Decent pharmacy department but improvement is needed - Pharmacist Kroger Employee Review

3.0
Jan 14, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

More technician help than you would get at CVS and Walgreens. Computer system is really easy to use and the prescription filling process is flawless. Customers tend to be grocery shoppers who happen to get their prescriptions there as well so they tend to be a friendly clientele.

Cons

Management is out of touch with pharmacy practice. They don't understand high volume stores and how to keep good employees. Vacation and PTO is also terrible. You get 3 weeks upon hiring but they force you to use it a week at a time so you can't use vacation days for 4 day weekend getaways. You get 3 flexible PTO days but they cannot be used on weekends or on days where you work 12 hours. If your partner uses a PTO day then you are forced to work their shift regardless of what your schedule is (let's say you were morning shift and then your partner requests PTO, they will only send a pharmacist from 9 to 5 so you are forced to work night shift). I was happy with the company until a change in management convinced me that I was not going to move up the company ladder so I began the search for another job.

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Cons

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Pros

10% discount on all kroger branded items $17.25 per hour is one of the better wages in the area when compared to competitor stores

Cons

October-January the workload and store environment is overwhelming due to holidays Slowest time of year in the store is during the summer when its hot and days drag ob forever Lack of communication between dept as well as between store management MOD adds insurmountable tasks onto your already lengthy expected daily task assignments

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