Walgreens reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(37,055 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 37,055 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
1.0
Jan 7, 2010

Upper Management doesn't have a clue

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great Staff can get along great with fellow employees Employee Discount Working with certain pharmacists can be great. Willing to Work with School Schedule

Cons

Upper management doesn't have a clue, simply cuts hours not realizing that it's simply not going to work. Upper management doesn't care about you all they care about is numbers.

3.0
Jan 7, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I have worked in other retail chains before and Walgreens does pay above average. Good profit sharing plan, 10% discount on stock purchases. Part timers get holiday pay also. If you hang in there you can promote to store manager.

Cons

Starting pay for a store manager isn't that great. Just a few more $k above and EXA. Bonuses can be large (7k to 45k). They are open on ALL holidays. A 24hr store is open 24/7 ALL year. Hard to balance work and life. As an mgt or an EXA you can get transfered anywhere without any say-so. If a store is down the street from you, it is too close. You will get transfered 40 miles away. I am told that this is dew to exposing assistant mgrs to different management styles. Thats fine, but when 2 EXAs got promoted last year they had only worked in ONE store. Hmmmm.... And, it seems that only EXAs with degrees are getting promoted. Thats fine too, but Walgreens should have some form of tution reimbursement plan.

2.0
Dec 29, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Decent competitive pay, Dental and Health insurance, 401k. Some employees are nice to work with. Management usually is eager to help you learn more about the company.

Cons

No personal life! Work odd hours for example 7am-3pm or 3pm-1130pm. Mostly night shifts as an Assistant. The majority of customers are cranky elderly people that are extremely rude. Competition for the next promotion is very high and can lead to backstabbing by other Assistants.

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