Hell on earth - Pharmacy Technician Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Jan 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible shift options, overtime available. Coworkers are wonderful and good people who work hard for the most part, except for the new people they keep hiring when the good ones leave.

Cons

Mandatory overtime required and sick time taken if you can't with the required hours. No work/life balance. No time off given for family matters, appointments, etc without accruing attendance points and verbal warnings. Nepotism, favoritism, annual raises based on basic things that anyone can acheive, so there is no motivation to work above and beyond because the raise barely covers increase in cost of living anyways whether you barely know your job or bust your butt. They hire idiots. They work their food employees to death and pay seasoned employees less than new hires after a pay structure change, which they refuse to do anything about. Took our bonuses only to give them to the CEOs only going forward. Morale is awful. Building is falling apart, no hot water in ladies room which they refuse to fix, dirty break room, overcrowded, unorganized, managers are untrained and can't even help the employees and give clear directions. Constant stress with no room for growth.

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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

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2.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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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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