Used and abused - Executive Assistant Store Manager Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Oct 16, 2009
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Pros

The salary for a non store manager is pretty good. You get good benefits with one of the better matches when it comes to the profit sharing plan.

Cons

Once you become an EXA the road to store manager can be a long one. The way they are changing now doesn't reward the 60-70 hours per week you end up working as a salaried employee. They would rather pay a person $11.00 per hour and get a lot less work than to pay managers.

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

Team member and entry level management very good

Cons

High stressfulness and open space makes high risk

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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