It’s not worth a dime - Sales Associate/Cashier CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some customers are nice, some co workers are nice, pay starts at 11$/hr

Cons

Two faced worker(s) lie and are believed, no one cares if you care, get a void might as well sign your death warrant, crappy AC/heater system, money isn’t worth the crap you have to put up with, hours are ridiculous, if you request a day off a MONTH in advance you will be denied but will only find out when the schedule is made, There’s no chance of getting promoted if your going to school for literally anything but pharmaceuticals, upper management is a joke, wastes paper and plastic every week, employee discounts make the prices the same as Walmart or anywhere else, get to hear “well the tag says...” easily 20x a week, work with a checkout system so old the original company no longer exists, have customers whine and complaine about % off coupons and why they don’t work, have customers complain why the bogo half sale is still a sale even if you get 1, have customers complain...... , have rude customers threaten your job when you won’t accept a coupon, have to cleanusing the worlds worst vaccums, having to clean the worlds ugliest carpet, having to listen to the same 40 songs over and over and over every day you work, having to deal with vendors who don’t do their job correctly, having to deal with others who don’t do their job correctly, DONT WORK AT CVS

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5.0
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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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