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
May 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People have to pay rent, mortgages, cable, cell phone bills, medical bills, child support, grocery bills, buy clothes, do laundry, buy cars, pay for gas, send kids to school and college, to on vacation, buy ipods, tithe, etc. Maybe they can't find a job anywhere else. Or maybe Rite Aid paid a quarter more than somebody else. Maybe it's closer to where they stay. Maybe they are doing their required duty of looking for a job and accidently got hired. Then actually someone may just one want to get out of the house, and they really don't care what they have to put with.

Cons

I don't see a very long future for Rite Aid. They have a lot of store for sure, but the certainly don't act like they know what to do with them. There aren't very many companies whose stock has been as low as Rite Aid that have made a sustained recovery. They are not the kind of company that much ability to gain employee confidence. I would say most employees are just dreaming of where they can work next. Also there is no security, and many of these stores have been involved in robberies.

4.0
Apr 27, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's an easy , mostly stress-free part time job. Since it's a relatively small store with relatively few employees, if you work with awesome people, it makes the job awesome. Also, if your manager is great, the job is great.

Cons

If you don't like customer service, you won't like this job. You need to be able to deal with ridiculous people sometimes.

1.0
Apr 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The best reasons? I couldn't really tell you any besides experience.

Cons

First off, when I first started working for Rite Aid, the company was pretty great. I enjoyed my fellow employees, managers and District Management. Though this was when I was just 17 years old. As soon as I arrived at my current job, my manager was terminated for letting someone sell ice cream in our parking lot. The manager worked at the same location for 12 years prior to this incident. This shows no loyalty to loyal employees. During my employment, we have since went through appx. 7 managers and thus, the store's quality has went downhill. Our original Pharmacists gave up and went to CVS and another started his own independent Rx. Due to their leaving, the Pharmacy's sales have dropped dramatically. So, I would have to say Rite Aid has poor management skills in the District level of the company. Also, I would like to comment on the pay. I have worked at Rite-Aid for going on 3 years and I am currently holding the position of Pharmacy Cashier, Front End Cashier, Photo Clerk, Pharmacy Technician. I also do a lot of minor repairs around the store and do a several of the manager's duties. I also know more about the store's registers and policies then my supervisors as I seem to be advising them what to do often when they get lost. I am currently getting $6.75 an hour. Barely above minimum wage. I would love to work for another Drug Retail chain but with the economy like it is, I am forced to grin and bare it as I smile and help the customers while the management of the store sit in the office and eat Arby's and talk all day. I only hope other Rite Aid stores are managed more better than the one I work at.

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