Rite Aid reviews

open longer than other retailers especially on holidays. all these with the exception of a few close at least by six or are not opened. store and assistant manager are required 50 hours a week there by cutting full time hours for shift supervisors. we are usually down in sales after six p.m. on sundays and have few sales before noon on sundays. we were open 9-9 thru the week and 10-6 on sunday. pay scale is not up to what competitors pay. district and regional managers use intimidation to scare lower management to do what they say is 0 tolerance policy. to me 0 tolerance is harassment in the work place or discrimination. to say one can be fired for not pulling outdated milk three days ahead of time even if only one gallon, you can be fired on the spot, store manager and who ever was on duty that day. there are many more petty examples of this 0 tolerance policy. required to be open in dangerous times such as blackouts and severe snow weather, level 3 and 4, and icy conditions. personal time and family life are not an option. you are definitely criticized more for what is not accomplished than praised for work well done. we are faulted if equipment does not work right on some things, i.e western union. too much to list.

The pay does not necessarily reflect the amount of work and experience. Negotiating a raise is dependent on the District Manager. Retail pay is usually low. There really isn't any encouragement for the technicians to obtain national certification. One time the store was closed due to a power outage (ice storm), I was scheduled to work that day but was not paid, a friend who was employed at another pharmacy had to close their store too, but paid their employees who were scheduled to work that day. This may be due to the fact the her pharmacy had unions.