Worst work environment ever!!!!! - Benefits Verification Specialist CVS Health Employee Review

1.0
15 Oct 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you love to work overtime, I mean a lot of overtime to pay off debt, come work here, fair pto.

Cons

CVS specialty pharmacy Mount Prospect IL is a joke, the management at this location sucks and are extremely incompetent, they call the job title Benefits Verification, but you end up processing claims, processing prior authorization, receiving inbound calls like a call center and doing benefits verification. The job title is a scam, management does not trust the employee for a bit, they set ridiculous metrics that are so unrealistic and put employees under pressure to meet metrics, your idle time is being monitored like a clock, you can't be on the phone doing CVS work without pressing a button to reduce your idle time, you can't lock your computer screen for too long as the Lock Screen time is counting against you, when you are on you have to be actively working. IT FEELS LIKE SLAVERY WORKING HERE!!! The turn over rate here is massive, they have compulsory overtime during the peak season and also block out months where you can not take anytime off. You can't move around at this company, either you either move within your team or you move out.

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Cons

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5.0
13 Dec 2014
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Pros

I learned a lot working there as far as how to run a business as well as how to develop a team. I had one of the most successful teams in the company ranking as the top store year over year in two separate markets, one in the Northeast one in the Southeast. I was a paragon winner with the company as well. My most recent DM was very supportive. I genuinely thank them for the opportunity and the knowledge that I acquired while working with them.

Cons

Work hours were excessive. To be successful hours worked were borderline slavery. While I willingly worked them to be successful, the week you didn't you were immediately behind. Vacations were almost non existent due to constant visitors from corporate stopping in to do reviews. Holiday weeks were paid 4 days regular 1 holiday and you worked all 5. The facade of the stores looking great when these people stop by versus the reality of the business is polarizing. There were always teams of people and excessive expenditures of payroll thrown into stores prior to their visits. While I understood the need to make an appearance, it was always will always be a backwards way off thinking. Company preaches quality of life for their clients while quality of life for their employees is non-existent. As a "manager" in your average store you will be "managing" a total of one person during your shift, with a total of 10 people at location. Location open hours will exceed total payroll hours ie Sun-Sat 7am-10pm = 15hrs per day x 7 days x 2 people = 210 hrs which excludes the need to have a person unload deliveries that come in during non opened hours. Your budgeted hours will be approximately 208 hrs. I will only mention that during the month of December that there are extended hours for the stores but no budgeted hours to accommodate. Stores are held to strict shrink targets with little to no control over external theft. Remember 2 people at location, if four people enter to steal there is nothing you can do to stop them. These are facts not personal prejudices.

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