Worst Job I've Ever Had. - Pharmacy Technician CPhT CVS Health Employee Review

2.0
5 Sept 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working in a corporate environment means we had better pay than working in the retail facilities.

Cons

Starting pay was decent, but raises were rare. Management was clueless. Quick turnover rate for the entire facility. It was a call center environment so it was extremely stressful. We had unrealistic goals for the amount of calls we should be taking (often at the customers expense). Not a lot of guidance, but a lot of critiquing from managers. Rules and procedures were changed daily and we were often not aware of these changes, but then reprimanded for them. They had completely unrealistic expectations for workers, including long hours (insane over-time we were expected to work) and insufficient breaks and lunch. For clarification purposes: this job is not in the main CVS Caremark Office, but the CVS "Customer Care Center" branch. It's pretty much a call center where we took calls from customer's and doctor's filling medications. Often customer's and doctor's would get upset because instead of being connected with the retail pharmacy they called, they were connected to us. Because of this we would have to transfer calls back to the retail pharmacies. The stores would often get upset and drop our calls, which in turn upset the customer even more. It was a new idea that was not very well thought out. I do not think this facility will last much longer. By far this was the MOST stressful job I've ever worked. I worked their for a year, and even though I've yet to find a job that pays as well, I regret not leaving sooner! My advice: STAY AWAY!

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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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