Decent Pay, Horrible hours, No personal life to speak of - Assistant Manager (MGT) Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Sep 5, 2010
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Pros

Best Pay in industry for retail assistant manager Great Profit Sharing matches 2:1 first 2% of salary 100% guaranteed no vesting. Variety of work, tasks, duties. Feels like you get involved in how to run a business. Upper Management listens, good open door policy.

Cons

Horrible work/life balance Unpredictable hours during a work week, never the same, always changing Under staffing makes daily work more difficult and very stressful Depends on what store you are put in as far as difficulty of job, can be transferred at any time miles away

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Pros

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Cons

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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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