Anyone who doesn't think Wall Street has an impact on your job, doesn't know wall street. Companies release financial results. If those results are below what wall street was expecting, or if there worse than expected, wall street and investors are... — read more 

What is the policy regarding availability? Can a store manager force an employee to work outside of their availability? The colleague’s availability is approved/set in myschedule.

Sure, it may never be gone for good. Why stick around and find out? What if the front end is reduced by 35-50%? How much payroll, and how much would they want to pay managers? 10 years from now the job will be different, borderline unrecognizable... — read more 

VERY interesting read for ALL retail pharmacy employees, both FS and RX! https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-02/walgreens-earnings-retail-apocalypse-now-threatens-d--g-stores

So today 4/2/19, CVS, rite aid, and walgreens, all hit 52 week lows, either intraday or closing. Cvs getting close to the 40’s again, rite aid is at 57 cents, and walgreens was down MORE than 12%!!! Anyone who thinks that “everything will be fine”... — read more 

Recent poll by career builder and rotten tomatoes have you listed as the worst company in the United States to work for. DG was second. You beat wmart and Family $ as well . You are the worse! Integrity in leadership last in the nation,

either it is a April fools joke, or the Company is finally beginning to realize that, with the reduction in hours, the FS's time is limited, so they proposed that we open, and close, on Pharmacy hours, plus, we go to less Ad signing , meaning that... — read more 

Shrinking at some point? Possibly, but never going away. When someone doesn’t feel good, but doesn’t want to go to the dr(happens all the time) they are never going to wait 2 days for their NyQuil in the mail. OTC Medicine means there will always be... — read more 

What really irks me is all the higher ups (DL, LP/AP, Regional Director, AVP, etc.) who come in to our stores and do nothing but crab at us and bark orders, but don’t lift a finger to help, as if actual work is beneath them! And people wonder why... — read more 

At store level you no longer have visibility to weekly or daily script count . Why would that happen? PIC or SM. It Has been removed from KMI.

I read these posts then someone wasting their breath trying to explain stock price or debt ratio to someone who clearly has no clue. All clueless people please just stop speculating about things you know nothing about Good night

..to watch a RVP, come into your store for a visit, no background in Pharmacy, and then totally "salivate" over the existing Pharmacy, totally ignoring the Front Store Manager. Absolutely hilarious.

I thought that this situation with constant changes and workers being kept in the dark regarding what the leadership plans to do was a temporary situation evoked by the Aetna acquisition. However, the more time passes by, the more I get that one... — read more 

We're not being told the truth by corporate. I think CVS is in a lot worse shape than we are led to believe. Think of CVS as a ship. Right now our ship is badly damaged. I won't say we're the titanic just yet, but here we are, damaged and taking on... — read more 

Read this chart and post what you see. We shouldn’t wonder why our stock is trading where it is. Lay-offs should be the least of our discussions here. The whole thing is coming down people... — read more 

Same district in the Atlanta market. Pharmacists and store managers and leaving in succession. It's amazing how one individual with the poorest communication skills and basic people skills can continue to run a district. This is someone to afraid to... — read more 

200,000 and you owe 400,000!!!!

Now that you are saddled with that debt, we are being squeezed by the government over prices , this erodes our margins. Losing to competition-- Amazon pill pack- the group insurance health care company that JP Morgan - Amazon and Berkshire put... — read more 

Buyout of WellCare- centene will be moving all WellCare to there in house pbm and away from CVS!! More bad news-- more layoffs coming!

I know of several long time employees, and these ones are seasoned, experienced, and know their way around the store. Getting rid of your most experienced people, the ones who know your business the best, is always a bad idea. Why? Because who do you... — read more 

Why does my Green sheets show that I get more hours than what my Demand gives me? Than when I look at my PNL it shows that I’m under in payroll. I always schedule to demand. I’ve always heard that the DL’S Are the ones who plug in your Demand. Is... — read more 

At least for me that is the message. Cutting the hour for long time workers is telling us that we are disposable. Why else would they do that, given that there is always the same amount of store hours that needs to be filled and it cost them the same... — read more 

So, I just found out that for the last 3 years my manager has been taking 30 min lunch breaks out of my pay every single shift. I don’t take a 30 min lunch breaks and I only work 4hr shifts. Any suggestions on how to handle this?

https://www.fool.com/retirement/2019/03/24/dont-judge-cvs-health-by-its-stores.aspx

Cutting hours WILL be the downfall of CVS! And that INCLUDES the pharmacy! And yes you can cut hours to the point of no return and the company fails. Much like a ship taking on too much water and before the captain realizes it you’re sinking fast! In... — read more 

Glassdoor is one THE leading employee review sites around. On Glassdoor, cvs has consistently gotten very low ratings. Cvs is in the top 20 worst companies to work for. Our ceo currently has a failing grade on Glassdoor as most employees have an... — read more 

Saves company money Makes for good quartly report, pleases the stockholders, shares rise Negatives: This will/has backfired. Customer & employee satisfaction at all time low Customer service and safety for patient is our concern Mistakes are being... — read more 

So if there will be big layoffs at CVS (not sure about Aetna), I can see it being the week of March 25. Why? Warn notices are typically 60 days notice and that 60 days if done next week would be before the beginning of the next fiscal year June 2019... — read more 

Underperforming stock even with a 10% discount (which used to be 15%) severely underperforming the market on a 5 year chart. When will this disaster end?

So I heard thru the grapevine that our store is supposedly up for a remodel in 2019. I am a shift supervisor, not a SM, so where/how could I check on our computer system to see what might be going down and when? I don't want to ask my SM since I only... — read more 

In a previous thread, someone mentioned that the health hubs are failing. Is this true or just rumors? If it is true how are they failing?

I’ve never seen an inventory so disorganized. This will be my first with CVS. No extra payroll, still have all the normal weekly activities but expected to deliver an inventory ready store? Am I missing something? Yes I have asked for hours and or... — read more 

I thought Walgreens leaders were incompetent for giving $120 MIL TO Theranos...ours paid $12.7 billion for Omnicare...moral of the story...none of these people are any smarter than us...the just kiss a-- and wear nicer suits

Is it ever going to happen? Or are we destined to work with a proverbial ax hanging over our heads for as long as we are employed here? And yes, I'm older and I've been here long enough to remember what it was like when job security was a thing at... — read more 

High volume stand alone store, No Indies, no Grocery pharmacies, only 1 other in town, RA and CVS 10 miles away. Are we set for closure, lease not up for 30 more yrs.

Prior post stated these dates for layoffs. Any new, news?

The CVS PHARMACY of the past would have teams assembled Contractors ready and many departments fully involved in this hub idea. My question - Does CVS HEALTH have this ready and waiting? Are any of you just waiting With plans in hand waiting on the... — read more 

The Kansas City Business Insider is reporting the closure of mail order center. https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2019/03/19/cvs-health-kc-layoffs-pharmacists-technicians.html

Of course I’m talking about lower and some middle tiers of management. I believe the big fish covered their asses already, so that question I won’t bother asking. In light of the Aetna merger becoming a reality we are aware that there will be some... — read more 

reposted : You can train a monkey to do 90% of my job