Q&A With CVS Health Employees
As a CVS Health colleague, you'll find career opportunities across the organization and at every stage of your career. More important, your work will have an impactful purpose on someone's life including your own.
How employees describe working at CVS Health
Paid vacations is the best part
Review from Sales Dept
The first few years after my hire was fine, but things have severely home downhill in the past few years.
Review from Operations Dept
Well rounded place with well rounded people. Great place.
Review from Sales Dept
listen to the people that work with the public. Take care of the people you have before adding new untested programs are introduced. bring your prices down and more people will want to buy. I dont shop there
I was hired quickly the had to wait over a month to start. I was thrown into a postion with little to no training and no help from my coworkers . I also recive very little hours and I am scheduled differently from what I was told when I was hired .
Review from Operations Dept
What it's like to work at CVS Health
- CVS Health employees generally work 8.7 hrs a day
- Employees at CVS Health report the work pace is extremely fast
- On a typical day, employees at CVS Health have 0 meetings
- 80% of CVS Health employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- CVS Health employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 82% of CVS Health employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- CVS Health employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 67% of CVS Health employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With CVS Health Employees
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Are your sales goals realistic or does it seem like you’re set up for failure?
There are no sales goals. We are not salesmen. We provide a service and help our customers however we can. That being said there are performance goals that must be met. I look at them as a benchmark to strive for. They do push you to try harder but it is almost impossible to maintain long term.
Set up for failure. CVS IS GREEDY!
What is the best part about your compensation package at CVS Pharmacy?
Benefits
Paid insurance
How hard is it to advance to management if you have a bachelor's degree?
That depends on what you bring to the table. If you bring value to your job they will promote you quickly regardless of your degree unless it’s a position that requires a degree like a pharmacist.
What is the best perk or benefit that CVS Health offers?
100% employer paid tuition for certain online universities.
What are the most important soft skills to be successful at CVS Health?
communication
How long after an interview at CVS Health does it take to hear back?
1 month
How long does it take to hear back after applying to CVS Health?
1 month
What is the dress code at CVS Health?
casual
How often do employees get raises at CVS Health?
rarely
What kind of people does CVS Health like to hire?
talented
Does CVS Health drug test or do a background check?
Drug test for rx and management
What are company outings like at CVS Health?
We don't have any
How innovative is CVS Health?
Extremely. There’s something new every week
How do you feel about CVS Health's future?
If I didn’t feel strongly about it I wouldn’t stay with the company. I feel as though I have a lot of job security with Cvs
What is the PTO policy at CVS Health?
Not going into any details, but in my opinion the PTO is far better than most other companies.
How flexible is your work schedule at CVS Pharmacy?
As a part time worker and a full time student, I find that my work schedule is very flexible.
What's the internship program like at CVS Pharmacy?
Outdated Learning Modules (often requesting you to evaluate processes that no longer exist) are required. There are about 20 needed P1 year and are rather simple. The number due each school year decreases as what you need to do is more complex. One module requires you at attend a certain type of meeting that happens once a year, but modules are due long before that meeting takes place. You are expected to look ahead and know you will need it for next year. Pay is little more than that of a tech and you usually are just a tech, however allowed to do patient counseling and immunizations if you are certified.
What is CVS Health's policy towards pets in the workplace?
Ha this made me smile, were not even allowed to have live plants in our cubes.
How secure do you feel at your job at CVS Pharmacy?
Not at all
How's the leadership on the Sales team at CVS Pharmacy?
Very good
What's the Sales team like at CVS Pharmacy?
Very friendly and helpful
How can I improve my chances of being hired at CVS Health?
Care only about making money and not about patient care.
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at CVS Health?
Social life nonexistent due to mandatory overtime.
How secure do you feel at your job at CVS Health?
VERY insecure. Always rumors of cutbacks and layoffs. Management is very secretive.
How does CVS Health measure success and growth in the Operations department?
Speed - most work completed in the smallest amount of time.





