Pros / Cons - Stock Clerk Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
Apr 20, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

It was a student job with fair wages, and the typical incentives. First couple months seemed alright, I even decided to take on the task of opening on weekends to gain a couple hours. Pace of work load appeared just right.

Cons

Nearly 9 months in, the management structure completely collapsed at my location (obviously only relates to my location) The comfort level from upper to lower staff disappeared due to new faces in the upper division, & many of my fellow co-workers went on to pursue higher education / other occupations. There was an unbearable amount of work load for one to handle; staffing decreased drastically, more often than not, I was working the cash register/ floor/ photo/ stock all at the same time. I didn't see any improvement in working conditions, nor did my paychecks. The backbone of the store was gone, and pretty soon, so was I.

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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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