CVS new grad offers - any negotiation room?

[Lexington2012]

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I got an offer letter from CVS.

Is the wage listed on the new grad letters their final offer? I am tempted to ask if they could do a little better on the hourly wage.

 

[mentos]

There is a line of unemployed PharmDs that would gladly take your offer.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

Not likely.

 

[Momus]

I got an offer letter from CVS.

Is the wage listed on the new grad letters their final offer? I am tempted to ask if they could do a little better on the hourly wage.

You are a new grad. What are you offering that an employer could possibly want besides a pulse?

 

[hye345]

Actually, for me, it worked the other way: I accepted an offer last November that listed a specific hourly rate. Fast forward to the month of May, and I'm talking to my super about store placement/hours and what not, and he mentions that the hourly rate for my area actually went up by about five dollars.

 

[Momus]

Actually, for me, it worked the other way: I accepted an offer last November that listed a specific hourly rate. Fast forward to the month of May, and I'm talking to my super about store placement/hours and what not, and he mentions that the hourly rate for my area actually went up by about five dollars.

Exactly, nothing to do with you.

 

[maria1oh]

You get yearly raises at cvs so it will add up. also you get extra if you are manager or overnight.

 

[Wickett]

I got an offer letter from CVS.

Is the wage listed on the new grad letters their final offer? I am tempted to ask if they could do a little better on the hourly wage.

You are a new grad so you don't have much leverage. What reason can you give them to offer you more? The only way I could see you having any negotiating power is if a DM really wants you and you have another job offer with better terms that you could ask them to match. If you aren't in that position, you really don't have a leg to stand on.

 

[ineeddrug]

Like other ppl said, no room to negotiate if you are a new grad. Many companies hire less and less interns and try to reduce wage from $60ish/hr to $55-58/hr or less.

If you want to work for CVS, just accept the offer, man.

 

[ldiot]

If you intern with them for 4 years does that impact the offer vs another new grad in terms of hourly pay? You would at least start at 3 weeks vacation right...?

 

[Sine Cura]

If you were forced to be PIC right away, I would ask for a 401k match on day 1. Doesn't mean you would get it, but believe it or not to make you PIC they need you more than you need them.

In my brief tenure in chain retail there hasn't been a single time where a new grad PIC was put in anything other than a ****show situation (n = 3 across two companies, excluding me).

 

[CetiAlphaFive]

I got an offer letter from CVS.

Is the wage listed on the new grad letters their final offer? I am tempted to ask if they could do a little better on the hourly wage.

You'd have to be an absolute idiot *not* to attempt to negotiate.

 

[Lexington2012]

This is in an a geographic area that is known to have a shortage. Maybe that makes a difference?

 

[dblock05]

If you intern with them for 4 years does that impact the offer vs another new grad in terms of hourly pay? You would at least start at 3 weeks vacation right...?

You get the same offer as the new grad if you do intern for 4 years, but you DO get the vacation for working those years.

 

[ldiot]

You get the same offer as the new grad if you do intern for 4 years, but you DO get the vacation for working those years.

Thanks, that's what I figured.