Pharmacists as Chattel - Staff Pharmacist Hy-Vee Employee Review

2.0
16 Sept 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The staff can be quite pleasant but are often inadequately trained.

Cons

Store managers consistently try to micromanage the pharmacy staff and the Department Head. The company is run by individuals who started out life as baggers. It shows. Hy-Vee does everything it can to nickel and dime the pharmacy department supporting it with aging equipment and an understaffed support department. If you are the new hire expect to be abused by everyone above you in respect to your schedule. When I worked there during two separate stints, I seldom got bathroom breaks and seldom got to eat lunch.

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Pros

Paid breaks. Can be lazy and get the same pay as a hard worker.

Cons

Your high efforts are not rewarded. Benefits only include the time you put into retail that can be considered experience. Although you have the title for a specific position you will still be forced to complete tasks of another position. Although I was a checker, I was also put on hot food line, samples, cart duty, cleaning bathrooms, cleaning spills, watching self check out, stocking, and many more. Any sense of enjoyment with other coworkers gets shut down quick by management. Availability can be ignored by management. Lots of drama with coworkers. No penalty for inappropriate and unprofessional work. Management cares about business more than employees even though it is “employee owned”.

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