USAtoday exposes sweatshop-style working conditions at CVS

[Lexington2012]

CVS pharmacist's death becomes cautionary tale of crushing stress at work

Ashleigh Anderson's 2021 heart attack death while working as a CVS pharmacist became a viral tale of extreme pressure to hit corporate goals.

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[Pronounce Doxazosin]

Very tragic, but not surprising
More surprising to find a smoker pharmacist in the year 2023

 

[mentos]

Very tragic, but not surprising
More surprising to find a smoker pharmacist in the year 2023

Everything about this story is crazy to me. Why would anyone be afraid to close the store during an emergency like that, especially post Covid when stores were constantly closed?

How can any healthcare worker be a smoker? You walk into a hospital and a ton of employees in scrubs are by the entrance smoking. And how can anyone be a smoker at CVS where you get no breaks?

 

[projektreverb]

Everything about this story is crazy to me. Why would anyone be afraid to close the store during an emergency like that, especially post Covid when stores were constantly closed?

How can any healthcare worker be a smoker? You walk into a hospital and a ton of employees in scrubs are by the entrance smoking. And how can anyone be a smoker at CVS where you get no breaks?

With how retail works you, you are pushed to forget basic human needs. When I took my contract gig that got me out of retail, I remember telling people “I can go to bathroom whenever I want” with pride. People looked at me like I had two heads.

 

[Sunshine98*]

Shouldn't take USA today. NABP and BOP know what's going on and turned a blind eye for years!

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

Everything about this story is crazy to me. Why would anyone be afraid to close the store during an emergency like that, especially post Covid when stores were constantly closed?

How can any healthcare worker be a smoker? You walk into a hospital and a ton of employees in scrubs are by the entrance smoking. And how can anyone be a smoker at CVS where you get no breaks?

I've worked with tons of pharmacists like that. They act like brainwashing victims

 

[projektreverb]

I've worked with tons of pharmacists like that. They act like brainwashing victims

Stockholm syndrome if you ask me…

 

[Bubba98]

A 41yo female, doesn't look obese, with a clean bill of health by an MD 2 weeks prior suddenly gets a complete clot of an artery in 2021. Got it.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

A 41yo female, doesn't look obese, with a clean bill of health by an MD 2 weeks prior suddenly gets a complete clot of an artery in 2021. Got it.

And here we go...

 

[imanurse]

A 41yo female, doesn't look obese, with a clean bill of health by an MD 2 weeks prior suddenly gets a complete clot of an artery in 2021. Got it.

“Clean bill of health” but also a smoker?

 

[Gombrich12]

“Clean bill of health” but also a smoker?

"Clean bill of health" but worked at CVS for 17 years?