Decent pay and benefits, but high stress and long hours” - Store Manager Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Feb 16, 2025
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Pros

• Competitive salary and bonus potential for store managers. • Good benefits package (health insurance, 401(k), paid time off). • Employee discount on store products. • Opportunity for career growth within the company. • Fast-paced work environment keeps things dynamic.

Cons

• Long hours, including weekends and holidays. • High-pressure sales goals and corporate micromanagement. • Frequent staffing shortages, leading to overworked employees. • Work-life balance can be challenging due to demanding schedules.

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5.0
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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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