Working at CVS

Working at CVS is rough. Right now they are cutting hours in the stores.Customer service has gone to hell and one person is doing the job of 3 people. they hire pharmacist the barely speak english Im just waiting for someone to end up dead because they can't speak or understand english.Our district just had a meeting the theme was The Oscars.CVS rented a hall had food brought in and for the big boys they rented them all a tux.But they cut hours in the stores noone to give customer service to the customers. When it is time for a raise it is 3%.Today the opening pharmacist said when he walked in the building it was 60 degrees. Im just tired of the crap and looking for a new job

Wonder if Tom Ryan got the information he needed from us little folks that actually wait on the customers that made his company profitable when he wanted this to be the top company to work for in 2008. I doubt it. THEY want us to provide good customer service yet, THEY cut our hours and make it impossible to provide what THEY insist on. If, THEY would take off their suits and ties and come work beside us, then maybe THEY would realize Black and White on paper does not always work in reality. I feel used. I love my store, my customers, and my job. I'm from a small town on the edge of our district. Rarely do I see my district manager. We have been through 7 managers in the last 3 years. Promote from within? LOL No one has even asked if anyone in our store is interested in advancement. After 5 years of dedicated service ie: operating one of the top 4 stores in our district for weeks without a manager, being called in to cover when other team members call out, driving to the bank in our personal car without being paid mileage, etc. THEY respond by cutting our hours. What a Thank You for going the extra mile! THEY just bought Long pharmacy's in California and Hawaii, yet they can't afford for the employees that they have to work enough hours to make a living. If, I didn't have the emotional connection with my customers, I would also look for another job. There is not an avenue to vent or any way to speak to anyone about district problems without the threat of loosing one's job. Top company to work for? Tom Ryan please contact the little people and don't send us some preprogram survey to see what we think! If you come to our store just tap the bell on the front counter. I promise we will quit one of the three or four jobs we are doing and will greet you with a smile and when it is your turn, our one cashier will give you the best customer service you will receive anywhere in our town! Please consider this an invitation to visit our store.

Wonder if Tom Ryan got the information he needed from us little folks that actually wait on the customers that made his company profitable when he wanted this to be the top company to work for in 2008. I doubt it. THEY want us to provide good customer service yet, THEY cut our hours and make it impossible to provide what THEY insist on. If, THEY would take off their suits and ties and come work beside us, then maybe THEY would realize Black and White on paper does not always work in reality. I feel used. I love my store, my customers, and my job. I'm from a small town on the edge of our district. Rarely do I see my district manager. We have been through 7 managers in the last 3 years. Promote from within? LOL No one has even asked if anyone in our store is interested in advancement. After 5 years of dedicated service ie: operating one of the top 4 stores in our district for weeks without a manager, being called in to cover when other team members call out, driving to the bank in our personal car without being paid mileage, etc. THEY respond by cutting our hours. What a Thank You for going the extra mile! THEY just bought Long pharmacy's in California and Hawaii, yet they can't afford for the employees that they have to work enough hours to make a living. If, I didn't have the emotional connection with my customers, I would also look for another job. There is not an avenue to vent or any way to speak to anyone about district problems without the threat of loosing one's job. Top company to work for? Tom Ryan please contact the little people and don't send us some preprogram survey to see what we think! If you come to our store just tap the bell on the front counter. I promise we will quit one of the three or four jobs we are doing and will greet you with a smile and when it is your turn, our one cashier will give you the best customer service you will receive anywhere in our town! Please consider this an invitation to visit our store.

Tom is not going to bother to make the bottom line any different. We are all just pee-ons, the crumbs that fell between the cracks to rot until someone else comes along to sweep us away and take our place. We are replacable as they put it if we suggest anything that is not there idea of how it should be ran. Anyone who agrees with the way the mgmt is treated must be either planning on becomming a corporate big-wig or is already one. No one likes to be treated the way CVS corporate treats its employees at store level. Oh and don't forget the customers who like to use the mutiple coupons and try to use coupon fraud to save themselves a penny, and when you turn them down on a coupon you know is fraudalant you later get repremanded for bad customer service because that customer called in a complaint on your service. Your told you can be fined, locked up and fired if you use coupon fraud

CVS treats all their employees with little respect at all levels ! They don't layoff people , No ! They walk out people after 20/30 yrs of dediciated servive !They come up with some stupid excuses , write up a false evaluation report and the person is without a job , AFTER DEDICATING YRS OF THEIR LIVES !! Check with anyone at the CVS corp. office , it's a well know fact !

CVS has absolutely nothing to be proud IE BELIEVE EVERY DOG HAS IT'S DAY , CVS will never be the number one pharmacy !

First of all. I worked for CVS as an assistant manager for 1 yr. Let me tell you to pass this one by. There is no respect for individuals. Salaried means that CVS owns you! You are treated like a slave. 10 to 14 hrs a day is not uncommon at CVS. Be prepared to work a 6 or 7 day work week. You will be given no lunches or breaks. No one listens to you if you complain about the long hours that you are working. HR manager and the district managers do not care. You usually receive your schedule on Sat nite for Sun of the next week. (The next day)...Oh did I mention there is no help you are somtimes in the store alone. You have to fight to take your vacation that you have earned. There is always an excuse why you cant take it. ie, holidays, no help, whatever. For the most part it is a very hostile work enviornment. Please save yourself the headache....Do not get hired with this company...

butch335 in Houston, Texas said: First of all. I worked for CVS as an assistant manager for 1 yr. Let me tell you to pass this one by. There is no respect for individuals. Salaried means that CVS owns you! You are treated like a slave. 10 to 14 hrs a day is not uncommon at CVS. Be prepared to work a 6 or 7 day work week. You will be given no lunches or breaks. No one listens to you if you complain about the long hours that you are working. HR manager and the district managers do not care. You usually receive your schedule on Sat nite for Sun of the next week. (The next day)...Oh did I mention there is no help you are somtimes in the store alone. You have to fight to take your vacation that you have earned. There is always an excuse why you cant take it. ie, holidays, no help, whatever. For the most part it is a very hostile work enviornment. Please save yourself the headache....Do not get hired with this company...

As I've mentioned before , CVS has nothing to be proud about how they treat their current and past employeess ! The sad part is that many good people work for them and they just don't appreciate them ! I would say the majority of people that currently are working for them would prefer to leave and work somewhere else , yet the economy forces them to stay ! I know pharmacists , techs and corporate office employees that think the whole CVS management is a joke and YES IT IS !