Does anyone actually have proof where it says SM must work 2 closing shifts a week? I know it used to be on LP audit, but since that question is no longer part of it where does it say it is a must? I called HR and they don’t have any copies of... — read more
Flu Shots
Has any other district been told that if you do not meet your flu/expanded shot goals & carepass goals that you will receive a “Does Not Meet Expectations” on your review?
Watch your back everyone!
So please don't k–l the messenger here, I feel like this is important enough to pass along to you all here. I heard the other day, via one of my coworkers, that corporate is looking to fire people. So you all better dot your i's and cross your... — read more
Burnout & high turnover of employees
What is corporate doing to prevent burnout and the high turnover rate of employees?
CVS- Committed to Wellness, Greed, or Your Demise
CVS has long been known to impose their arrogant perception of themselves in the media and on Wall Street- they are the smartest and best. In reality, do a survey of actual customers. Customer satisfaction is, and always has, been poor. Since... — read more
Mgmt Dress Code
Just wondering the legalities of CVS's dress code for Managers. Men wear ties and the women dress business casual. In todays world of equalities and everyone being treated the same how can CVS say that Men have to wear ties. In todays stores the... — read more
CVS Customer Satisfaction Below Rite Aid?
Seriously? After all of the talk about myCustomer Experience, The GOT model in response to for being the bottom result out of the big three for years, and now the myCustomer Connection, we still stink. Much like a neutered dog they don’t get it... — read more
Pharmacy Scheduler
Can anyone provide any details about this position? Not finding a lot of info in researching! Is it new? Pros/Cons? Etc. Thanks in Advance!
I guess CVS missed the memo
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/08/19/the-ceos-of-nearly-two-hundred-companies-say-shareholder-value-is-no-longer-their-main-objective.html
It's all about optics
With all these crazy hours cuts, it’s only a matter of time before something happens. Just what I’m not sure. Perhaps hours get cut so much, that there will be accidental layoffs. As in sorry we don’t have any hours for you this week, and people... — read more
Layoffs
So this is TheLayoff.com Where’s the news on company layoffs??? Why am I reading an endless string of complaining about nearly everything about the job. If it’s that bad go somewhere else. With attitudes like this, if there were to be layoffs you... — read more
Any Store Managers from South Carolina?
Any Managers from South Carolina do you know the minimum pay grade for store Managers in your state? I am thinking of moving down south.
Best Carepass Pitch?
Give me your best carepass pitches people. I'm tired of getting no thanks all the time. My DL is not happy because my store is doing so poorly with enrollments.
Employees NOT allowed to use aco’s???
So we just got our self checkout’s a few days ago and I was told we cannot use them? Isn’t that discriminatory? We are supposed to push customers to use these things, but how do we do that, if we aren’t allowed to use them ourselves? Enough with... — read more
Promising Future
Anyone who jumps ship right now is a dumb–s. This company is heading down the road to some big things. Main one being carepass. As long as you’re selling 5-10 carepass daily expect big things. And those self checkouts are going to be the best answer... — read more
Aetna paying off... but for how long?
So cvs beat expectations for the second straight quarter, largely based on Aetna revenue included now with cvs revenue. BUT, without aetna it's clear we'd be in not so great shape. So if Judge Leon rules against the merger agreement and things go... — read more
What is corporate’s end game?
So hours for our store, are about to really tank starting next week, and going on into September and who knows what from there. Sounds like hours are going to get so bad, my SM isn’t sure how they will be able to give everyone in our store some... — read more
finally quit
After almost 15 years...its over. I quit...its not worth it anymore.. new job is awesome. There is plenty out there.
Local grocery store pays 2 dollars more an hour.
Just did a phone interview for a local grocery store chain. Wasn’t taking it too seriously until he mentioned the hourly rate would be exactly 2 more than I currently make. So maybe there is still money in pharmaceuticals, provided your company... — read more
Quiet
Things are quite here. What happened the company finally cut enough hours to keep ya’ll busy enough to stay off this site?
EOWT turning to every 3 week truck?
Did anyone else see this in the HUB today? Is anyone else already doing this? Sounds like some of us may be getting a truck every 3 weeks instead of every other week. Not sure if I can fit 3 weeks of truck in my backroom and how long it'll take to... — read more
Vacation time
So I’m trying to use my last week of vacation time, however, my store manager is denying my request due to lack of staffing. The thing is- on our “request off calendar” he has 2 weeks crossed out for when he is taking 2 vacations.....any thoughts on... — read more
Hours of operation?
This is an honest question, so please no snarky comments! We all know that hours are being cut down to bare-bones nothing. At our store, hours are tight, but serious hours cuts haven’t happened yet. However big hours cuts are coming within a month... — read more
CFR 3.0
Honestly this is the worst program in years. It wastes so much time that its counter productive. At what point are people held accountable in Store ops and fired for their incompetence?
The End Is Near!!
High Prices High Shrink Low Hours Warehouse is a disaster throughout the company cut and gut while raising prices. Yes, they are about to raise prices. :-) If you want to have boutique prices, you should have boutique service and hours to... — read more
CVS has no set direction
The company has no set direction and spends money in every which way except on their employees. More tasks yet preach service. How do you service without man power? How do you train the next wave of managers without investing time and money into... — read more
CVS and UPS partner
How much more stuff are they gonna lay on us while cutting hours??? https://apple.news/AwBvnEjUuRQaeT1bkRa_EEA
Aco
I am losing 40 hours per week!!!! :(
Health Hubs
Anyone on here a health hub leader/manager or whatever they’re called, or have knowledge about the job? Mainly interested in how the job differs from a regular sm and what the pay scale looks like.
No District Directors
When Will CVS promote someone? In DC market CVS has many openings . I know no one wants to work for the mad man but can’t they promote from within. I know of zero pharmacists interested or qualified in my Region. Scary! And they just promoted the... — read more
Lastest cvs/aetna merger court hearing... Judge Leon still very anti-merger.
So I found an article on yesterday's latest court hearing on the cvs/aetna merger, and Judge Leon is still very anti-merger. He still doesn't think that this agreement meets muster. I like this exchange Leon had with a gov't lawyer...(this is an... — read more
All retailers are the same
I hate to tell you but I have worked for three different retailers and retail is retail and CVS isnt any different. Every retailer cuts payroll year after year, every retailer expects high service standards without understanding the daily ins and... — read more
Our store is a mess
With both people and hours cut - we don't have time to do half of the things that need to be done. And customers are starting to notice and comment on it. And what happens? We get chewed out! Even if it's not our fault in any conceivable way - I... — read more
Cvs does NOT care about getting the customers in and out quickly
They never have and never will! They WANT the customers to linger or have YOU delay them at registers, in hopes that they will spend more money. Think about it, why does cvs NEVER respond to customer complaints about long lines at checkout? Because a... — read more
New self checkout stores
Major cuts to stores coming.. min hour stores being cut 40 hours per week 6 weeks after install. Cuts scaled to volume. 3500 stores over next two years to get them.
Enrollments
All of these enrollments are getting ridiculous... Email sign up Text message sign up Carepass sign up AND NOW Beauty club sign up. So much for getting the customer in and out quickly
Carepass
What y’all think about carepass? Yay or nay? And do you think this is the best answer to Amazon prime?