in their voice, the tremble of fear because they have way more on their plate then what is deemed safe and appropriate for a medical professional.
I am now treated with respect in my setting, numbers don’t take priority for goal. Instead, efficiency, quality and accuracy of work is what I discovered in my new role. Stable hours and stable pay, not bothered on my days off or harassed if ill. CVS is awful and it comes from the top down.
Wow. 25 years. Glad to hear another happy story of someone who made it out.
I left after a little under that amount of time. Same thing. Last 5 were tough. Covid 2020 and realignment in 2021 did me in. New DL who was/is inept, Staffing and general quality of workforce yet being forced to send help to others by said inept DL. Karens and Kevins, CarePass and ACO metric harassment, four trucks a week coming from all over the country followed by CFR harassment, and being told by the inept DL RX is more important. Maybe true, but not pleasant to constantly hear it. Threats, intimidation, and humiliation in front of both subordinates and other managers. A useless Ethics line/Advice and Counsel that protects field management to the death. I could write a book.
I had enough. I couldn’t eat, sleep, or focus on my family. I found a great opportunity out of retail (for good) for substantial more pay using the degree I earned for its actual purpose. Even months after leaving I still have PTSD from that he-l ho-e.
No one should have to be treated the way this company and their customers treat them. I will never step foot in a CVS ever again. Not only because I hate this company more than I could ever put in to words, or that they are obnoxiously overpriced, but because I’m not a low life piece of sh*t like their customers.
If you are thinking about leaving, but are reluctant because of the common reasons many express here, please take a chance on yourself and get out.
It may not sound like it from this post (because talking about CVS still strikes an emotional nerve), but I have never been happier or slept better. Believe in yourself and do it for your health and your loved ones.
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I left after 25 years. For at least the last five, I was beyond miserable. I was afraid to start over. I didn't want to give up my pay and benefits to be the newbie somewhere else. The Covid year finally broke me. In hindsight, I wish I would have left five years sooner. Money, benefits and routine aren't as important the improvement in my physical and mental health!!!! Life is good!!
I have been here 37 years. Maybe it's your DL but I have been through many and as long as my store looks good and we are doing what we are supposed to be doing there isn't a problem. Yes. Hours are a problem but if you can multi task and have a routine it's really an easy job.
Comfort. People have a routine, They're used to being treated badly. To start over someplace else is difficult even if you're treated better.
CVS does few things well.
They do an excellent job at blaming others and stripping every last ounce of confidence and and self esteem out of people.
The Simple answer is the people who stay don’t feel like they can succeed or make the same amount of money anywhere else.
It’s sad because that is completely untrue.