Never work here. - call center rep CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
Dec 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Paid training. 8-4:30 shift during 3 week training.

Cons

Call center job in Monroeville Pa. Screen projectors you cannot read. Rushed training from workers who still do daily work instead of just training. Contract with training company will not do the 13 weeks of training so they pull people (leads) off workday to fill in. First day of training our "trainer" stated she hated training. Training during a migration from one database to another is very difficult for any company. She did not go over all steps to complete a phone call from or to a customer. Automated outbound calls can call a patient up to 5 times even though the customer was resolved on first call. CVS is currently migrating from mainframe mainframe to a online like platform that isn't complete, phone scripts are horrid to follow and wrong. On multiple screens you have to remember not to say certain things and try to wing it. It's quite possible they have a 25 year old doing the programming, out of twelve new recruits in our class half were gone after the first week. Two of the full time reps didn't even get a one week pay before Christmas due to an HR failure. Big pharma to treat symptoms so they can sell product. It's horrible customer service. If you like up to 5 call resolution and 10 minutes a week to use the restroom during a 40 hour week then this is the job for you.

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

I learned a lot working there as far as how to run a business as well as how to develop a team. I had one of the most successful teams in the company ranking as the top store year over year in two separate markets, one in the Northeast one in the Southeast. I was a paragon winner with the company as well. My most recent DM was very supportive. I genuinely thank them for the opportunity and the knowledge that I acquired while working with them.

Cons

Work hours were excessive. To be successful hours worked were borderline slavery. While I willingly worked them to be successful, the week you didn't you were immediately behind. Vacations were almost non existent due to constant visitors from corporate stopping in to do reviews. Holiday weeks were paid 4 days regular 1 holiday and you worked all 5. The facade of the stores looking great when these people stop by versus the reality of the business is polarizing. There were always teams of people and excessive expenditures of payroll thrown into stores prior to their visits. While I understood the need to make an appearance, it was always will always be a backwards way off thinking. Company preaches quality of life for their clients while quality of life for their employees is non-existent. As a "manager" in your average store you will be "managing" a total of one person during your shift, with a total of 10 people at location. Location open hours will exceed total payroll hours ie Sun-Sat 7am-10pm = 15hrs per day x 7 days x 2 people = 210 hrs which excludes the need to have a person unload deliveries that come in during non opened hours. Your budgeted hours will be approximately 208 hrs. I will only mention that during the month of December that there are extended hours for the stores but no budgeted hours to accommodate. Stores are held to strict shrink targets with little to no control over external theft. Remember 2 people at location, if four people enter to steal there is nothing you can do to stop them. These are facts not personal prejudices.

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