Thread regarding CVS layoffs

to the below poster saying employees can also leave for new company: no, it is not the same. Employees and employers are inherently unequal in power. Employees leaving for new job wil not impact company too much in most cases but one's job termination is very likely to be detrimental to one's life.

With exception of some pharmacist and retail staff, most corporate Employees do not have union and can be targeted individually. i agree not too much can be done but at least we can stop using a false equivalence between cvs kicking employees out vs employees resigning and leaving for new company.

A job is not a right, it is not guaranteed. The company owes its employees nothing other than wages earned. Why do people come onto a site like this to complain when the reality is any of us would leave in a second if another company paid us more or gave us something that we valued. You would not come to the layoff and complain but celebrate your new gains regardless of the disruption you caused by leaving so why is this so wrong?

Sadly it's just the reality in America. Do I like it??? NO, but it is what it is. Please let me know a major company in America that does not routinely layoff people off, that values experience and knowledge, and that doesn't layoffs off employees that have the most experience and make that most. It doesn't exist.

Some layoffs are a failure of executive leadership. That said, as a non-executive what are you going to do about the reality that layoffs exist, and that at CVS this was not the first major layoff in recent times and probably won’t be the last? If you’re smart, you’ll prepare for them. 6+ month emergency fund, on point resume and LinkedIn profile, build up your network and invest in relationships BEFORE you get laid off.

I didn’t read anyone having compassion for the company, just explaining the reality that exists.

Now, what are you going to do to make a change other than venting on message boards?

Very well said! I agree that layoffs should NOT be considered normal just cause capitalism and that's how big corporations do things.

People forget that there's a human cost to layoffs. Behind every employee number is a name. And behind that name is a face. And behind that face is a human being. A human being with thoughts and feelings, and hopes and dreams. A human being who has a family. A human being who gets hungry, tired, hot, cold, sick, happy, sad, and so forth. Corporations forget that when they just coldly and blindly and robotically lay people off like nothing.