Better than most clerk jobs, but still not appealing - Photo Specialist Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Mar 15, 2010
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Pros

Probably the best things about working at Walgreen's is the amount of flexibility that you have in the position. There are many times that it is slow and you are able to work on different tasks. At many other stores of the same category, you are often stuck at the register or post doing the same monotonous task for the entire shift, but Walgreen's makes it possible to do other tasks in addition to the routine tasks you would expect.

Cons

As with any cashier/customer service jobs, you always run into customer that try their hardest to get under your skin. Management can be demeaning at times and I don't think that they are willing to understand how much an associate is possible of doing. Having a degree, it is very degrading being talked to the way they talk to their associates.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Was always able to work with my on my schedule and was always a reliable workplace little surprises

Cons

My area had a lot of scary stuff happen and a lot of time I was at the front all alone just left me feeling unsafe at times as a teen.

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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