Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,084 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 37,084 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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2.0
Aug 2, 2010
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Walgreens was a great place to work...about 2 years ago. I started Walgreens while in school and worked as a photo tech part time. I stopped going to school and was offered the SIMS coordinator full time position, to which I accepted and began learning more about the store and the company. I felt very confident in my growing knowledge there and began to see a future with the company. My managers were helpful and most I enjoyed being around. I decided I wanted to look into the management program last year, and that's where it all went downhill...

Cons

I was given an interview with another store manager that you have to get through to interview with the district manager. The interview went very well, and she told my store manager that she would definitely be passing me on to the district manager. The problem is that literally a week or two after the interview, they announced the new Store Team Lead position. All SIMS coordinators would be shifted to the STL position, which is essential management duty, but for at least $6 less an hour than MGTs. I do the same exact work as an MGT(clearly more than the lazy MGT at my store), but I get paid far less. This has been the biggest slap in the face I could expect. I used to see a future with Walgreens, but they continue to make cuts and I don't see them ever promoting any STL's to MGT anytime soon; why would they?

5.0
Aug 2, 2010

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Anonymous employee
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Pros

flexibility staff relationship with store staff pay benefits scholarship program

Cons

budget cuts busy shifts post grad hours

2.0
Aug 1, 2010
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Pros

Payday. I say that because I can work my tail off and get great complements form management and peers but if you don't kiss up they pass you over for any advancement.

Cons

The Management lies to you and says everything is rosy (when it's not). CCR is an expensive mistake. They are isolating the long time customers. There is no real increase in sales at the stores that have CCR. How long will it take to get the investment back? Our sales are dropping like a rock. The stock is dropping also. My advice is to take a long look at the price of WAG stock before you buy. If you bought it 10 years ago you would of had 0 gain and lost much of your initial investment. Management does not keep valuable employees. Since they have to keep the share holders happy and balance the books with the expensive CCR fiasco, they look around for someone to lay off. They've been hiring off shore workers from India and we have train them. After a few weeks of this the long time loyal Walgreen employees get their job eliminated.

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