Does Walgreens pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Walgreens employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Walgreens. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Walgreens?

33% of Walgreens employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Walgreens 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Walgreens?

Pharmacy Technician (4111) , Customer Service Associate (1988) , Certified Pharmacy Technician (1619) , Shift Lead (1600) , Cashier (1360) , Pharmacist (1159) , Store Manager (1078) , Customer Service Representative (823) , Shift Leader (738) , Sales Associate/Cashier (680) , Sales Associate (596) , CSA - Customer Service Associate (595) , Assistant Manager (577) , Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician (511) , Pharmacy Manager (468)

What are the pros of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits but they were changing these as I was leaving not sure they are still good." ((in 1844 reviews)); "It is great for people who enjoy multitasking and some of the people who work there can be pretty great." ((in 1417 reviews)); "I was lucky and had great pharmacists and coworkers who made the job feel easier." ((in 1289 reviews)); "Hours are flexible and it is a pretty easy job once you get the hang of things." ((in 1185 reviews)); "Flexible scheduling since it's difficult to work as a nurse practitioner and have hourly and not salaried positions." ((in 623 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Also very low pay and you won't receive your pay raise even when promised after the one year mark." ((in 2424 reviews)); "Poor management some associates basically ran the store because the managers can't seem to do their jobs!" ((in 1952 reviews)); "Bad managers will just make it seem like a job you have to make money." ((in 956 reviews)); "Poor upper management and no desire to invest in the company" ((in 528 reviews)); "back hurts leg hurts draining no work life balance not worth the stress for the pay" ((in 488 reviews))

What are employees saying about Walgreens layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Walgreens layoffs and their outlook for job security at Walgreens in 2026.

Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,128 total reviews)

Mike Motz

23% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

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Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,128 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).

Reviews by job title

37K reviews

2.0

May 3, 2017

Fast pace pharmacy, not enough help

Certified pharmacy technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

For the most part everyone there works as a team.

Cons

They've reduced their staff a lot since 2011. Used to have 5 technicians working throughout the day now they have 2-3. Their pay is not competitive. It's basically based on whether the manager likes you enough to give you a raise. The upper management doesn't doesn't actually care to help their employees. Benefits are bad.

3.0

Apr 24, 2017

They need to work with the people they already have....

Shift lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, can be a fun place to work, very flexible with scheduling as far as needs for school or whatnot,

Cons

Lack of accountability as far as employees that don't work get away with everything. The employees that work hard and show up everyday get written up for the smallest things. I've been with the company coming up on 6 years and about to leave the company all together because I'm not making any money and the chance of be getting to the next level of management (ASM-T/ASM) seem to be getting less likely to happen. They don't fully train new employees before just putting them out on the floor or registers making it difficult for them to know what they are doing. That also makes lines backup and customers experience not so great. I've seen them take people off the street and put them straight to ASM-T (example one girl was hired from a coffee shop because it was to stressful there. She worked less than a week and never came back. Also kept a set of keys to the store). Where I've been working my tail off for that promotion for years and still get no further training and no advice on how to get there.

3.0

Apr 23, 2017

Horrible management

Customer service associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

same customers, 30 minute break, decent pay

Cons

scheduled the same hours everyday, company doesn't care about employees

Walgreens Response

9y

Thanks for posting. We’ll be sure the right people know about this so they can take a closer look.

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