Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,097 total reviews)
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24% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,097 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Walgreens employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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37K reviews
2.0
Oct 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Intercomm plus computer system is very easy to use, and does allow you to do more with less time. It also has many safeguards to prevent errors. The Rx supervisor and district manager are both pharmacists in my district, which means (in theory) they are more in touch with how a pharmacy works.

Cons

Walgreens has clearly embraced the attitude that pharmacists are no longer in demand, so its time to treat them as if they are disposable. They cut the technician budget to a level that makes it impossible to operate. My pharmacy has many days with no technician at all (just a pharmacist, all day). Bless the managers hearts for trying to help, but they aren't experienced technicians and they have their own jobs to do. On top of it all, you get mass daily emails telling you what you're not doing right. You need to check more prescriptions for other stores, you aren't doing enough flu shots, your average wait time was greater than 15 minutes last week (Now that you have laid off my only technician, you care about wait times?) The company comes up with ill-formed policies to save money. E.g in WA state we dont take new medicaid patients (only exising). Except for some cases where we should accept these patients, but its a long and time-consuming process to by-pass the system block. How is this saving money if the pharmacist has to spend 30 minutes on hold with the walgreens help desk? For stores with the "9am to 9pm" schedule, there are no breaks. There's not enough pharmacist overlap, and 2 days out of the week there is just one pharmacist working a 12 hour shift. And with no technician it makes it really difficult to even quickly shovel some food in your mouth. Even if you try to come to work every day motivated and with a positive attitude, and you love being as retail pharmacist (as I do!) this company really wears on you.

4.0
Oct 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Walgreens treats their employees with respect, and integrity. You can easily move up as a technician, as long as you know how to do your job correctly. They even pay for your training to become certified!

Cons

They do budget cuts quarterly! Which can really affect you. Also, you work in a limited amount of space... with 5, 6, 7+ people at a time.. so if you don't care too much for a coworker.. you have to suck it up because there is no where to go!

3.0
Oct 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

It is a very friendly and welcoming environment for any new hires. It pays decent salary for entry level manager( Around $42k) which is very good compared to other entry level retailers. It is a very organized management structure at the company.

Cons

Not a ideal job for a career minded person. There just three level of management in the store which is Assistant manager, Executive manager and Store Manager. After then it will probably take 15 years or more to get promote.Average salary for a store manager is around 65k and it takes at least 6 years to become a store manager.

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