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Walgreens
2.9 of 5 1,841 reviews
www.walgreens.com Deerfield, IL 5000+ Employees

Walgreens Reviews

Updated Jun 17, 2013
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2.9 1,841 reviews

                             

41% Approve of the CEO

Walgreens President and CEO Greg Wasson

Greg Wasson

(943 ratings)

46% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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It is a very friendly, convenient, store

Customer Service Representative (Former Employee)
New Albany, IN

I worked at Walgreens full-time for more than 10 years

ProsManager is very great to work with and always good friendly place We share our friendly attitude toward our customers and that is what brings them back. We were a very amicable place and I was very comfortable to work there all these years The managers made the difference

ConsI do not have any cons I have always liked to work at Walgreens

Advice to Senior ManagementEmployees to get more praise of good job well done

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Great place to work!!

Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician (Current Employee)
Albuquerque, NM

I have been working at Walgreens part-time for more than 10 years

ProsStable job with great benefits.

ConsHours are always being cut and the pay is ok, but once you been with the company for so long your pay will be capped unless you move into another department like management.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Fill prescriptions, type prescription labels, and stock and sort drugs.

Intern (Former Employee)
Downey, CA

I worked at Walgreens as an intern for less than a year

ProsHaving an overview of what it is like to work in a pharmacy.

ConsI wasn't given a position when my internship ended.

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I have learned more about working as a team in one year as a sales clerk than all of my years in college.

Service Clerk (Current Employee)
Terre Haute, IN

I have been working at Walgreens full-time for more than a year

ProsWalgreens is a family. You will make life-long friends with your co-workers and grow as a person. It is extremely satisfying to consistently see customers leave the store happy and healthy.

ConsSince Walgreens is a smaller store, not as many people know about it. Consequently, depending on where the store is located, there can be very few customers in the store at times.

Advice to Senior ManagementWalgreens is doing a fantastic job at preserving the neighborhood-friendly atmosphere and stellar customer service.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Perfect for a high school or college student.

Service Clerk (Current Employee)

I have been working at Walgreens part-time

ProsSteady pay, good experience.
Full time is 32 hours, not 40, and I hear from coworkers that the benefits aren't bad.

ConsVery difficult to get ahead. It's possible that it's just my store, but it's nearly impossible to get more hours, much less get full time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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They over work you for very little money

Certified Photo Specialist (Former Employee)
Chicago, IL

I worked at Walgreens full-time for more than 3 years

ProsThey are many opportunities and many departments to move around to.

ConsYou work hard for very little

Advice to Senior ManagementTreat the employees with fairness.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Store shift lead under paid.

Store Team Leader (Former Employee)
Colorado Springs, CO

I worked at Walgreens full-time for more than 3 years

ProsThere is oportunity for management experience. The job has a wide scope of duties and responsiblities. Also there is opportunity in the pharmacy.

ConsFor the scope of duties this position is under paid. A store shift lead has all the duties of the assistant manager plus inventory, but gets paid less. I would not recommend it.

Advice to Senior ManagementGet rid of the SFL position and make them managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Look elsewhere or go back to school or stay in school

Assistant Manager MGT (Current Employee)
Nashville, TN

I have been working at Walgreens full-time for more than 7 years

ProsGood pay. Some of the people are nice . Good benefits

ConsStore managers only care about themselves

Advice to Senior ManagementFind another job

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Amazing Culture, Innovative Minds

User Experience Designer (Current Employee)
Chicago, IL

I have been working at Walgreens as a contractor for more than a year

ProsManagement has a solid core of great minds on ux team. Fun work and environment

ConsAgile process has many holes, off-site developer team has poor capabilities, always building on existing platforms rather than creating their own

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Good company to work for, just have to play the political game a little too much...

EXA (Current Employee)
Lakeland, FL

I have been working at Walgreens full-time for more than 10 years

ProsGreat 401k program, good benefits and ability to get promotions from within

ConsSchedules of managers is sporadic, dwindling staff to assist customers, increasing demand for results from stores with store managers not adapting to a changing atmosphere of the company

Advice to Senior ManagementLeave personal opinions of individuals aside and judge employees on their work and results

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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