Longs Drug Reviews

Pros

Great loyal customers and employees.

Cons

Not that much variety when it comes to certain products.

Advice to Senior Management

Be open to ideas and changes from employees.

Pros

Family atmosphere and great people. Long time employees had wealth of knowledge. industry leaders in many areas. Advancement from within was encouraged.

Cons

Management had sometimes unreasonable expectations of their employees. Many systems issues that were developed internally. Management not always open with employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees with a bit more respect. Nights and weekends are are "personal" time. Share direction of the company more proactively.

Pros

close to home, pay o.k., hours, loved the people I worked with

Cons

SOLD out to CVS/Pharmacy for NO REASON except for GREED

Advice to Senior Management

never never nbever sell your company when the economy is at 12.5% unemployment

Pros

good pay.
made good contacts.
got my first look at management and how lack of structure can bring down a good company

Cons

lack of structure and organization brought down a good company

Pros

Decent pay, great discount, good career advancement opportunities. Small teams, plenty of payroll, and nice stores, especially those with the TVA upgrade.

Cons

Long hours and 24 hour stores

Advice to Senior Management

I sure miss Longs. CVS has nothing on you.

Pros

-Flexible hours
-Management easy to communicate with
-Good pay for a first job

Cons

-Customers hard to please sometimes
-Not much opportunity for a raise

Advice to Senior Management

Keep an open, communicative relationship with employees.

Pros

Usually the people at longs drug have a certain culture about them. Generally friendly, down to earth people that are not out to get you.

Cons

Although senior management has a tendency to make promises, be sure to negotiate everything with the specific store manager you are planning on being stationed at. There is nothing they did wrong, just make sure you aren't making agreements with people that are not overseeing your hiring process.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't make promises that cannot be delivered to the new employee. There should be a better connection between your area supervisors and pharmacy managers.

Pros

The advancement of Longs to a position as a market leader using industry best practices was managed in an appropriately balanced manner driving necessary change in a timely manner while maintaining a positive work environment for the long term employees.

Cons

Change is always difficult and presented challenges for those employees who were reluctant to embrace improvements necessary to compete in a rapidly evolving retail marketplace.

Advice to Senior Management

The senior management at Longs drove improvements necessary to maximize shareholder value and returns.

Pros

you get to meet a lot of interesting people (customers), and work in a mostly clean, safe environment. regular hours and decent pay.

Cons

those interesting people are the ones who will stress you out, as customers complain a lot (and can't seem to find anything for themselves).

Advice to Senior Management

try to boost morale and encourage social activities between employees. they are too cut off with each other, and it doesn't feel like a company family environment.

Pros

It was a good opporutntiy to work as a cashier at longs. Worked with many fun and interesting people. I would recommend to my friends.

Cons

Lack of growth at the company, small raises, management was juvinille at times and this corporation is selling out. to cvs.

Advice to Senior Management

I would recommend that the org. take better measures in ensuring emploee satisfaction and engagment. Have team building excersizes and bbq's.