CVS Cutting Hours June 2020

[CVS4Life]

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Just a heads up to all CVS Pharmacists. We will be losing Pharmacists hours for Summer of 2020. My store does an average of 2-3K prescriptions per week. Currently, we get 110 Pharmacist hours and, as of June 2020, we are only getting 85 pharmacist hours. Funny thing is that I'm beating budget every week but looks like that doesn't matter. I also don't understand how the CA Board of Pharmacy is allowing this. I guess 50 prescriptions / hour is somehow safe for our patients.

2018: 120 Pharmacist hours
2019: 100 Pharmacist Hours
2020: 87 Pharmacist Hours

 

[owlegrad]

What are your store hours? 10 hours Monday-Friday and eight hours Sat & Sun?

 

[FarmD711]

This is real and pretty across the board. My store does about 4200 per week and is losing 20 hours per week. We are going to have 3 hours of overlap on weekdays. It’s ridiculous.


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[PharmDminus]

This is real and pretty across the board. My store does about 4200 per week and is losing 20 hours per week. We are going to have 3 hours of overlap on weekdays. It’s ridiculous.


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is this a 24 hour store?

 

[txpharmguy]

Refills will be 24 to 48 hours (and that's if a doctor doesn't need to be contacted)

 

[sfachine]

High level nurses are pulling in 45 dollars an hour for a 4 year degree.No debt and full wages at 22 years of age.We keep asking ourselves why would someone want to be a pharmacist?

 

[Chrish]

This is real and pretty across the board. My store does about 4200 per week and is losing 20 hours per week. We are going to have 3 hours of overlap on weekdays. It’s ridiculous.


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But you won’t be doing this volume for a while, will you?

 

[Chrish]

High level nurses are pulling in 45 dollars an hour for a 4 year degree.No debt and full wages at 22 years of age.We keep asking ourselves why would someone want to be a pharmacist?

Cause I don’t wanna deal with blood, puke or poop..

 

[Momus]

High level nurses are pulling in 45 dollars an hour for a 4 year degree.No debt and full wages at 22 years of age.We keep asking ourselves why would someone want to be a pharmacist?

$55-80+/hr in CA easy. 12h schedule with 3-4 days per week work schedule.

With this pandemic, double that range if you deal with covid19.

Plus, they don't have to fight just to keep their healthcare title.

 

[BMBiology]

This outbreak has finally hit home.

 

[mentos]

High level nurses are pulling in 45 dollars an hour for a 4 year degree.No debt and full wages at 22 years of age.We keep asking ourselves why would someone want to be a pharmacist?

Would you want to be doing their work? Intubating Covid-19 patients in the ICU is the last place I want to be.

 

[sfachine]

You will always find work as a nurse.Can you say the same for CVS?Walgreens? We all know retail has a dismal future.I wish I had an RN after me instead of PharmD.

 

[AM77]

High level nurses are pulling in 45 dollars an hour for a 4 year degree.No debt and full wages at 22 years of age.We keep asking ourselves why would someone want to be a pharmacist?

Because the pharmacy recruiters lied to them about making six figure salaries and how there’s more to the profession than just retail.

 

[sfachine]

Because the pharmacy recruiters lied to them about making six figure salaries and how there’s more to the profession than just retail.

I can't fathom how someone can make such a critical life decision without looking into it further.

 

[Sine Cura]

At least in California you get OT1.5 if you doing a 9-9 or 9-8 by yourself. Can't recall any CVS starting at 8 AM these days except for high % old fogie stores. Mandatory counseling is bs though

I'm actually kind of surprised that CVS didn't cut pharmacy hours like Walmart did.

 

[VictorOfHungerGames]

Didnt Larry “Ron Jeremy” Merlo get a $15mil raise last year? Lol probably from coming up with those reduced hours.

“Good job, Ron... I mean Larry, for cutting them hours. Those pharmacists werent working hard enough. We made so much profit last year, instead of making our employees priority, we are gonna give you $15mil for doing absolutely nothing to better pharmacy profession.”

 

[BMBiology]

At least in California you get OT1.5 if you doing a 9-9 or 9-8 by yourself. Can't recall any CVS starting at 8 AM these days except for high % old fogie stores. Mandatory counseling is bs though

I'm actually kind of surprised that CVS didn't cut pharmacy hours like Walmart did.

Don’t be too surprise if they have another pharmacist comes in for 3-4 hours. They might even cut store hours.

 

[Thoughtfulsinner]

Just a heads up to all CVS Pharmacists. We will be losing Pharmacists hours for Summer of 2020. My store does an average of 2-3K prescriptions per week. Currently, we get 110 Pharmacist hours and, as of June 2020, we are only getting 85 pharmacist hours. Funny thing is that I'm beating budget every week but looks like that doesn't matter. I also don't understand how the CA Board of Pharmacy is allowing this. I guess 50 prescriptions / hour is somehow safe for our patients.

2018: 120 Pharmacist hours
2019: 100 Pharmacist Hours
2020: 87 Pharmacist Hours

And you will bend over and take it.

 

[Farmgurl20]

At least in California you get OT1.5 if you doing a 9-9 or 9-8 by yourself. Can't recall any CVS starting at 8 AM these days except for high % old fogie stores. Mandatory counseling is bs though

I'm actually kind of surprised that CVS didn't cut pharmacy hours like Walmart did.

At one cvs i rotated in California barely counseled patients and they had one pharmacist do 8-2 and other from 1:30 to 8 or 9. I don’t remember exactly but I know there was 30 min over lap. The things that surprised me most is that Pharmacist stayed off clock to catch up on work. I thought California has very strict labor laws so how is this even happening.

 

[Deja]

At one cvs i rotated in California barely counseled patients and they had one pharmacist do 8-2 and other from 1:30 to 8 or 9. I don’t remember exactly but I know there was 30 min over lap. The things that surprised me most is that Pharmacist stayed off clock to catch up on work. I thought California has very strict labor laws so how is this even happening.

lol its strict on the surface... but as long as no one says anything...

however Ive never seen anyone working off the clock anywhere else except for CVS...

 

[FarmD711]

is this a 24 hour store?

No it’s not


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[mentos]

Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and CVS cutting hours.

Their goal this whole time has been to eliminate any Rph overlap at all. They are getting closer to that goal.

 

[projektreverb]

Wags is starting to do the same. Interns licensed after September 1st will be paid below 50$ an hour to what I hear.

 

[BMBiology]

CVS pharmacist:

2019: I hope the economy crashes so I can buy stocks for cheap.

2020: What? My hours are getting cut!??

 

[WorthlessOxygen]

Wags is starting to do the same. Interns licensed after September 1st will be paid below 50$ an hour to what I hear.

Pretty sure some of my classmates were offered below $50/hr starting in late 2019

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[projektreverb]

Pretty sure some of my classmates were offered below $50/hr starting in late 2019

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Interesting. Didn’t happen in my area until now.

 

[jacksmith228833]

Didnt Larry “Ron Jeremy” Merlo get a $15mil raise last year? Lol probably from coming up with those reduced hours.

“Good job, Ron... I mean Larry, for cutting them hours. Those pharmacists werent working hard enough. We made so much profit last year, instead of making our employees priority, we are gonna give you $15mil for doing absolutely nothing to better pharmacy profession.”

At least with Ron Jeremy you know there will be a happy ending...

 

[Gombrich12]

Where are you guys working that you have major pharmacist overlap? I think I see another pharmacist for maybe 3 hours a week. The next step is changing operating hours.

 

[VictorOfHungerGames]

At least with Ron Jeremy you know there will be a happy ending...

Strong joining date to comment ratio. lol.

Did you get banned and make another account?

 

[BMBiology]

Isn’t Aetna making a boat load of money right now? No one is going to the hospital!

 

[uniform]

One of my friend is working for Cvs and been asking for transfer finally they approved with no scheduled shifts any more and he said another district no opening,They gave him time frame to transfer.Does it mean they are eliminating shifts or cutting hrs without saying anything

 

[Mambo#5]

Just a heads up to all CVS Pharmacists. We will be losing Pharmacists hours for Summer of 2020. My store does an average of 2-3K prescriptions per week. Currently, we get 110 Pharmacist hours and, as of June 2020, we are only getting 85 pharmacist hours. Funny thing is that I'm beating budget every week but looks like that doesn't matter. I also don't understand how the CA Board of Pharmacy is allowing this. I guess 50 prescriptions / hour is somehow safe for our patients.

2018: 120 Pharmacist hours
2019: 100 Pharmacist Hours
2020: 87 Pharmacist Hours

At some places we pharmacists verify 240 an hour. Mail-order optum RX either you make the numbers or you make the numbers lol

 

[WVUPharm2007]

At some places we pharmacists verify 240 an hour. Mail-order optum RX either you make the numbers or you make the numbers lol

Different universe. Call me when you do 240 an hour in between flu shots, endless phone calls, doctor calls, consultations, etc.

 

[tlh908]

My wife is making 54/hour with a 2 year RN degree, no Covid19 exposure either. She just changed jobs and got the nice increase. Covid19 exposure was like 1.5 to 2x that. Her total schooling cost less than 10k, never had student loans. She also gets weekend premium and after 7pm premium. Why did we choose pharmacy?

 

[Amomentintime]

My wife is making 54/hour with a 2 year RN degree, no Covid19 exposure either. She just changed jobs and got the nice increase. Covid19 exposure was like 1.5 to 2x that. Her total schooling cost less than 10k, never had student loans. She also gets weekend premium and after 7pm premium. Why did we choose pharmacy?

....I ask myself that every. single. day.

 

[mentos]

My wife is making 54/hour with a 2 year RN degree, no Covid19 exposure either. She just changed jobs and got the nice increase. Covid19 exposure was like 1.5 to 2x that. Her total schooling cost less than 10k, never had student loans. She also gets weekend premium and after 7pm premium. Why did we choose pharmacy?

I still couldn't do what they do. Can't handle vomit, blood and feces.

 

[BMBiology]

My wife is making 54/hour with a 2 year RN degree, no Covid19 exposure either. She just changed jobs and got the nice increase. Covid19 exposure was like 1.5 to 2x that. Her total schooling cost less than 10k, never had student loans. She also gets weekend premium and after 7pm premium. Why did we choose pharmacy?

Nursing is a lot more chill than pharmacy.

 

[Farmgurl20]

I still couldn't do what they do. Can't handle vomit, blood and feces.

I had rotated in hospitals and got to see what nurses do. No way in hell I would put up with what they do.

 

[grumpyRph]

I still couldn't do what they do. Can't handle vomit, blood and feces.

exactly i always figured if someone could handle all that then it's actually a waste to be in pharmacy. same with being a doc. my best friend is an ER doc and it's just like nope nope nope.

vomit blood feces, may i add PUS on nasty skin infections of people, and naked-ness in general. i mean think about those smelly people at the pharmacy...you're gonna dive right into every one of their crevices as a doc or nurse. like how can people even compare the professions to pharmacy haha.

 

[PharmtoCS]

Nursing doesn't compare. We complain about dealing with patients in retail pharmacy but nursing is probably 100x worse. You deal with not only verbally abusive but COMBATIVE patients far more frequently.

They also have their own understaffing issues.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Nursing doesn't compare. We complain about dealing with patients in retail pharmacy but nursing is probably 100x worse. You deal with not only verbally abusive but COMBATIVE patients far more frequently.

They also have their own understaffing issues.

Exactly. A bad day for us is being yelled at by a patient. A bad day for them is a patient pooping on their leg...while being yelled at by said patient.

 

[Amomentintime]

Exactly. A bad day for us is being yelled at by a patient. A bad day for them is a patient pooping on their leg...while being yelled at by said patient.

Not all nursing is this hands on. You can specialize and work in clinics or a doctors office and never have to clean poop. You can also get an NP in psychiatry, be a CRNA or move up in nursing administration. It comes with far more demand and options than pharmacy, that’s for sure.

 

[pencilandpen]

Not all nursing is this hands on. You can specialize and work in clinics or a doctors office and never have to clean poop. You can also get an NP in psychiatry, be a CRNA or move up in nursing administration. It comes with far more demand and options than pharmacy, that’s for sure.

I am sure the RN at my local doctors office aint making $54 a hour

 

[radio frequency]

Not all nursing is this hands on. You can specialize and work in clinics or a doctors office and never have to clean poop. You can also get an NP in psychiatry, be a CRNA or move up in nursing administration. It comes with far more demand and options than pharmacy, that’s for sure.

Yeah, but you don’t start with the jobs you are talking about. First you have to wade through the pooping patients to get there.

 

[Mambo#5]

Different universe. Call me when you do 240 an hour in between flu shots, endless phone calls, doctor calls, consultations, etc.

I’ve done that too already.

 

[Mambo#5]

Different universe. Call me when you do 240 an hour in between flu shots, endless phone calls, doctor calls, consultations, etc.

If you can’t take the heat then get the f out of the kitchen. Accept it or change. No one is forcing you to do that job. It sucks. All of pharmacy sucks and it’s not worth that paycheck.

 

[owlegrad]

Bull****. No retail pharmacist has ever done 240 scripts an hour + everything else they have to do. That is one every 15 seconds with no time for anything else. Give me a break.

 

[Amomentintime]

Yeah, but you don’t start with the jobs you are talking about. First you have to wade through the pooping patients to get there.

You need to do more research into nursing before saying that. Not all nurses start out that way. You can choose to work in a clinic or doctor's office and go back to get your masters to become a NP and never have to be in the hospital cleaning poop. Yes, as a nurse, it's always going to be hands on. But, it's not all cleaning poop and bodily fluids either.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

If you can’t take the heat then get the f out of the kitchen. Accept it or change. No one is forcing you to do that job. It sucks. All of pharmacy sucks and it’s not worth that paycheck.

I'm not complaining. I like my job.

I was just saying that comparing Rx verification in mailorder to retail isn't apples to apples. If you did 240 Rxs in an hour in modern retail then I am faster than Usain Bolt.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

You need to do more research into nursing before saying that. Not all nurses start out that way. You can choose to work in a clinic or doctor's office and go back to get your masters to become a NP and never have to be in the hospital cleaning poop.

At that point you are no longer a nurse. You are a nurse practitioner. That's like me saying as a pharmacist I could then go get a PhD in pharmacology and get into drug discovery. Definitely still not a pharmacist at that point.