good for students only - Beauty Advisor Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
Sep 20, 2010
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Pros

Very reasonable about scheduling around your classes if you're in college. Managers give lots of feedback on your performance so you're never left wondering how you're doing.

Cons

No opportunity for career advancement. Some of my co-workers had been working there for over 5 years, knew the store in and out, and yet when an assistant manager left they brought in some one who had never worked at a Walgreens to replace him instead of promoting from within. In order to get full-time benefits you need to work an average of at least 32 hours. My store would purposefully schedule people for 30 hours so they could still be considered just a part-timer and avoid giving benefits. Walgreens is known for being open 24/7, 365 days a year. All employees were required to work two major holidays, without any extra pay. Come on Walgreens, even McDonald's has holiday pay!

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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.

2.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Gave me decent pay. Bought us little gifts and food at holidays.

Cons

Gave away one of my paychecks to another employee and refused to reimburse me because of issues with "their bank." My RxM created a hostile work environment showing clear favoritism for employees. Eventually, HR got involved, and I was no longer scheduled with him. I did not ask for this change, and actively resented it, because now I had fewer hours, meaning less pay on top of the $500 corporate had already stolen from me. They had no interest in training me or anyone else to become certified as promised. Over and over again, they hired people, ran out the time on their licenses, and let techs choose between paying to get certified elsewhere, or losing their jobs. The only thing Walgreens was passionate about was convincing patients that they couldn't even provide their regular medications to get vaccines. Often unneeded. The "patient care" calls are blatant and illegal marketing for vaccines, since Walgreens makes it next to impossible for a patient to opt out of it. I would NEVER get my medications here after seeing how poorly everything is managed, how unethical company policies and patient health were regarded, and how mistreated the staff were.

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