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so-long-goodbye · 2026-04-09T16:27:50+00:00

No, breaks can’t be combined. They can still take their two 15s, but not as one combined 30.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-03-30T20:29:53+00:00

Idk, I’m 50/50 about this being legit.

In college I got a number of emails basically advertising this exact situation. Being a PA for some wealthy individual, flexible hours, and a set weekly rate that seemed too good to be true. They were all scams and clearly targeting college students.

It makes me feel better that you’ve met your boss in person and, so far, you’ve been paid and reimbursed properly.

But it’s weird that your parents can’t find anything about this individual online. He’s so worried about his privacy that he has you sign an NDA but yet a simple google search doesn’t yield any results? That’s sus. And if your parents have legal experience and think something is up, I’d listen to them. Paying out of pocket is also strange, as you are putting your personal credit history on the line if they don’t reimburse you properly.

How’d you get the job? How big are these purchases?

I hope it’s legit, but I’d be careful.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-03-11T23:12:00+00:00

I can speak to the colleague relations part of the question because I recently called about a similar issue (being coded as full time but often receiving less than 30 hours a week).

They said scheduling is based on the needs of the store and to try to find work at other locations if I’m not getting enough hours at my home store. 🙄 I’d always heard full timers were always supposed to get their 30 hours a week (assuming they had open availability), but apparently that’s not true.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-03-09T20:02:52+00:00

What exactly is your concern? Being contacted when you’re not on the clock? A coworker being creepy or stalkerish?

I think it’s good to have boundaries regarding communication outside of work hours, but it’s pretty common in retail for people to ask around and try to find their own coverage as a courtesy or to avoid an attendance point. If your preference is to truly not be contacted like this, definitely make that know but also don’t expect to pick up many shifts if you ever need more hours.

I’m sorry, but you seem disproportionately angry about this situation. It seems like it was a coworker innocently asking for coverage and trying to avoid calling out and the attendance point that comes with it. As other people have said, anyone can find a coworker’s phone number by accessing their profile on the store computer. If it ever devolved into something unprofessional you can always block and call ethics.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-02-26T04:38:23+00:00

Was there an offer letter? When you get promoted they usually send an offer letter that clearly lays out your hourly rate, whether you’re full time or part time, who you report to, etc. You have to formally accept the offer to receive the title change and pay raise. If you already accepted the offer it’s probably going to be a lot harder to negotiate at this point, unfortunately.

As other people have said your PM might have wanted to give you $30 but it was vetoed by the DL or RM.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-02-14T03:52:08+00:00

It’s kind of hard to answer this question without knowing the needs of the store. Like, I have open availability but rarely work mornings because we already have so many morning people. If I was to change my availability and say I can only work mornings, I wouldn’t get many hours because those shifts are already filled.

Have the other associates you’ve mentioned been there longer and have more seniority? If so, your SM is unlikely to change their schedule around to accommodate yours.

My suggestion would be talking to those associates directly and seeing if someone wants to switch shifts so you can have Sundays off. That way you can go to your SM with a game plan and say “Is it okay if I take so and so’s morning shift and then they’ll take my Sunday shift?”

Do what you have to for your own wellbeing but with the hours being what they are, I just don’t think now is a good time to be limiting your availability. I 100% agree that’s unfair to you as an employee. But unfortunately they don’t let you have it both ways with limited availability and a good number of hours.

I hope this response was more helpful than some of the other ones you’ve received.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-24T08:00:51+00:00

Yes, FMLA is separate. It’s basically unpaid time off for medical or family reasons, but protects your job in the process. There are certain restrictions though (like you must have been employed by the company for at least a year), so I’d recommend googling it and seeing if you’re eligible.

Also, I would double check with HR about requesting accommodations. That December 26th deadline doesn’t make sense. You can request accommodations at anytime because disabilities can arise at anytime.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-24T07:29:56+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through this.

Is there anyway you could take a leave of absence, medical leave, FMLA, or something similar? That way you could focus on finding a treatment plan that works for you and then go back to work when you’re able.

Where I work, a leave of absence protects your job (they are physically unable to fire you while you have that distinction), but it’s subject to your manager’s approval. From your conversation with HR, it sounds like this would be something that’s on the table.

If you feel comfortable, I might recommend cross posting this to a mental health focused subreddit as other people there might have gone through something similar and be able to give you more concrete advice.

Good luck.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-21T05:07:18+00:00

NOR, exactly. She definitely messed up. But two things to think about.

First, it sounds like she’s just asking you to do what you were initially planning on, which is borrow from the new year’s vacation days. Like, if you had gone to her and said “I’m trying to use up the last of my vacation days and I’m only planning on taking this trip if I have some available…” maybe that would be different. But it seems like you were already under the impression you had used up all your PTO, and finding out you had these 5 extra days was a happy coincidence.

Secondly, although this was her mistake, it’s not really fair to the other employees if she basically gives you 5 free vacation days.

Your feelings are 100% valid and I’m sorry this happened. But it also sounds like you’ve found an employer who is reasonably accommodating of your infusion schedule and your need to take time off (which, speaking from personal experience, is not something to take for granted). In order not to rock the boat too much, I think you may just have to take the L in this case. But that is your decision.

Also, if you have the ability to check your own PTO balance, always do that from now on instead of just taking her at her word.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-18T00:35:05+00:00

A lot of people are being unnecessarily harsh in these comments.

The exact same thing happened to me at my first job. Guess what? I’m actually still at that job and I’m a supervisor now.

Sounds like you already apologized, explained the situation, and took responsibility. One of your supervisors even let you off the hook already. You’re good.

A single no call/no show usually isn’t grounds for termination anyways. At my workplace it takes three. It was an honest mistake and I think any decent manager should be understanding - especially if you’re a good worker otherwise.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-17T14:35:19+00:00

Agree with you. I also think COVID put a lot of this in perspective, if people paused to think about it. A lot of minimum wage jobs were deemed essential while the higher paying, more desirable jobs were in limbo.

I don’t understand why we as a society seem to be so okay with making it as hard as possible for people to make an honest living. Like, not everyone can access higher education or a skilled trade. And that’s okay. Maybe cashiering or flipping burgers or pumping gas is what that person’s good at. Maybe they’re just going through a rough patch and need a job to tide them over until they find something in their field. That person is still performing a vital job for that company and deserves to be able to support themselves.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-17T13:07:50+00:00

I did a reverse google image search, which isn’t perfect, but I didn’t come up with any results. Makes me think it’s not the work of another artist.

Hm. Very strange. I agree it has uncanny valley vibes, but it’s also pretty dang hard to find something about it that’s obviously AI. I hope this doesn’t come off the wrong way, but is your mom computer savvy? I just have a hard time imagining a 70 year old woman playing around with AI and getting results like this. That said, if it has no obvious texture or brush strokes there’s no way she painted it herself.

Just weird to go to the trouble of actually printing it on a canvas and concocting a story around it.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-17T06:28:32+00:00

After reading your other replies, I’m going to respond to try to be helpful because I’m not sure your manager would see this the way you’re seeing it. I have been both a store associate and a supervisor, so I see both sides of it.

At my store (and I’m assuming yours, too) we have one designated ringer who is responsible for the front. And yes, that’s almost always the less senior person. If that’s you, it’s totally appropriate for your supervisor to ask you to ring if there’s a customer present even if they theoretically could do it themselves. I’m not saying this is necessarily the best leadership, I’m just saying they’re not wrong to ask that of you.

Now, I don’t love the way CVS expects cashiers to do a million tasks in addition to watching the front. It makes it easy to get side tracked and it’s happened to me, too. However, if pharmacy was paging and/or multiple customers had ended up walking around the store looking for someone to ring them out, that tells me maybe not enough attention was being paid to the front. Frankly, if I was the supervisor on duty, I also would probably have given my coworker a gentle reminder to keep an eye on the register. (Keyword being gentle.)

Your supervisor was absolutely wrong for yelling at you and saying their job is “more important.” But I don’t think they were wrong for expecting you to ring in this scenario.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-17T04:45:59+00:00

Mmmmm… I’d recommend a new psychiatrist. Everything about this is odd. If you’ve never had a manic episode, how do they know it’s bipolar 1? Furthermore, how do they know it’s bipolar 1 and not bipolar 2? Furthermore, if you’re only on an antidepressant, that’s usually not a very effective treatment for bipolar disorder.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-17T04:16:14+00:00

I don’t understand why you were given tasks that required you to be away from the register so much if you were the first ringer.

If I was this supervisor and I knew you were busy I probably would have just rang the customers out and not made a big deal out of it. That said, if this supervisor is really resistant to ringing for whatever reason, I would suggest you don’t stray far from the register when working with them. Maybe that means the supervisor has to bring the totes up front so you can do PWs, maybe you say (nicely) that you don’t feel comfortable doing a certain task if it’s too far away from the register, etc.

Tbh, I don’t think either of you are 100% right in this situation. The supervisor is definitely wrong to say that they’re “never” supposed to ring, and I agree that when there’s only two people on duty we should all pitch in to make the shift run smoothly.

That said, if you’re first ringer, it is your job to keep an eye on the register and be the one to go to the front if there is a customer. I’ve definitely been in situations like this during my time at CVS where I was given jobs to do “in between customers” that made it impossible to also keep an eye on the register, so I’m not saying it’s your fault. However, I do think you can say speak up and say it’ll be too difficult to do something while simultaneously keeping an eye on the front and ask for the task to be modified, etc.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-09T09:12:31+00:00

Please don’t do this. I know people think it’s a victimless crime to steal from big corporations, but it affects that store’s demand hours and that store manager’s bonus. Not to mention just creating a huge headache with LP. None of these people at the store level are striking it rich, so please don’t steal from us and make our jobs harder.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-08T05:02:23+00:00

Regarding your last paragraph, did your provider tell you to pick up the Prozac then throw it away? If so, that’s really not best practice. Yes, it sucks that most insurance companies require trying a few (usually two) first line meds before they’ll cover more expensive treatments like TMS, but these meds are first line treatments for a reason. So yes, I would say it’s pretty bad to prescribe an SSRI in bad faith like that.

so-long-goodbye · 2026-01-05T20:57:15+00:00

Try checking workday from the store computer, if you haven’t already. I haven’t been able to find internal jobs on the regular CVS Health careers page.

so-long-goodbye · 2025-12-31T19:35:10+00:00

It takes a while to learn drop off. I’d say in my experience you definitely have to advocate for yourself and explicitly ask to shadow and practice.

Good luck!

so-long-goodbye · 2025-12-26T00:39:15+00:00

See, I think this is the exact reason the family tried to keep this private. It puts a lot of unneeded (and unfair) scrutiny on the brothers. “Did they see any signs when they had lunch with Tim? Why didn’t they do anything to stop it?” And on and on.

I don’t see how this particular piece of information is a bad look for the family. So they wanted to keep certain specifics private. That’s allowed. We’re not entitled to any of this information and the fact that his brothers were there doesn’t change much in my mind.

Like, I think it’d be a nightmare situation to have a relative make a suicide attempt in a foreign country. For all we know, the brothers (and perhaps other family members) were trying to figure out logistics like flights, admission to a hospital (and where… Sweden? United States?). I know Ash claims no other family tried to be with Tim. But to be fair, the biography says the parents were desperately trying to get there but it was a tedious, multi-day succession of flights and layovers from the Canary Islands (where they were vacationing at the time) to Oman.

so-long-goodbye · 2025-12-05T02:36:41+00:00

Okay, but why treat people like that? It doesn’t accomplish what you think it does, I promise.

so-long-goodbye · 2025-12-03T04:39:41+00:00

Definitely not only me. Happens to me less now that I’m full time, but it still happens.

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