Decent Pay for a stressful and unfulfilling job - Customer Care Representative CVS Health Employee Review

2.0
10 June 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Work with great people -Decent pay and benefits -Decent work/life balance -Generally steady work flow which can be partially associated with job security(though not fully).

Cons

-The job consists of getting yelled at by customers for something you have no control of 9/10 of the time. -There is no room for advancement unless you know the right people, and even then your chances are slim. The next step up from a rep is a supervisor and there is only about 10-15 of those out of about 200-250 people. Do the math. -Even if you are not looking to stay in the customer service department, there generally is no room for advancement because other departments won't look at your application just because you are customer service. -Ever since CVS took over, the corporate culture is even more impersonal and the benefits started going down hill. -You are basically the lowest on the totem pole, and no matter how important you may have illusions you are, you are basically dispensable.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
13 Dec 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.

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