Pros
You can go wherever you want for the most part in the country, and you'll always be able to work somewhere. There are new CVS's being built pretty much everywhere, so you can always transfer to different places. It's a social job so you'll make friends and build relationships with many other technicians and pharmacists. You get to learn about different drugs, but I suppose you do that at any pharmacy. I was trained in the store, and I think that helped me a lot. Everyone was extremely helpful. I've been here for four years and have made many friends and have learned how to communicate with the public better.
Cons
The pay is awful. I've been working at the same place for over six years (nearly four years as a Certified Pharmacy Technician) and I've gone from $9.00 per hour to $9.83 per hour. I can't pay my bills like this and it's really frustrating. Also, the job is extremely high stress, the senior managers (not the staff pharmacists) expect us to be robots and work in extremely stressful and under staffed situations, and they still cut the tech hours. I know there are better opportunities elsewhere, so I think I'm gonna leave this company and go somewhere else. I can't take it anymore.