Walgreens reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(37,036 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 37,036 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
5.0
Oct 21, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Walgreen's has a wonderful work environment and employes a wide variety of people. I have never felt unwelcome there and have always had fun while working at all of the stores I have been to. There are ample opportunities to move up in the company; from within your home store to all over the country, Walgreen's has many job choices. The idea at Walgeen's is that it is okay to have fun at work so long as the customer leaves happy and maintaining relationships with the customer is very important. I think that anyone could be happy working there if they enjoy people's company and focus on making people happy.

Cons

The management is often not very experienced and they have a lot of turnover as management transfers or moves up, so they don't really get a lot of experience dealing with situations and policies. Also, a full-time workweek is only 30 hours, so you have to fill in at another store (which is easy to do with so many around) or hope someone calls in if you need more hours than that.

1.0
Oct 20, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can move around the country and still stay with Wlagreen

Cons

1)Bad upper management.2) The loss prevention people treat you like a criminal. 3) They make you work very hard for the money.4) Lack of support and help from the District Office. 4) You cannot wear any lapel pin (not even a pink ribbon for Breast Cancer support, or the American Flag).5) They are good at making the pharmacy a chop-shop meaning you have to process 60 to 70 Rxs an hr without adequate help:They are setting you up to kill some unfortunate patient!!!!.

4.0
Oct 17, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Walgreen Drug Stores inc has good pay (for management). The benefits package is generally outstanding, especially the prescription insurance (we are the nation's largest pharmacy) and the 401 (k) match (no one at wag ever says 401k; it's always referred to as "profit sharing")There are fairly decent opportunities for advancement, though this can depend quite a bit on the market you work in. If you are willing to work hard and make influential friends, you will probably become a store manger someday. I personally like the variety of tasks that I get to perform at my job, butthat's just me.

Cons

The hours for salaried management can be absolutely brutal, especially as variuos holiday seasons approach. Working six long days a week is not unusual, and seems to be more and more regular the longer I work there. The lack of formal training you receive on a variety of necessary duties is a sore spot. The same job title at 2 different stores can seem to be two wildly different jobs, depending on the whims of your particular store manager. You can be transferred between stores with just days notice, even if the two stores are 30 miles apart. Unless you want to transfer to be closer to your house. Then you're out of luck.

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