CVS and Walgreens have consistently been cutting help while increasing workload for the twenty years I have been in the retail pharmacy world. It was good in the early 2000s but has been going downhill since late 2000s and I absolute free fall since mid-2010s. Not a new issue at all. And no one gives a fuck. And customers want Saks service and Walmart prices.

Best bet is small wealthy towns. They are always staffed better than other locations.