Overwhelming, Stressful, and Lack of Training - Customer Care Representative CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
Jul 13, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

I learned patience, and Oh they feed you sometimes. I'm not being funny either, they really do :)! There are also a couple great supervisors who will go above and beyond for their team, and always wanting best for them.

Cons

Training is insufficient especially when your dealing with older people, and medications. You are not trained in everything, which I understand is not possible because there is so much information that you will not be able to retain it all. But when you're on the floor taking calls they EXPECT you to know everything. Or you can spend a long time researching the answer while making the member wait a long time on the phone. They will tell you over and over again that they don't expect you to know this or that, but believe me they do, your job depends on it. You will feel so overwhelmed you won't want to come into work some days because you will fear getting a corrective action for their unorganized grievance process. I finally left after I saw good people let go and you can hear reps around you with horrible attitudes and talking to members like that with improper grammar but yet there they sit representing the company.

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Cons

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5.0
Dec 13, 2014
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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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