Low pay.
Crazy zig zag schedule. You may close one night then open the next morning. Not much time to sleep or have a life.
Manager does not review the schedule well enough to avoid mistakes such as only one person opening or closing.
Cramped conditions in pharmacy area.
Rx area either over or understaffed most of the time.
Only hires people that are willing to work any hours/days & therefore misses out on good employees and instead ends up with under-qualified employees that are not motivated to do a good job.
*DO NOT get sick while working at Rite Aid (hard to do when you are dealing with sick people every day though) because if you have to call in sick, even if you go to the doctor and have a note from the doctor stating that you should stay out of work for 3-7 days, but you go in the next day anyway (still sick) then you will be written up. I was originally told that if I had to call in sick I had to call in at least two hours in advance. I was not told at that point that even though I may call in two or more hours in advance, then I would still get written up. Once an employee has been written up six times (in a one year period), their employment is terminated. How can Rite Aid expect employees not to get sick occasionally when they have people coughing and sneezing all over them all day long? And do they want their employees coming in sick and infecting the public? Yes, they do. I was told that if I were to come in for my shift and stay as long as possible then I MIGHT be allowed to go home early because I was sick. I was actually told by management that I should come in when sick and that I could go to the restroom as many times as necessary to vomit, but I had to come in to avoid being written up. Rite Aid shows complete disregard for the health and safety of it's employees and customers. Profits are all that matters.
