Okay as a college job. - Pharmacy Technician Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

I really liked my pharmacy manager because he was very supportive of his staff and most of the technicians and other pharmacists I worked with were great as well - willing to cover shifts and help out on the job. There seem to be good opportunities if you are looking to have a career as a pharmacist (ie scholarships and internships) or if your goal is to eventually become a store manager or higher. If you stay long enough to become vested, the profit sharing program is nice as well. Senior pharmacy technicians receive a Christmas bonus as do the pharmacists.

Cons

Working for a 24 hour store was very stressful. Turnover is very high because when customers are rude management is not supportive of its staff. When you hear the motto: "The customer is always first" it is particularly true for Walgreen. They seem more interested in making a buck than in having their staff respected by selfish customers. You have to wait a year for profit sharing and then when you finally become eligible it seems you are hounded by store management to join because there is some benefit to having high employee enrollment. You have to work 2 holidays a year and it's a first come, first serve basis. If you can get in good with the other senior pharmacy technicians then you will be promoted faster, even if you don't have the time you should or know everything you're supposed to know to be promoted. This goes for scheduling as well. Friends get priority on having weekends off and the good shifts.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Work with your schedule if you are in school.

Cons

Low pay. I need to be able to multitask, run the cash register, and operate the Photo Booth lab at a fast pace.

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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