Beware! Do not apply! Worst company to work for. Hates it’s employees and horrible pay - Management CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
Feb 1, 2018
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Pros

Taught me how to run a store with 1 other person when it should have 7 employees

Cons

Where to begin?! Horrible budget hours. Even when youre in a super busy store the most you can have is 2 employees. Unfortunualy those two employees are also paid HORRIBLY so when you do find great people it takes an offer from ... hmmm ANYWHERE for them to leave. Now luckily I have a few great people who stay based on the team we have however I wouldn’t blame them one bit if they chose to leave for better pay. Front store must kiss pharmacy you know what. however when looking at the bottom line the amount made is not that different. Now as operations supervisor apparently I am capped at my hourly rate. My hourly rate is very low compared to assistant managers in other companies. They cut assistant manager because they got “paid to much” (after they sued because as salary they were working around 80hours a week) anyway, since I am capped although I met expectations my raise was .. oh there was no raise I was capped, so my bonus was !! 180$ after taxes that’s like 110. So the district manager received around 15-20 from this store and I get 110. Larry merlot came in and lowered salaries for cashiers and cuts cost everywhere not caring about the employees at all. Also if you wanna move up attach your mouth to the butt of your superior because that’s all it takes. It doesn’t require you to be good at your job. As my old dm put it. “You need to be excited to see me and answer my emails! That’s all it takes, oh and showing up haha”

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Cons

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5.0
Dec 13, 2014
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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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