Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,092 total reviews)
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Mike Motz

24% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,092 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 6, 2016

Hell on earth

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible shift options, overtime available. Coworkers are wonderful and good people who work hard for the most part, except for the new people they keep hiring when the good ones leave.

Cons

Mandatory overtime required and sick time taken if you can't with the required hours. No work/life balance. No time off given for family matters, appointments, etc without accruing attendance points and verbal warnings. Nepotism, favoritism, annual raises based on basic things that anyone can acheive, so there is no motivation to work above and beyond because the raise barely covers increase in cost of living anyways whether you barely know your job or bust your butt. They hire idiots. They work their food employees to death and pay seasoned employees less than new hires after a pay structure change, which they refuse to do anything about. Took our bonuses only to give them to the CEOs only going forward. Morale is awful. Building is falling apart, no hot water in ladies room which they refuse to fix, dirty break room, overcrowded, unorganized, managers are untrained and can't even help the employees and give clear directions. Constant stress with no room for growth.

3.0
Jan 4, 2016

Shift lead

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work with great people and job security is awesome with the ability to transfer to any store in the us

Cons

Compensation for work required is terrible along with terrible work/home balance

3.0
Jan 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working in digital. Ability to actually ship features and enhancements on a regular basis. Highly talented UX team, who advocates for customer-first approach. Agile methodology. Exposure to cutting edge digital technologies. Great experience for short-term tour of duty, 18 months to 4 years depending on your team and manager. Ability to acquire in-depth understanding of retail business, pharmacy and health-care industry---core industries that will be around and are green pastures because of transformations due to telemedicine, digital in health and more. Top fortune company. Well-known brand. Now a global brand with opportunities to influence work streams with global counterparts.

Cons

Leadership focus is on moving the revenue needle and driving cost savings. Very poor talent management and no clear pathway for career development, even when demonstrating performance results, thought leadership and direct/indirect leadership of teams and others. Meritocracy is an illusion.... Dramatic changes in digital leadership and management. President/CMO and her EVP responsible for eCommerce, both digital and mobile, have departed. At least 15 digital leaders at Director level and above have left the company, and key digital talent at Sr. Manager and Manager bands who actually executed work have left. Recent IT lay-offs. Expect more attrition (bonuses have paid out) and some people to be managed out. Lack of diversity in senior leadership and management-level opportunities. This is typical and not too different from most fortune companies

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