It was a family owned Company but too many MBAs now - RXM Walgreens Employee Review

5.0
Sep 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The customer experience and employee satisfaction are high due to the ability of the team to give voice (Frontier movement). Great for having a trusted and well recognized company delivering quality healthcare. In a great position to influence positive changes in the healthcare system and optimize care.

Cons

The pursuit of KPIs, non-stop work, not enough advancement opportunities, being managed by managers who are exterior hires or have no job experience in the area they are managing (Non-pharmacist District managers managing pharmacy etc.). Walgreens US brings in 90% of the global revenue but is run by global managers (Boots Alliance management) which is generating friction with old Walgreens managers (and hence the high turnover in management).

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Pros

Team member and entry level management very good

Cons

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3.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Can be a fun environment. All in whom your staff is. Operating photo was fun and building projects for the customers. Learning about pharmacy operations.

Cons

Work life balance and low pay for what is expected. Not having enough payroll to effectively run a store. My store ran FE on a 320 hour a week budget. That was barely enough to get buy and meet the expectations put out by the company. I was never able to keep a full leadership staff. When a leader called out, I had to stay. There were days I was called away from my own dinner table. SM's were forced to be in the pharmacy for more than half of their day regardless as to what is happening in the FE. I worked over 50 hours a week and barely got to spend time with my family. If I wasn't at the store I was getting a phone call and having to go back to the store.

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