Rite Aid Makes Scheduling Changes, Spokesperson Says
Rite Aid Makes Scheduling Changes, Spokesperson Says Save Email Print
Posted: 5:02 PM Oct 28, 2008
 Last Updated: 5:02 PM Oct 28, 2008
 Reporter: Anna Baxter
Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com
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POCA, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- No one at the Rite Aid Distribution Center in Poca will lose their jobs, but some associates will no longer be guaranteed an eight hour shift.

The company made the announcement during a meeting Monday.

The Director of Public Relations, Cheryl Slavinsky, tells WSAZ.com 49 associates received the news Monday, but this may not be a permanent situation.

"As any business in this economic environment, its only prudent that we operate as efficiently as possible and adjust staffing needs to the needs of our business," Slavinsky. "We are making every effort to keep our associates working and to try to avoid the permanent layoffs that so many companies are making."
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Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 5, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Boo Hoo!
Posted by: Anonymous X on Nov 25, 2008 at 05:18 PM
P.S. The "UNION" didn't help my partner get there job back like they said they would and put us in such a HAVIC!!! Sorry for all of those people that are still there!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous X on Nov 25, 2008 at 05:12 PM
People that are still there DC88 need to just find something else. They will just keep working ya to death. Christmas is hard to keep your rate up too. When the products are so far apart and you have to rush which may cause you an ERROR and nobody likes those......
Posted by: Chico Rubio on Nov 20, 2008 at 01:09 AM
Yours Truly, I would be happy to email you the info...my email is posted in every issue of the newsletter and we have always encouraged those who couldn't find the time to email me. rubio351@hotmail.com
Posted by: YOURS TRULY on Nov 19, 2008 at 12:08 AM
i dont have the time, and it is not a child friendly environment. sorry i leave work at work thanks for the invite though. i dont see it reasonable to part from time with my son to get involved in after work activities. i need the info conveyed to me at work.
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 18, 2008 at 09:20 PM
YOURS TRULY.. 5:00pm @ the DI ..thursday the 20th..
Posted by: yours truly on Nov 18, 2008 at 12:10 AM
im not there to make friends or fight for anyone im there to do my job and collect my pay. to pay for the things i need, want, and save. that is what i am still continuing to do. i dont intend to involve myself in the assenine parade in which you all display. although i am not against the union or what its trying to do , i am a firm believer in the petitions, and it hurts my heart to see anyone let go but if i have some one speaking for me then why arent they speaking to me? i shouldnt have to waist my minutes, call and find out what is going on when i work there. why isnt the information being spread building wide? you all were so adimate on handing out fliers on the regular to get them voted in why isnt the same being done on the stuff thats happening? at least before we had meetings daily to know what was going on. and what was open door policy. the info should be given... im sure half the people in the warehouse dont have a clue. lets face it both sides are going to sugar coat it.
Posted by: Solidarity Brother on Nov 15, 2008 at 05:20 PM
Since my last post wasn't even posted, you look just like the raving lunatic you are. I don't know what's happening in Poca but in Lancaster, the union knows only this: Rite Aid is targeting the bargaining unit in these layoffs only! We proposed other ways the comapany could cut operating costs but Rite Aid refuses. This has been communicated to our rank and file and the majority agree with what we're doing...hence the rallys and petition. If you are in the bargaining unit, my question is this: why don't you know what's going on? Get up off your lazy complacent rear end and ask someone who knows...or call the organizers. Our union hasn't been paid one dime yet from us and they ARE working for us. Your ignorance makes you hostile to the wrong people; the union isn't laying you off...Rite Aid is. While your co-workers are fighting for you as you kick back and watch the wheels go round and round, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Posted by: anonymous on Nov 14, 2008 at 11:14 PM
p.s. take your own advise you suck it up... im not the one complaining. you voted for this.
Posted by: anonymous on Nov 14, 2008 at 11:12 PM
soliderity brother: i dont know whats going on thanks to the "union" you people voted in. im in the dark because they have known this information and have still yet to communicate it to us. which we will soon be payin them to do nothing for us. the union is the one who told our management team to just post the note. they cant convey any info due to the union it is now their job. do you think they will work for free? we havent started paying anythng. i dont agree with taxes either and your right but hey be thank ful you still have your job. if you didnt have rite aid where would you be? if you dont like it no one is stopping you from leaving. im sure no one would miss you either. - yours truly...
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 14, 2008 at 07:10 PM
you are the idiot.. you dont even know whats going on... if anyone supports rite aid and the management i consider them as inhuman as they are...how would you like to have a chunk of your next check taken out because corporate didnt tax right... we now have to suffer loss of hours..and layoffs.. and a chunk of our next check taken out because corporate morons didnt do the taxes right.. isnt that a nice gift so close to the holidays...now if sammons was human she could offer to pay that with one of her bonuses.. or take it out of the idiots check that dont know how to do payroll...ya you know what ..people like you will find out eventuallly what rite aid is... you will one day be on the chopping block.. but hey dont come crying to anyone for help ..just remember your attitude and just suck it up.. yours truly
Posted by: anonymous on Nov 14, 2008 at 12:40 AM
regards to soliderity brother. you are an idiot. we are rite aid and the management is running the buisness as fit for the economy. at least most of us still have our jobs. be thankful for that. and as far as the mystery letter, we are union now, they dont have to do anything. that's "your" union rep's job. the open door policy is now closes due to the people who voted yes. i dont like being in the dark either but thats what happens when you tie the hogs hands. it may not have been great but it was way better forsure than being in the dark. be thankful you have a job and stop nagging. if you dont like it you know where the door is and give the rest of us who actually care about our jobs instead of what else can i get kinda people some piece and quiet.----yours truly
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 12, 2008 at 11:40 PM
what location are the 40 stores at.. east coast are all over...
Posted by: Solidarity Brother on Nov 12, 2008 at 05:50 PM
Layoffs were announced last week in the Lancaster DC, to take effect on the 15th of Nov. Same situation here...no notice from management except a mysteriously posted letter on Replen Dept. board. These people are cowards and idiots!
Posted by: Dave on Nov 11, 2008 at 06:05 AM
Well they have started the layoffs. The bottom 29 recieved their notification letters on Monday. Also anouther 23 put on the call list. Every one who reads this should look up the W.A.R.N. act. Rite Aid could end up in total violation of this.
Posted by: GATORBAIT 1022 on Oct 30, 2008 at 12:50 PM
EMPLOYEES OF RITE AID NEED TO LOOK FOR NEW JOBS, THIS PLACE IS GOING DOWN. DISTRIBUTION IS SO OUT OF WHAK FOR THIS COMPANY AND NOW THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE THEM 8 HOURS, THEY CAN'T GET THE STOCK TO THE STORES NOW. MARY SAMMONS AND HER 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR SALARY PLUS MILLIONS IN BONUS MONEY NEEDS TO BE RELIEVED OF HER DUTIES, SHE HAS NO IDEA OF HOW TO RUN A DRUG STORE CHAIN. IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THIS COMPANY, RUN AND RUN FAST.....
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 29, 2008 at 09:00 PM
Rite Aid needs to let their employees know what is going on. Its pretty pathetic that we all have to hear news from corporate through the media instead of through inhouse meetings.
Posted by: unknown on Oct 29, 2008 at 07:16 PM
you know whats going to happen in Jan. more layoffs,no contract in June.
Posted by: bill on Oct 29, 2008 at 06:27 PM
Ican see why they have money troubles you can be the only customer in the store and it takes forty-five minutes to get a script filled go to riverview or louisa drug or even rite value they are real busy you arent in there ten to fifteen mins at tops .
Posted by: Beth on Oct 29, 2008 at 06:10 PM
Rite Aid should inform the employees abt what the future holds for them. They are already aware that in Jan there will be yet another loss in the number of stores that the DC services. The employees have yet to hear what effect this will have on their employment. They need to tell the employees if another round of "on calls" or layoffs will be made when this occurs. The contract for this DC is up in June. If the DC is expected to make it through the next round of store losses, is there still the possibility of another contract??? It really is a shame that the employees have to receive a statement from corporate via the media, as opposed to being told in an inhouse meeting. The employees feel like they are always the last to know. The same thing happened back in '99. If the company knows more than what releasing at this time, then they should have the common courtesy to give their workers a heads up.
Posted by: cowboy on Oct 29, 2008 at 05:32 PM
They should have plenty of money there prices are high,and they sell drugs.
Posted by: Jim on Oct 29, 2008 at 02:05 PM
yeah
Posted by: WakeUp on Oct 29, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Cut back employee hours, cut employee benifits, layoffs, plant closures, bankruptcy. What does our govenment do? Hand billions to companies to send their employees to the spa and continue to pay the CEO's tens of millions of dollars. And the republicans want to give big business more tax breaks? Why? So they can invest the money saved in some foreign country? To lobby for more work visas for cheaper labor? Wake up people, from the Big Three to the Postal Service to Value City Department Store, this country is going down the drain. It is the middle class working people that is in need of a bailout.
Posted by: unknown on Oct 29, 2008 at 06:55 AM
wonder what will happen in January when Rite Aid loses 40 stores???
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