Customer Service - Customer Service Representative (CSR) CVS Health Employee Review

2.0
Feb 19, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Working from home. I thought the starting pay of 18.50 was great until the training period was over and I started working at home.

Cons

In the position, you are doing everything from explaining benefits to the members, doing prior authorization related work, pharmacy technician responsibilities and even being a therapist for members that are calling just to scream at someone. You have to suck up negativity and don't have time between calls to deal with anxiety or go to the bathroom. You have to meet metrics. Customers scream at you every day and it is not made clear to them that you are the pharmacy, not the insurance company. Very micromanaged. They watch your screen and listen to your microphone at all times. Bathroom breaks don't exist. Everything is counted against you. You cant apply to other positions within the company if you have any corrective actions- even if they are the result of the stressful and toxic position. Excused absences don't exist. I got a point for being 10 minutes late to training due to a horrible accident that the supervisors were already aware of and it was never excused even though it affected half of the training class.

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Pros

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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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