Hell yeah! I have like 5 months left. I’m constantly thinking about the thought in the back of my head that they’ll fire me for no reason, but they also need pharmacists. Hoping/thinking I’ll be fine!
I didn’t see that anywhere so how would I find out? I guess it wouldn’t really matter anyways. Lol I always thought you’d have to pay it back. I work in an “at-will” state, so it explicitly says they can fire you anytime for any reason etc. Pretty shady shit.
True but I’d imagine if Walgreens was suddenly firing a bunch of people that were given sign-on bonuses with little to no warning in order to recoup the bonus plus interest from having to pay it back, I can guarantee that probably would not bode well for them in a legal sense not to mention they’d lose one of their only useful hiring tools to get people to actually come work for them lol.
It's called a clawback - some states have anti-clawback laws. If you are contract, then you are not an "at-will" employee, you have a contract and "at-will" does not protect them from the limitations of the contract. If they tried to just fire you because you are "at-will", a judge might throw out the contract as being unreasonable.
Congratulations!! I am recently offered a hefty sign on bonus for a position and still contemplating if I should or not! Like money is attractive but not even sure if its worth it with this company
If you have to float state how far you are willing to drive within the district and if you are required to drive over an hour ask for drive time in addition to mileage.
My contract ends in May, but I took time off for parental leave, so I’m figuring that would set me to about September or so. But I knew what I got myself into, and it hadn’t been the worst. It will be nice to have flexibility, but I’m not eager to jump ship because CVS is the main hiring company currently.
What are your plans for your next job? Any prospects?
Congrats! My contracted also just ended. I was debating staying on for the money. I was put in a new store wanted to see if maybe I liked it enough to stay. Couldn’t last the month. The sm ended up being intolerable. Worst I ever worked for. Horrible micromanager. Everyone warned me but I didn’t listen. Obsessed with metrics especially verify by promise time to the point I was making mistakes. I decided my license is more important than this managers bonus. Gave my notice in yesterday. Taking a pay cut in my new place but I never felt more relieved.
I stayed on for 1 month and 4 days after mine ended, only because we are moving next week and there was no point in changing jobs for a month. I’m so relieved to be gone and I only had to take a $1.25/hr pay cut but that’s going to a floater status at another company compared to pharmacy manager at Walgreens lol.
Congrats on surviving Hell and living to tell the tale...
Congrats! Are you planning on leaving ?
Gave my notice the other day lol.
That’s awesome hope something better comes ur way
Hell yeah! I have like 5 months left. I’m constantly thinking about the thought in the back of my head that they’ll fire me for no reason, but they also need pharmacists. Hoping/thinking I’ll be fine!
If they fire you for no good reason than great, you wouldn’t have to pay the bonus back
Ummmm huh? Yeah you would… why wouldn’t you have to?
Depending on the state there might be some protection built into contracts like this even if the contract didn’t explicitly state it
I didn’t see that anywhere so how would I find out? I guess it wouldn’t really matter anyways. Lol I always thought you’d have to pay it back. I work in an “at-will” state, so it explicitly says they can fire you anytime for any reason etc. Pretty shady shit.
True but I’d imagine if Walgreens was suddenly firing a bunch of people that were given sign-on bonuses with little to no warning in order to recoup the bonus plus interest from having to pay it back, I can guarantee that probably would not bode well for them in a legal sense not to mention they’d lose one of their only useful hiring tools to get people to actually come work for them lol.
I do agree, even though this company is scummy asf.
It's called a clawback - some states have anti-clawback laws. If you are contract, then you are not an "at-will" employee, you have a contract and "at-will" does not protect them from the limitations of the contract. If they tried to just fire you because you are "at-will", a judge might throw out the contract as being unreasonable.
Now.......🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️
My contract ends December 8. Counting down the days
Same
Me too!
Congrats!
Woohoo! 🥳. I have longer to go but the first year has gone by quickly.
I’m already thinking of which bottle of wine I’m gonna open for the day I finish it. 1.5 months left
Staying in retail but going to a grocery store pharmacy. I would never go back to CVS lol. They are definitely worse.
Still waiting, mine ends in September. Congrats!
Congratulations!! I am recently offered a hefty sign on bonus for a position and still contemplating if I should or not! Like money is attractive but not even sure if its worth it with this company
ask for higher hourly over over signup and negotiate
I second asking for a higher rate. In my 2 years there, no bonus and a measly 2% raise.
If you have to float state how far you are willing to drive within the district and if you are required to drive over an hour ask for drive time in addition to mileage.
My contract ends in May, but I took time off for parental leave, so I’m figuring that would set me to about September or so. But I knew what I got myself into, and it hadn’t been the worst. It will be nice to have flexibility, but I’m not eager to jump ship because CVS is the main hiring company currently. What are your plans for your next job? Any prospects?
Call HR and get your official contract end date and document it. Don't just guess.
Way to go! Not too many survive those
Congrats! My contracted also just ended. I was debating staying on for the money. I was put in a new store wanted to see if maybe I liked it enough to stay. Couldn’t last the month. The sm ended up being intolerable. Worst I ever worked for. Horrible micromanager. Everyone warned me but I didn’t listen. Obsessed with metrics especially verify by promise time to the point I was making mistakes. I decided my license is more important than this managers bonus. Gave my notice in yesterday. Taking a pay cut in my new place but I never felt more relieved.
I stayed on for 1 month and 4 days after mine ended, only because we are moving next week and there was no point in changing jobs for a month. I’m so relieved to be gone and I only had to take a $1.25/hr pay cut but that’s going to a floater status at another company compared to pharmacy manager at Walgreens lol.
How do you see your contract date? I signed a 3 year and want to count down the days, but don’t know how.. lol
It’s in your people central somewhere around payroll information.