LogFAQs > #976522340

When I started at CVS in 2016, you'd have 5 technicians during the busiest parts of the day and 3 hours of overlap between the opening and closing pharmacists.

By the end of 2019, those 5 technicians became 3 and the overlap no longer existed.

By the end of 2021, 3 technicians was an uncharacteristically good day. Tasks beyond filling prescriptions and giving shots basically didn't get done until days to weeks late. Stores in the area could barely keep up with the quitting.

And prescription and vaccine volume increased significantly over that time period.

So now pharmacies are shortening their hours and more and more are just randomly not opening some days because they cannot find a pharmacist for the day. Why would anyone want to show up? Some stores are to the point where many are trying to have a pharmacist run them solo 2/3rds of the week.

It's not just annoying anymore. It's literally dangerous.