Walgreens reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(37,042 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 37,042 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
Oct 6, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefits - insurance offered but fairly bad coverage, good employee discount, decent financial investment benefits, good learning opportunities, ability to grow with the market (although if now in a good growing market your screwed). Learning and licensing in RX. Lucky to be in a good CL store, and get to learn from some of the best, but it all depends on the store and leadership.

Cons

Stores are so micro-managed corporate makes it hard to get anything done. Hours are ridiculously tight and pay has been slashed so much that good new employees are a rare commodity. Their re-structuring, aka, job slashing has been a low blow to those who have stuck with the company for years. Good managers have been screwed out of wages and positions and forced to leave or face a huge pay cut. Shift leads are expected to pick up the slack for $5 less an hour.

2.0
Sep 23, 2013

Walgreens Experience

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Large stable company that is a Fortune 40 company with an eye towards going global.

Cons

1.) Old guard management that was generally promoted from within, has been replaced with aggressive outsiders that have literally caused a mass exodus of very-very talented people. 2.) A much ballyhooed GPS (Grow Perform Succeed) system that is supposed to be a tool for yearly reviews, bonuses etc, has turned into a laughing stock that is highly ridiculed silently by rank and file employees. 3.) An outsourcing agreement with TCS and IBM that threatens all remaining IT workers.

2.0
Jun 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Work-life balance definitely a plus. 2. Easy to be seen as a rock-star with very little effort or if you just don't care. Think Peter Gibbons in Office Space.

Cons

1. Benefits are horrible. 2. Matching 401k is low, and doesn't kick in until you've put in a year of service. 3. Culture is definitely geared towards brick-and-mortar stores and not the online space. 4. Walgreens IT is running the show, but they don't have a clue. 5. Unilateral decisions are made across the board without input from people who actually understand issues or have insight to potential issues that could happen. 6. Too many self-declared 'experts' who think they have all the answers, but in reality... 7. Move to PTO time off has short-changed employees. 8. Paraphrasing a quote from a development director: "Building software to 'change the world' is a very Northwest attitude. In the Midwest [Walgreens headquarters] it's about keeping the status quo."

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