Not What It Used To Be... - Store Manager Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Oct 7, 2010
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Pros

The Walgreens retirement plan called Profit Sharing offers a guaranteed 2 to 1 match...one of the best plans out there/

Cons

Walgreens has changed over the years and not for the better. As store manager, 70+ hours a week was a norm simply because the majority of each day was spent as a pharmacy technician, not managing the store. "Rewiring" was meant to take work out of stores to equal the reduction of the workforce but that never occurred. Work would be done to meet the satisfaction of our District Manager but would have to be changed if a visit from the Regional Vice President was possible (a lot of times, projects would be changed back to what they originally were...busywork). Store managers are not given the proper manpower to manage a store.

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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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