Rite Aid Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Rite Aid

Pros – Provided great work/life balance and opportunity to run a store.

Cons – Behind in technology, but catching up to competitors.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rite Aid part-time

Pros – Fun environment, Friendly staff, Decent wages

Cons – Management
Lagging behind in the industry

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Rite Aid part-time for more than a year

Pros – Fine for a first job. The part time hours worked well with other things I had in my schedule. Wage was adequate.

Cons – The shifts were a bit short. The customer service training was a bit lacking. Some employees sort of just ignored customer service.

Advice to Senior Management – Follow up with additional customer service training or check in with workers to make sure they're still doing it. Options for longer shifts might be good for some workers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Rite Aid part-time for more than a year

Pros – They are good about working around my college schedule, and we are not open as late as most other pharmacies.

Cons – The shifts for a part time Pharmacy Tech tend to be short (4 to 6 hours), and I usually end up working every weekend unless I request off, but that probably has a lot to do with the restrictions I have from going to college all week.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Rite Aid full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good stepping stone to get a better job elsewhere. Good retirement plan.

Cons – Rite Aid does not recognize the talents of people or pay well unless you are Management. Depending on the manager a casher may get higher pay than a supervisor or PAC. And there is no union support for the workers from the union.

Advice to Senior Management – They should promote the good workers instead of hiring form outside, or promoting the bad workers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rite Aid full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good support form supervisor
Average pay for position

Cons – Corporate announces alot of potential visits that never occur

Advice to Senior Management – Trust your managers and listen to their opinions

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rite Aid full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Able to make my own schedule. Decent staff to work with

Cons – Work load way to heavy. Company micro-manages everything. To worried about getting fined for everything that they lose site of whats important.

Advice to Senior Management – Lighten the workload, ease up on expectations...more payroll

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Rite Aid part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Very easy work. Managers are easy to deal with and fair. Not very physical or labor intensive. Employee discount. Not a lot of corporate interference.

Cons – They pay system is based on the amount of hours you work and if you don not get a lot of hours raises don't come often. When they do, they are small.

Advice to Senior Management – Reward your good employees with good raises.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Rite Aid full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Good for the first timer
- Easy as pie work
- Nice co-wokers if you are lucky
- If you are lucky enough to get a good manager your experience can be very nice

Cons – - Very low pay, you will start off at minimum wage for cashier/clerk and get one 18 cent raise a year at the date of hire.
- Awful benefits
- If the manager is bad the store will fall apart. The manager has the freedom to do whatever the heck he or she wants with no accountably. They will sit in the office and give the work to others to do while they do nothing/ Take 3 hour lunch breaks on the clock. You can complain but nothing will come of it.
- Wasteful nothing is EVER recycled
- At the event of any kind of weather emergency you will NOT be aloud to go home.
I have had to stay four and five hours+ in a power outage in the middle of hurricanes/blizzards.
The store manager has no power over this! You have to call the District manager and he/she has to give the okay to leave. They do not want you to go home because they care more about losing money then your safety!

Advice to Senior Management – Please keep a better eye on your store managers!
Let your employees go home when the weather is serious or you will have a lawsuit on your hands soon!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Rite Aid full-time for more than a year

Pros – Laid Back Atmosphere
Good Employees
Hours for Family

Cons – No Management
District Managment Turnonver

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company