stressful - Pharmacist CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
Sep 21, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* You will start with a pay above 98000 is it worth it? * Good rx Benefits * Medical Benefits are ok after 500 $ deductible * Vison-dental are Sub-par * Vacation time is reasonable

Cons

Moral of employees across the boards has fell over the last several years. It started out great in the 2001 till 2004 with over time pay for pharmacists and merit based (if triple S scores were reached and exceeded) monthly bonuses for technicians. Technicians used to get a dollar raise also if they completed their certification. Everything started going downhill since 2007. Company aggressively pursues the 10-15 min mark, even thought we are not staffed with enough people. (Technician Budget Hours given based on a 11 rx's per technician. we average about 1600 rx in a week and we are only given 130 budget hours. thats 15 hour less!!!! As a Pharmacist your hands are tied when trying to keep experienced valued people from moving to a better paying jobs. Lead Tech was with company 9 years, made less then 11 dollars!!! When she got a job offer from Costco for 15 $ and i told her i was going to talk to the DM and pharmacy supervisor to match it, they told me that they can only authorize a raise of 25 cents!!!! So now imagine yourself working in an environment where as a pharmacist you have to: 1) Make calls as telemarketer to fill prescriptions that the system has prompted (and average of 75 people to reach in the weekends) and in the meantime answer questions, verify rxs, type, count-mix meds, register, FLU SHOTS and etc. And thats because you only have 1 or 2 techs that are swamped at their workstation. (drop-off, register, production, taking rx from the phone, and doing the PCQ calls.

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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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