Run for your life!!! - Assistant Manager Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Oct 3, 2008
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Pros

The best reasons I feel to work for Walgreen's is that their are plenty of opportunities to move up in the company, job security, and Walgreen’s is a nation wide company so you have lots of freedom as far as where you want to work. If you are in a growing market and you have a college degree you can move up to an store manager in at least 3 to 4 years. Job security is a plus because the only way you can loss your job at Walgreen's is by doing something illegal. Finally, Walgreen's has so many location nationwide it's easy if you want to transfer.

Cons

One of the downsides to working at Walgreen’s is their is no work life balance. If you work for Walgreen's you might as well forget about your personal life. All you have time to do is work. Another downside of working for Walgreen’s is that they move you around a lot, you handle every get a chance to get used to your surroundings. Just when you got used to working with a certain staff and management team they take you out of that store and move you into another store. The last downside that Walgreen has is that their is no respect. Upper management treats you like dirt.

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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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