Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout
Some employees at CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance's U.S. pharmacies launched a three-day walkout starting Monday to get the companies to improve working conditions and recruit more people, among other issues.
Their stores a grim these days.
One overworked kid doing everything non-pharmacy. A pharmacist. Maybe a pharm tech.
That's it.
3 max people on payroll at any given time.
Yeah it's ridiculous how bad they're abusing their employees and the salaries are pretty poor as well from what I've heard.
And me, a hospice nurse, waiting on hold on the phone for 20-30 minutes to see if any of those people can tell me if they have any Roxanol in stock for my patient actively dying of bone cancer.
Huh, my local Walgreens is usually like 1-2 pharmacists, 3-4 techs, and 2-3 people for non-pharmacy.
I live in one of the highest population cities in the US, and can confirm that they’re ghost towns most of the time. 1 pharm, maybe 1 tech, and 1-2 cashiers/floaters restocking shelves.
I literally only go there for vaccinations at this point.
Our closest store is exactly like that and the staff found out a week or so that the location is going to be closing in like a month.
Use a local pharmacy if you have the option. CVS and Walgreens are terrible to their pharmacists and other employees.
CVS BOUGHT my health insurance company earlier this year.
If we are going to be cursed with private healthcare, can we at least maintain a competitive market? Right now it's an oligopoly at best, effectively a private monopoly for a lot of people.
I can't remember the last time I saw a local pharmacy. The chains ran them out of business around here a long, long time ago. Best we had was one particular Realo, but then they got the local TriCare contract and wow, they got in over their heads. All their long-time employees quit and the quality of the place is abysmal now.
We lost our local pharmacy before Covid. Between CVS and Walgreens, Walgreens does a decent job. CVS always had like 6 employees running around in the pharmacy and yet they still took forever to do anything. It was almost impressive.
Each of you needs to Google independent pharmacy near me and give them a call. You'll be astounded when they pick up the phone on the first try.
Tried this. He bitched because our doctor was 45 minutes away and refused to take us on we've had the same sleep aid scrip for years.
I am sorry to hear the place you tried was a dud. The thing about indies is each one is different. Thank you for giving it a shot - while I don't work in each place I am steadfast in believing as a whole you'll have the best experience at independent places that (usually) want your business.
This might inspire people to leave and try an independent pharmacy. I imagine that most of them will stay, reducing the workload for the staff at CVS and Walgreens. Everybody wins!
Problem is a lot of those independent pharmacies are already gone. In my area, I have one independent pharmacy, one semi-local grocery store option, and Walmart. That’s the only alternates to Walgreens/CVS here.
Think smaller; this is probably the first sign of large scale pharmacy unions
Some don't have a choice, unfortunately
Yeah, I was at one for I don't know how long. Then CVS bought them out. Now I have to drive two hours to the next closest one. No thanks.
I just switched from Walgreens this past week because they are always closed due to no staff. Usually it's one person doing everything in there.
Same....fully support their collective efforts. But I need my meds.
Trying to move my prescriptions to mail order now.
Yeah. I know I’m lucky to have such a great one nearby. Many don’t have that option.
but I can get meds online for 30% less (or a lot more, depends on the medication)
But no controlled substances cries in ADHD
Good. I walked out of my CVS warehouse job last month, what a shit company to work for.
