I hope when all of this goes down Aetna takes a good hard look at the multitude of layers of management. My friend is a lead director. Ready for this? Above her- AVP, VP, Sr. VP, EVP & COO, EVP & President, Chairman. I mean seriously what do the 4 layers above her even do?
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So a little research comes up with at least 7 layers of management on retail side. DL, RD, DVP, VP, SVP, EVP, CEO & Chairman. Do we need 7 layers? Do we need 4 layers just of vice presidents alone? All these management layers when you many times have only have 1 or 2 person working in the Front Store? And pharmacy's not much better. Yet somehow corporate is ok with that?? Something's gotta give is right. This is no way to run a retail operation.
How about cut down on the size and scope of people's areas of operation? Create "micro-districts" of only 5-10 stores per district, so DL's can concentrate on fewer stores. Eliminate regional directors and division vice presidents, VP's, and have these micro-district DL's report directly to a senior VP in corporate. This way you eliminate 3 layers, and problems can be directly addressed by corporate as opposed to having to go through layers to get approval for stuff.
I think we should do away with referral bonuses. Too much incentive to bring on people who may not be qualified but you push them anyway.
If someone you know is truly a good fit, you would recommend them anyway.
BTW, I once got a referral bonus when my friends applied to CVS and asked for my email to write me down as the referrer. I did not even refer him
@a1 you are right. My friend is a cvs pharmacist. More often than not she’s working 10 hour shifts alone. It’s crazy. Her Indian manager doesn’t help at all. Something has got to give.
A few folks at Oscar have stories about how they were treated due to The Friends with Benefits and Family Plan.
Not just compliance.
But that doesn't surprise me.
Core Aetna business.
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Yep - Compliance Department has that set up
I call it the "friends and family" plan.
This is a corporate wide problem across multiple companies due to how HR recruits executive role now.
Everything above a Sr Manager is ego based. There are some LDs that have staff that are pure asshol3s and have the leadership skills of a dead fish in the desert. Then you have the added problem of hiring your brothers wife into a leadership role because you slept with your former coworker who is now your boss and you have issues.
Gone are the days of working your way up the ladder thanks to all this.
I've been saying this about CVS side too. Layer upon layer of field leadership and layer upon layer of management. How many layers of field leaders and managers do we really need? It's crazy how many layers there are. Meanwhile the stores can't get hours or staff, or decent wages, but somehow there can be endless corporate layers. Make it make sense.