Walgreens reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(37,041 total reviews)
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Mike Motz

26% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,041 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
3.0
Feb 20, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Well, this company is very helpful and has a good future because it runs on a debt free company that does not owe too much money. Job security is the best reason to work for this company because it is a pharmancy retailer and the government will help out to make sure that it does whatever it can so it can keep running and making prescriptions for customers. It is a company with many stores and is continuing to open more every single year. Overall this is a pretty good company to work for and Walgreens will be around for a long while.

Cons

Some of the downsides of working in walgreens is that there are not alot of people around to help you complete your tasks. There are also too many outs in the store that leaves many customers unsatisfied with the products that are not in the shelf that were advertised on the ad. Managers alot of the times need to be overpaid stockers as their primary job because the company does not hire people for solely stocking perposes. Hours can be as early as 4 pm and as late as evening for some stores and 24 hours for others. The are open 365 days a year.

3.0
Feb 17, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay is alright, and it is nice that that the company is growing so the stores are becoming closer and closer to everyone. Both my store manager and district manager are nice hard working guys, so that makes work a little easier. My favorite thing about working for Walgreens was the overtime, but corporate just did away with that. My coworkers are fun and make work go by fast most of the time. All of the mgt's at my store look out for each other when it comes to covering shifts and stuff of that nature. Upward mobility seems possible, which is why im still with them after 18 months.

Cons

the hours are kinda rough, retail hours can have you working til 11 one night, only to be back in the store at 7am. the 90 year old customers that frequent the store are annoying as hell, but i guess that is common for retail. Resets are a pain, and are given to us way to frequently. checking in vendors is also a pain, b/c none of them even make an effort to put their products up right, or in a timely fashion. I also hate giving refunds to people who over half the time dont even have their receipt.

5.0
Feb 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I enjoy the active and exciting place where the work you do on a day to day basis, is both noticed and important.

Cons

Even after a year I still struggle with "retail" hours, especially at a 24 hour store.

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