Rite Aid reviews

3.2

33% would recommend to a friend

(7,556 total reviews)

Matt Schroeder

20% approve of CEO

15% positive business outlook

Rite Aid has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 7,556 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Rite Aid employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Feb 5, 2015

Horrible!

Recommend
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Pros

The best reason to work here? The only reason I stay is the location is convenient for where I live. I am attending college so this is just a holdover until I can get a real job. If I wasn't in college I would have left long ago. I'm surprised my head hasn't split open from banging it off of the wall so often.

Cons

Honestly, the field team only listens to store managers. You can talk to them-they act like they care-acknowledge you and basically do nothing. It doesn't help that the district manager is buddies with some of the store managers. You can't reach human resources to save your life. store managers harass the supervisors at home over stupid things that happened on a shift like running out of a supply or forgetting to make a phone call that was not even important in the first place. Store managers can run around and do what they want without consequences, except maybe being questioned very mildly, and when given an excuse, they just accept it like its the ultimate truth and the employees making the complaint are crazy. Someone will eventually sue this company for poor working conditions and win. The level of harassment allowed is incredible.

2.0
Feb 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Able to complete more tasks working the overnight shift Time fly by rather quick Very peaceful

Cons

A lot of work to be done; after completing overnight tasks, you must complete any tasks that was left over from the day side shift. (which is usually A LOT) Responsible for hanging all sale signs starting 12am Sat-7am Sun Have to make sure EVERYTHING on the sales floor is in its accurate location by the start of the morning shift

5.0
Nov 10, 2014

Great experience

Recommend
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Pros

My management staff was very friendly and good to work with. I did have one supervisor who would always touch my back from time to time, but reporting it to the store manager solved that problem very quickly. I worked there for over a year and despite this I received a 2% pay increase before I quit. From what the manager told me based on our performance she could recommend us for a 0-3% increase, yet it was up to the district manager to approve it. There was always either the store manager or one of four shift supervisors there at all times, and all of them would immediately respond to your paging.

Cons

At my store anyway, the store manager had a zero-call out policy, no matter how sick you were or what transpired (although she did allow one of the other cashiers to take the day off when a relative passed away.) So when I was out of town and an emergency happened with my girlfriend and I had no ride to get home, I called my shift supervisor and a coworker to see if I could get my shift covered, and they said yes. However, my store manager soon called me and demanded that I come in, despite the arrangements I had just made. An argument with her over my situation is what led me to quit. I really loved working at Rite Aid, I thought it was one of the best jobs I had ever had but all good things must come to an end, I suppose. During my annual review she told me she didn't feel I was ready for a promotion, but recently an interview with Walgreens has proven her wrong. I start as a shift leader next week :)

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