Walgreens Reviews

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

Pros – Manager 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

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

Advice to Senior Management – Employees to get more praise of good job well done

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Stable job with great benefits.

Cons – Hours 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

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

Pros – Having an overview of what it is like to work in a pharmacy.

Cons – I wasn't given a position when my internship ended.

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

Pros – Walgreens 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.

Cons – Since 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 Management – Walgreens 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

I have been working at Walgreens part-time

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

Cons – Very 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

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

Pros – They are many opportunities and many departments to move around to.

Cons – You work hard for very little

Advice to Senior Management – Treat the employees with fairness.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

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

Cons – For 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 Management – Get 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

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

Pros – Good pay. Some of the people are nice . Good benefits

Cons – Store managers only care about themselves

Advice to Senior Management – Find another job

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

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

Pros – Management has a solid core of great minds on ux team. Fun work and environment

Cons – Agile 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

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

Pros – Great 401k program, good benefits and ability to get promotions from within

Cons – Schedules 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 Management – Leave 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