training grounds - Pharmacy Technician Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Feb 17, 2016
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Pros

*good employees at the store level *good opportunity to learn by hands on (sink or swim) *get the experience/license then find a real tech job.

Cons

*middle management is crap, worried about their KPI numbers rather then the customer. *unsafe work environment-every one is a trainee but 1 tech. so not enough experience. *understaffed, undertrained, underpaid, over stressed work environment. *double check your meds if you fill with them.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

The management is accommodating and doesn't ask of to much.

Cons

At one point the heat was out during the winter, but i'll say that this was only for about a week.

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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