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Updated Jun 7, 2023

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Found 5,250 of over 6K reviews
3.6
65% Recommend to a Friend
62% Approve of CEO

Found 5,221 of over 6K reviews

3.6
65%
Recommend to a Friend
62%
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Shoppers Drug Mart President Mike Motz (no image)
Mike Motz
1,226 Ratings

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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

Pros
  • "one of the best things about working at shoppers drug mart is the flexible hours and the people you work with(in 240 reviews)
  • "Fun and there are great people(in 232 reviews)
  • "Helping the community through my work in the pharmacy was very rewarding and the staff was friendly(in 220 reviews)
  • "great coworkers that make the environment fun and enjoyable(in 173 reviews)
  • "Good Benefits and discount(in 159 reviews)
Cons
  • "low pay; you will not have a raise unless you applied for a higher position..(in 304 reviews)
  • "poor management has lead to cranky customers and a too much theft(in 219 reviews)
  • "If you have a bad manager you will know more than her and she will complain that you didn't have time to clean.(in 114 reviews)
  • "more and more work to do with low salary(in 90 reviews)
  • "Minimum wage not worth it often(in 83 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Good hours

    Feb 7, 2023 - Cashier 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good hours, healthy work life

    Cons

    Sometimes high volume of customers around holidays

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  2. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Store manager

    Apr 30, 2023 - Front Store Manager in Toronto, KS
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Store discount Bonuses Paid conferences

    Cons

    Labor challenges Sales targets High shrink

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  4. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    shoppers drug mart

    Apr 19, 2023 - Assitant Manager in Ottawa, IL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good discount and vacation time

    Cons

    they want too much done with not enough time to do it

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  5. 2.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    work-life balance not worth low pay

    Feb 20, 2023 - Produce Clerk in College Park, MD
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    job is easy and coworkers are nice

    Cons

    a little messy but the amount of days per week you have to work is not worth the low pay and you get very few hours starting out like even for part time standards.

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  6. 4.0
    Former Employee

    :)

    Dec 5, 2022 - Pharmacy Assistant 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - 30% off discount for every employee

    Cons

    - Pharmacy was understaffed most of the time, and things were quite rushed - Didn't get proper training and had to figure lots of things out myself

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  7. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Good

    Oct 11, 2022 - Internship 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Excellent environment to work in

    Cons

    Lots of employee turnover throughout the years.

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  8. 5.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    Experience

    Oct 3, 2022 - Merchandiser 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Lovely people and environment to work in

    Cons

    No downsides at Shoppers Drug Mart!

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  9. 5.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    good vibe and friendly environment

    Sep 29, 2022 - Cashier 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    good vibe and friendly environment

    Cons

    no flexibly no moving up space

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  10. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Professional job

    Aug 2, 2022 - Cashier Manager 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    This company is much better and really good environment.

    Cons

    They already doing great 👍

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  11. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Good as a part time job

    Mar 1, 2022 - Sales Associate/Cashier 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - slightly flexible - good part time job - good benefits and discounts - easy job - good work enviorment

    Cons

    - be prepared to get yelled at by customers because cooperation enforces us to make them use self-checkouts - has to have a certain percentage of self-checkout users while your working or you get written up - Gets boring sometimes because they just want you to stand around watching customers use the self checkout long story short - self checkouts

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Shoppers Drug Mart has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 5,513 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at Shoppers Drug Mart to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Shoppers Drug Mart employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Shoppers Drug Mart. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

65% of Shoppers Drug Mart employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Shoppers Drug Mart 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Shoppers Drug Mart to be career development, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be culture, management, compensation.

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