It's my Rite Aid and I love it!

I really love my team and my store. I enjoy working for the company, and the management team I have. We are losing a great district manager to New York. We wish him all the luck in the world. He is a great servant leader to all he has worked with. I wished there was more positive role models like him. Michigan is is losing one it's best, but New York is fortunate to get him. If you have meet him being a customer or a associate you know what I mean! Adrian Rocks, and so will the rite aids he works with!

To have loved and lost is better than to never have loved at all.

My sympathies for your coming loss..........

Enjoy it while it lasts, then they'll railroad you out of your job!

the company is closing stores every day. READ/LISTEN to the news. LOSS, LOSS , LOSS

RA just gave all the employees of DC88 " It's my Rite Aid and I Love it" collered shirts. The shirts turned out to b old Exerers employee shirts with Rite Aid patch sewn over the the Exereds patch. It my Rite Aid and I'm CHEAP!

i was asst. mgr. was told last week stores that are below 1.6 will no longer have asst. mgrs. was told that if they decide to "retain" us we will be offered shift or mgr in training positions.has anybody else been through this? whats going on?

igtskreedbyrad wrote:

i was asst. mgr. was told last week stores that are below 1.6 will no longer have asst. mgrs. was told that if they decide to "retain" us we will be offered shift or mgr in training positions.has anybody else been through this? whats going on?

Going thru it now. I ve been with them since 1995 (brooks rx before) and sorry for you blah blah blah. I hope they get what they pay for...NOTHING. Rite Aid is going down for a reason. They have no idea that if you treat your employees well it will pay you back in the end. We are all just a number to them. If you are a great employee you get treated just like the crappy employee. Oh wait that's not right The crappy employee still has their job...... Best of luck to you. For me I have to take the demotion and cut in pay because I'm 7 months pregnant and have no choice otherwise I'd be telling them where to go!!!!!!!!!!

mass wrote:

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Going thru it now. I ve been with them since 1995 (brooks rx before) and sorry for you blah blah blah. I hope they get what they pay for...NOTHING. Rite Aid is going down for a reason. They have no idea that if you treat your employees well it will pay you back in the end. We are all just a number to them. If you are a great employee you get treated just like the crappy employee. Oh wait that's not right The crappy employee still has their job...... Best of luck to you. For me I have to take the demotion and cut in pay because I'm 7 months pregnant and have no choice otherwise I'd be telling them where to go!!!!!!!!!!

mass, how bad a pay cut did you take?do you know how many people they didnt offer service asst. jobs and they let go? i just want to know if i will still have a job!i read they are closing 117 stores by sep. did you here this too?

THEY HAVE ALREADY CLOSED MORE THAN 117 stores. I heared that they will close stores till they reach their goal od 4500 stores.in addition, they are planning to get rid of the ass.manager position because they cost too much money. They wanted to keep only the store manager and the shifts

several stores have closed here in georgia and also doing away with asst. managers i liked it when we were eckerds good luck i am out of my job after 9 years

just a question guys....do you think that eliminating the asst. mgr position is their goal...i don't see where there is enough money with that..i think like in the past...they will cut out the over time for the store managers also...that will be a huge savings combined with the elimination of asst. mgr. and the fact of making everyone pay more of their benefits.

If you don't mind I have a question....how many unionized people are being let go? Here in Lancaster we are in a fight to unionize or not. Job security being the key point. Are any union stores closing?

we are not union here in n.c.. we{tht asst. mgers}will learn our fate next week. i have heard ALOT of closing rumors but nothing for sure yet here.i just dont even know how much longer i'll have a job.saw on SYSM alot of postings for shifts in tenn. and kentucky. did they just get rid of asst.mgrs and not offer them shift jobs? or did they walk because of pay cut?

I have my meeting in the up coming week. I've heard a lot of things. Depending on the tier a RA store is in, they might possibly have 3 shifts and no assistant. My future is very limited with in this company. I will not accept a pay cut (again), nor will I be denoted to a cashier/shift. This has been a phase for year on the repetitive demoralization on the position and assistants. RA wants the extra 1% from employees but takes over 20% of pay by cutting OT and now they want to remove the position and cut more pay but keep the employee keeps the responsibilities. Based on what I do know, our full time cashier (40hrs) is getting dropped to 13 and the shifts are running the registers 75% of the time. Other part timers are going to average about 9 hours a week. 210 hours available for the store, we've been using 185 since December. I think this move is a preempted strike at fighting off bankruptcy, unless things changed RA has liens due in July. I am not sure what their fate is, but I got a good feeling what mine is. If I was a manager, I'd watch out I can see the ones who went to hourly being cut to 40 by winter.

Heard managers meeting with Reg VP was top secret. Got through the grapevine there are drastic changes coming in July. Managers have been cut to 45 hours per week and will be fired if caught in the store and not scheduled. Also, mandatory clock in and out and 30 minute lunch breaks. Assistant manager position will not exist any longer. Staffing hours will be cut drastically. Cannot find out anything else about the meeting. Looks like this is the end though. Anyone else have details about this meeting? Looks like they would just be honest and upfront and tell everyone employed what is going on.

DaraSoCar wrote:

Heard managers meeting with Reg VP was top secret. Got through the grapevine there are drastic changes coming in July. Managers have been cut to 45 hours per week and will be fired if caught in the store and not scheduled. Also, mandatory clock in and out and 30 minute lunch breaks. Assistant manager position will not exist any longer. Staffing hours will be cut drastically. Cannot find out anything else about the meeting. Looks like this is the end though. Anyone else have details about this meeting? Looks like they would just be honest and upfront and tell everyone employed what is going on.

Which meeting are you talking about?The first meeting I had(asst. meeting)was a letter read to me that said asst. position was gone.Next meeting is this week.I've been asking if anybody knows whats coming &i got nothing so far.I heard S.C.already got the news.

igtskreedbyrad wrote:

<quoted text>Which meeting are you talking about?The first meeting I had(asst. meeting)was a letter read to me that said asst. position was gone.Next meeting is this week.I've been asking if anybody knows whats coming &i got nothing so far.I heard S.C.already got the news.

That's all I've heard. No one is giving detailed info.

DaraSoCar wrote:

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That's all I've heard. No one is giving detailed info.

wHEN IS YOUR MEETING? ARE YOU ASST. TOO? IF YOU WANT I WILL TELL YOU WED. WHAT HAPPENS TO ME.

Am losing my asst. this week. Can't stay in my store because it's union, so she is being transferred to another store. Will find out today if there is a pay cut associated with it. Did all managers in every store go to hourly? Also, it seems like all the managers in my area are making the same rate of pay. Anyone else experience this? Why would we all make the same amount? And how does making all the managers hourly save the company any money? I believe that the next step will be to eliminate OT completely. That means a 20% pay cut to all managers. And, since we are hourly now, there will nothing we can do about it.

Anyone hear anything new? I am very afraid that all of these changes are going to force me to look for a new job!