A rare happiness in retail pharmacy - Pharmacy Inter Walgreens Employee Review

5.0
Jun 28, 2012
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Pros

As a pharmacy Inter (pharmacy student), I am paid higher than just techs and also are given more respect from the pharmacist than techs. As a student it is a great way to use a portion of my schooling and in regards to walgreens, from my own experience most retail are all the same.

Cons

As a intern, my role is still as a tech. This means i do a lot of running around trying to keep patients happy. Also, not all walgreens pharmacies are created equal. I have work in two stories and both were and are amazing. However, most other students say that their store is aweful. Also, if you can not handle patients either getting anger or yelling at you.... do no try to be a pharmacist or become an tech

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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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