How to stay on top of the game - Executive Assistant Manager Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Jun 15, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Long track history of not having to lay off or fire people. They pride themselves on being a place you can grow. And the ability to relocate is nice.

Cons

Very old boy network style. String people along with promotions. Yet someone that comes in from say the pharmacy to take on a management position will be fast tracked through the system even though the supporting cast may be holding there hand through the whole process.

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Cons

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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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