I finally made it out
Hi everyone, I wanted to share my experience working for CVS. This was my second time working for the company. The first time I was a cashier, and this time I was hired as a Shift Supervisor. The moment I realized this job wasn’t for me was during my interview. The Store Manager made a passive-aggressive comment, saying, “Just so you know, I’m interviewing other candidates,” with an obvious attitude and a stank face. It immediately made me feel unwelcome, but I still decided to give the job a chance.
As the weeks went by, I noticed the favoritism she showed toward the other managers. She would only talk to them, buy them food, and constantly send me to the front so I wouldn’t be included in their conversations. Even when I was around, they would barely acknowledge me. During truck days, none of the managers would talk to me, and I felt completely excluded. She clearly had favorites, and I wasn’t one of them. A Store Manager should never create that kind of environment. She also had me doing cashier duties most of the time while the other supervisors would go to the back and hide since at the same time, she wouldn’t schedule enough cashiers, even though some of them were asking for more hours. I didn’t mind helping out or wearing multiple hats, but I was hired to be a supervisor, not to spend every shift covering a cashier position while others avoided their responsibilities.
Another issue was the comments she would make about race. She would say that even though she looked Mexican, she wasn’t—she was white—and she would make negative comments about Mexican people. Those remarks made me very uncomfortable and were completely inappropriate for a workplace. There were also times when she would say goodbye to everyone except me. It may seem like a small thing, but after a while it became obvious that I was being singled out. No one seemed to question it because she knew she could get away with it. The District Leaders seemed to love her, so she acted however she wanted. The final straw was one day when she came in with an attitude, complaining that the security cases needed to be closed. I explained that I had closed them as soon as I finished working in that aisle. We also had a Store Manager in training who had been moving merchandise around, and I told her she should speak with her because she had been working in that area afterward. Instead, she dismissed what I said and insisted it happened before that. At the end of my shift, I heard my name being mentioned. As I walked by, they immediately stopped talking, which confirmed my feeling that they had been discussing about me. After that day, I decided not to go back. I already knew she was happy to get rid of me, and honestly, I was happier to leave such a toxic work environment.