Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout
Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout
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Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout
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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.
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Yeah it's ridiculous how bad they're abusing their employees and the salaries are pretty poor as well from what I've heard.
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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.
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Huh, my local Walgreens is usually like 1-2 pharmacists, 3-4 techs, and 2-3 people for non-pharmacy.
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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.
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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.
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Use a local pharmacy if you have the option. CVS and Walgreens are terrible to their pharmacists and other employees.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Think smaller; this is probably the first sign of large scale pharmacy unions
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Some don't have a choice, unfortunately
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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.
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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.
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Same....fully support their collective efforts. But I need my meds.
Trying to move my prescriptions to mail order now.
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Yeah. I know I’m lucky to have such a great one nearby. Many don’t have that option.
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but I can get meds online for 30% less (or a lot more, depends on the medication)
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But no controlled substances cries in ADHD
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Good. I walked out of my CVS warehouse job last month, what a shit company to work for.
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