Terminated for defending myself - Shift Supervisor CVS Health Employee Review

2.0
Aug 1, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Customers are good people who are just trying to support their local community.

Cons

Don't make friends of coworkers. Self defense to harassment When a coworker was verbally harassing me because i care for my dementia, diabetic, and incontinent elderly parents 5 to 6 hours a day and working full time, I was crying and hyperventilating. I tried to walk away, but he followed me continuing to harass me. I yelled for help from the pharmacy. But before they came up, I threw a bottle of water at the floor while yelling for him to stop. The pharmacist looked at me like I was crazy while my attacker was telling him that I was attacking him. I was terminated for workplace harassment. I was told what I did was against the Heart at Work policy. The story here is don't make friends at CVS. If this does happen, walk right out the door. Don't trust the managers. My attacker uses illegal marijuana to control his anxiety while at work. The managers both said they were aware that he does. I'm not a marijuana user but I think he was tweeking out at work. He still works there but I'm now adding getting a job along with my very trying daily schedule with my parents who don't have medicaid.

Explore other reviews about CVS Health

5.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great flexibility, depending on your scheduling coordinator and district leader

Cons

nothing that comes to my mine

5.0
Dec 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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.

1181
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All