Pride in working for a well-known company; lots of favoritism. - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Jun 5, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Leading U.S. company with stores opening every day nationwide; pharmacists at corporate are smart and great to work with; opportunities to work on major initiatives that impact sales nationwide.

Cons

Favoritism - some of the most unqualified people get some of the best jobs because they are "buds" with the hiring manager. Here, it is really who you know, not what you know. No opportunities/support for getting involved in (outside) industry meetings, professional growth seminars, or career advancement. You are told to pursue this on your own time, outside of working hours.

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Pros

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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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