I have worked for Rite Aid since high school, starting as a cashier and promoted to shift supervisor. Ideally my roll as a shift consists of babysitting adults and senior citizens, chasing thieving drug addicts who steal, and listening to customers complain that we don't have their adult underwear in stock. Since the introduction of the Plenti card, I have been reamed multiple times, including one that I don't know how to do my job. The location I'm at is 24 hours, which means there is always a possibility you get stuck with a 10pm-6am shift. If you start at 6am(working a 6-2 shift) I am almost always alone for at least an hour. Not only is it dangerous, the only customers encountered are ones who need to buy a pack of smokes. I have worked numerous holidays and weekends, missing family functions, birthdays and even funerals. The corporation doesn't listen to any recommendations, doesn't want to pay their employees enough to live off of, and doesn't consider their safety(with the exception of telling their management to not chase thieves). I have been working towards my bachelors degree in the mean time, but would never consider a career with this corporation.
