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Q&A With Rite Aid Employees
The Rite Aid team has always been dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the customers, patients and communities we serve. One of the keys to our success has been finding the right people for the job and putting them in a position to succeed so that we can deliver a consistently outstanding experience to every customer we serve.
How employees describe working at Rite Aid
They need better employees. There rude and ignorant.
NO INTEREST IN EMPLOYEES AT ALL
they make it easy to learn
Some of them are hard workers
The managers were really respectful
What it's like to work at Rite Aid
- Rite Aid employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
- Employees at Rite Aid report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Rite Aid have 0 meetings
- 75% of Rite Aid employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Rite Aid employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 48% of Rite Aid employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Rite Aid employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 60% of Rite Aid employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Rite Aid Employees
IDX: 0 TOT: 88
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
Higher pay, more respect, equal job weight to pay rate balance.
I was fired from Rite Aid right before my 10 year anniversary..starting out with Brooks..I think they are horrible, not like Brooks..:{
Other same type companies pay substantially more. Rite aid should pay the same.
What makes you most happy at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
Doing my job well and seeing our paitents leave happy and knowing their health will improve (hopefully).
My customers and co workers. They are just the greatest.
Love that every time I'm going to work is a special day and I learn something new. And I interact with customers and is very satisfied..
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
I would get rid of management at my DC. They have no respect or concern for the workers. Our pay is too low, our productivity quotas are too high and the heat in the DC is unhealthy and unbearable . They keep,pushing us and pushing us. We have 2-3 hours overtime every day. It will be a Kira clear if someone doesn't try to get a union in here.
Reimbursement for college classes for front end associates.
Wouldnt wish this place upon my worst enemy sadly. More often than not you are pushed on overtime which is mandatory. And if there is Saturday's sometimes volunteer but most of the time mandatory. Breaks and lunches does not include the walk to the break room so out of a 15 min break your only getting 5-10 mins. They expect you to go everywhere in gods green earth and yet expect you to make productivity. Pay is poor for what they expect of you.
What does the leadership team at Rite Aid need to get better at?
Top Employee Response
Oh, they were just a mess..mean spirited..just a big mess..I always felt on edge going in..like everyday was a big mess and a threat..
Instead of cost cutting at store level, take a look at cutting from the top. Company is too top heavy!
Top leadership have sold us out and will walk away with millions while we might not get to keep our jobs.
What benefits does Rite Aid provide?
They provide the simple basic retail benefits and only good thing is you can only pick up your prescriptions at Rite Aid if you don't its gonna cost an arm and a leg
We have medical, dental, vision & a HSA that they pay a % of if you’re full time, also A 401 k if you’re full time... but most of the people that are hired are part time
Vacation, medical and holidays off.
What do you like best about the leadership team at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
We work as a team we are treated fairly and if we don't know something then our manager we stop whatever it is she is doing and show us
We all work as a team because the store is basically ran by the mod.
Most people are nice and accommodating
What are some of the best things about your team at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
We are like a family...we build eachother up...and we always look out for eachother
We work hard make it personal experience @ work for all we work with and customer satisfaction. Make a smile
My team is great in my store.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
Need to pay more. The employee's do 80% of the work. Recognition. Praise when need to be.
Bad pay, bad working conditions, bad management. Fix all three.
Being short staffed and a lack of good candidates in the applicant pool force me to work many more days than I should be working.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
Our environment can be both negative and positive it depends on yourself and your attitude and also on managements .
We are like family we know every one that comes into our store it's a hometown feel
Being a part of the surrounding community and bringing a little kindness,laughter,or just a smile to our paitents....
What needs to change to make the company culture better at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
More money, better benefits, no mandatory overtime, and better management.
worker appreciation through genuine interaction. proper compensation for those who work hard. no favoritism. replace all managers. be real.
I think they frighten people into keeping a job..so not work it!!!
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
Moral is starting to take a hit with all the cuts at the lower levels like store level.
We already do....but more comunacatiom would help...
We could use alot more team work
How much and how often do raises happen at Rite Aid?
When I got there the pay had just increase and within three years it didn't increase
Once a year then only 2 percent.
Once a year
What's the best part of your job at Rite Aid?
The fact I get to go home
My patients and coworkers
Vacation.
What should I wear for an interview at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
Dress just like they've dress khakis and a light blue shirt
Dress casual... no jeans
Dress shirt, tie , and slacks.
How long do the interviews usually take at Rite Aid?
15 minutes
25-30 minutes
30 mins
How challenged are you at Rite Aid?
The only challenges you get are the customers
Daily.
Not ...but it's a challenge to get up and get there with the lousy pay, working conditions and morale
How do you feel about going to work at Rite Aid everyday?
It was a paycheck in the job
I enjoy my job.
Not happy. Upper management.
What kind of people succeed at Rite Aid?
People who know management already
College educated.
It's who you know.
What do people at Rite Aid think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
The new CEO may be better but who knows..
We don't know him.
CEO does a great job. Only thing that could be better is the medical insurance.
How's the vacation policy at Rite Aid?
1 year after 1 year... 2 weeks after 3year.... 3 weeks 5years
Average.
It was great. Now all of a sudden we have a black out dates. I've been here 3 yrs. Nothing like it use to be.
How's the work life balance at Rite Aid?
Almost non existent... especially if you’re working in the pharmacy.
Difficult because you never seeem to be able to retain good people so people get over worked
They make you work 2 to 4 hours of mandatory overtime Monday through Friday
What interview questions does Rite Aid ask?
Top Employee Response
there's a background check and the basic
The normal retail questions like where do you see yourself in 5 years how'd you hear about us name a time where you exceeded customer expectations and problem-solving skills
What type of experience do you have? Can we call your references? How long were you at your last place of employment?
What are your coworkers at Rite Aid like?
Top Employee Response
it's like having a second family
Most have really bad attitudes most hate the management most don't want to be there
Always plotting and causing drama. No respect for the pharmacist in charge. Probably needs drug tested more.
What are you most excited about working at Rite Aid?
Top Employee Response
always busy and doing different things
Nothing.. Rite Aid hires the same type of people.. Management is horrible, product selection is little to nothing.. If it wasn't for the pharmacy I don't think anyone would shop there.
Being promoted from within.
What part of Rite Aid's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
Top Employee Response
Prescriptions are trending up in my store this year. Seasonal seems a little slower at the moment.
The customer service is trash and needs tons of improvement .
Seasonal is growing fast, prescription is always having a hard time due to reimbursement rates.
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Should I work at Rite Aid?
27% of Rite Aid employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 17% are neutral and 56% would not recommend working at Rite Aid to their friends.
| 27% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 17% | Passive |
| 56% | Detractors |
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