Had a beer with Larry last night. Said he was following TOM Ryan’s exit plan. Tom bought Caremark and when finalized walked away with 163 million severance . Old timers you remember, then he passed it over to Larry . Tom was 58 at that time, anyone... — read more
Lay-off rumor
Just a rumor but good source. The cuts begin Jan on hours . The support staffing when company combines, will be reduced by 75 percent. Districts will have increase in the number of stores and 35 percent of the new field leaders go back into stores... — read more
Truck hours
I get 18 pallets per week of freight. Demand gives 26 hours to unload and work the truck in 8 hours! So 4 people work 18 pallets in one shift! 4 pallets per person with 2 left over ! Can’t be done and have to work registers at same time , we do 16 a... — read more
Lay offs. Not happening cut backs r
No declared lay offs! Trump watching ! Hiding the layoffs by cutting hours instead . Many Fs people will not be able to pay bills and buy food. Store managers safe but will be documented out for non compliance and poor conditions and poor service. DL... — read more
Regional Meetings Today..
...wonder what the outcome, if any, will be, as all DL's, and Regionals, hear the uproar at the Store levels to the announcement that arrived Monday, in the Hub, and not even a DL call beforehand. to prepare us. That is what I call a 100% lack of... — read more
Deal with Aetna may be delayed
Judge that must approve the deal is p-ss-d that it closed without approval! Hearing next Tuesday! Delays expected and stock is dropping quickly today based on this news.
Store level managers
The hour cuts are real. Check mySchedule demand for week one. Compare it against week one demand for last year. You can use the arrows next the schedule date to go back. The difference in my store is 75 hours. 24 hour, high volume store. Over the... — read more
Changes are not seen by new managers
15 years back . s FS doing average of 25,000 a week had the following help! District manager, pharmacy supervisor , photo district, cosmetic district , administration ast, Rx tech trainer, store manager, ast manager, 4 shift supervisors, ft cosmetic... — read more
Nay sayers are now believers!
So my store is now expected to run 25 hours a week with just one (1) employee in the FS. This was mentioned on this site over a month ago and today it came down in the hub. CVS doesn't care about the fs, only the pharmacy. They will continue to take... — read more
If you're hourky and reading this...UNIONIZE ASAP! MORE CUTS COMING!!
People are being moved to other stores if your store doesn't have enough hours, whether it's 5 miles away or 50, if they offer you a position and you DO NOT take it..your gone. No severance..nothing! Presently a management employee and heed my words... — read more
Hammer officially dropped, on the HUB, at 19:40pm on Monday 12/10/2018
My store has been identified to operate with one Front Store colleague 25 hours/wk. This designation was determined based on store specific demographics, and in consultation with "field leadership". I certainly questioned the word leadership, as it... — read more
No changes thru 2025
Just in ! No changes to be executed until 2025. Company has decided the employees feelings are more important than shareholders pockets. A survey will be sent to all FS managers asking for them to suggest a good date for change. Everyone wins. Do the... — read more
Store Brands - Corporate
HR confirmed... major layoffs at all levels for the Store Brands team coming next 1-2 months. Apply now - from your friendly anonymous HRBP
Christmas gifts
A great manager in our district fired today after she accepted a vendor Chridtmas Gift. We think the value was around 80 dollars ! These DL and AP are apparently on a mission of some sort to remove long timers! Be warned anything can get you at... — read more
Does anyone seriously believe the c-ap that gets posted here
This site is full of disinformation and trolls. I can’t believe anyone even trusts the c-ap on here. Yes things are coming , but they way people keep screaming the sky is falling is ridiculous. If I believed everything that was spewed on here, we all... — read more
Shirt supervisor here
I struggle to make ends meet with 40 hours a week . We are now being scheduled 30 hours a week and I can not pay my bills. I also have to work 6 days to get in the 30 hours and shifts are all 4-9 closings. Been here 15 years never seen it this bad... — read more
FAQ from CVS
What new services are you putting in the stores and when will they open? CVS Health will begin piloting enhanced health services in the community in early 2019, in the form of new concept stores. The pilot will include the programs mentioned above... — read more
Convinced!
Convinced the person that’s bashing managers & the one that’s bashing pharmacists is the same individual. Who’s up in corporate trying to get everyone not to come to this site to Speak the TRUTH!!
Decisions on your jobs have been made
DL will meet with managers one on one to discuss dismissals. Only managers no rph will be let go. If gas been decided to retain a few managers with Rx liscense and all tsm are safe. It is happening!!!!!!
DL’s find out this week of realignment
RD here, your DL’s find out this week and have meetings set up with SM’s the following week. All I can say is, strong SM’s you are safe and it has nothing to do with MSH. If your DL feels you have the right processes in your store you are ok. Volume... — read more
The retail business is changing, times are changing
Agree with you all. The retail business is changing, times are changing. All the money is going online. How many people have a cell phone? We do everthing on the internet including shopping because its fast and easy. Your orders come right to your... — read more
We all together
Most if not soon all will be let go. Some will leave before others, but it will be us all. Even if your in another store in another city,we are the cvs family. Be prepared and aware for whats coming. Thanos about to snap his fingers and we will be... — read more
Ethics line
Call it and you will find out just how confidential it is. They have caller identification
It’s the holiday season. And this is how we treat each other.
This site is not supposed to be for the eternal fight between FS and RX. It is to help people plan for the possibility of lay offs. Both sides; please take your fight for self importance and validation somewhere else. I have wasted enough of my time... — read more
It’s the holiday season. And this is how we treat each other.
This site is not supposed to be for the eternal fight between FS and RX. It is to help people plan for the possibility of lay offs. Both sides; please take your fight for self importance and validation somewhere else. I have wasted enough of my time... — read more
why are there so many hateful pharmacists on here?
It almost feels like this is a guerilla campaign that's being used to drive an even bigger wedge in the relationship between pharmacists and store managers. Why do people feel like it's okay to look down on others who maybe didn't have all the same... — read more
FS Store Managers
This site should show you really what the company and RX staff think of you. Don’t get me wrong there are some good store managers who do more than sit on there a-- and let RX sink (that number is extremely small lets be real) the rest of you are... — read more
Pharmacy
All good in Rx !!!!!!!! No worry back here! Gonna miss all the crying
Do sales get hours
Not one of you has said anything about your low almost non existent front store sales. You cry about everyone and everything on these posts but none of you discuss sales increases. It is give me give me give me. Most of you would not know the meaning... — read more
It helps we are all in the same fish bowl
Opening this post for us to list Actual hours cut. Please no guessing or bogus comments. Take the high road here. Once you receive true numbers please list average fs sales or scripts and old budget and new budget. I find out my 2019 numbers next... — read more
The reality of working in retail
So much hate, maybe you need to find a job in another industry . Retail is a tough environment and is going to continue to get tougher with the Amazons of this world and lower reimbursement rates in pharmacy. Any company that has shareholders and... — read more
Hours reduction
RX tech hours will be reduced dramatically along with FS hours. Will discuss layoffs for employees to compensate for reductions.
CVS fires its employee after stopping a thief
It sickens me to read things like this. Where is the justice? Where is the morality? A man stops a theft a pharmacy in Greenfield and his Boss fires him a couple of days after claiming that he behaved against company policies. This just shows how... — read more
just got the call about decreased hours
My DL told me today that stores who don't make 30k a year will be at operating hours minus 10. So we are open 8 to 10 which is 196 hours. And our budget is 186. :/
Be prepared
I will say this about 50% of the time the info here this is accurate. 2 years ago rumors on this site were speculation many layoffs would happen as well as many title changes within the org. accurate. Last year rumor was many members would lose their... — read more
What happens if Aetna deal is not approved?
What will the consequences be for us, regular employees?
Don’t buy the “everything is fine” mentality
Do not buy into the DL's and the everything is fine mentality. Its not. They don't even know all the details yet. Some of us in the corporate office will be unaffected but sadly many in the field will. Its sad for those of us who have been around a... — read more
The layoffs and BIG changes are coming! HR Confirmed!
The layoffs and BIG changes are coming! HR Confirmed! I work in HR in the corporate office. Confirmed that layoffs and consolidation are coming at almost every level to make way for the Aetna integration. Last year we saw about 1/3 of the field... — read more
Never forgive the treatment
I was one of the DM let go last year after 30 years. I will never forgive or forget the treatment dished out by this company and the despair I felt of having my world turned upside down last Dec. You believe what you want to believe on this post but... — read more