Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,103 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 37,103 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
2.0
Sep 17, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

There are opportunities to be involved from the ground up in one of the most visited websites in the world (400th). Walg has instant name recognition natoinally, if not internationally.

Cons

Business stakeholders are privileged, old guard and are not in touch with usability. "Agile," as elsewhere, does not mean scalable, it means bare-knuckled hurry up and get it out there - or else. There is consequently no deep understanding of process, because you have to care deeply about your web product to develop a process that truly (and not just in name) enables quality workmanship. The business analysis component is in disarray. This follows, since this function, at core, is ideally an arm of business strategy. Those close to the stakeholder side of the house will find stakeholders largely undisciplined ideators who don't understand the process of evaluating and implementing an idea - and then evaluating the implemented idea. They are driven by arbitrary timelines that, if accomplished, mean bonuses. The timelines have no relationship to the real time it takes to deliver a quality product. There is no UAT. Usabliity testing is in its infancy, although the shop has state-of-the-art equipment to accomplish this.

2.0
Aug 4, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The money was pretty good for my first Job out of college. I aced the interview and was offered the job before I graduated from College, it was unexpected but I was so excited I took the job. Learned everything there is to know about retail and how to deal with people face to face and how to get others to follow your directions. It also gave me a very strong work ethic, because there is no way a "Manager can be late or call out EVER" I really needed that experience though.

Cons

THe schedule was miserable especially if you have a family or any kind of social life period. I didn't realize how depressed I was until I found a regular 8-5 job and off on weekends. I feel like I have my life back now. I Never got recognition or praise, was very micro managed and given a list to accomplish every night while running the pharmacy, front of the store and closing the store all by myself. VERY STRESSFUL!!!!!

1.0
Apr 1, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Reasonable salary. Able to purchase merchandise at cost.

Cons

Inadequate training. Unreasonable expectations. Unprofessional and uneducated senior managers. Poor capacity planning for distribution centers. Inadequate technology and support systems. People are treated very poorly. Senior managers lack integrity.

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