Walgreens reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(37,058 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 37,058 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
4.0
Mar 10, 2026

Not bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Always have Overtime available if you want or need

Cons

If you have a close family death they won't hold your job for long

2.0
Mar 9, 2026

Don't recommend

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The positives: you can take vacation throughout the year, you're given maternity/paternity leave, 4% match on 401k, and student loan match if you're under contributing to 401k due to loan debt * Culture-wise (neutral to negative feedback): * Most everyone has been employed for 10+ years, several with 15-20 years (results in a lot of people stuck in their ways or have lack of ambition to move the needle) To be clear, I said 4/5 stars on work life balance because the company is stagnated, doesn't innovate and lacks ambition and so you can take a good chunk of time off because there's a lack of drive. If you're cool with being stuck at an underpaid salary with little ambitions then this company is for you)

Cons

* Made me pay for packaging to return my laptop ($27 per laptop w/ approved courier Fedex) * Underpaid considering market value and contribution to the company and given minimal merit bonus each year (0-4%) * Bonus didn't pay out for 2 years due to company's crappy performance. They paid out 1 of those years but used a different name with conditional terms that you stay until the end of they new fiscal year (bonus is for the prior year so this was not a bonus) * Great company for stagnation and lack of growth opportunities. Likely your great ideas will be shot down when you pitch them just to be picked up by leadership in the future and handed to someone else for completing and taking credit * Difficult to contact HR upon departure from company; I needed f/u on underpayment of frozen PTO and it was a painful multi-week process * "FTO" but leadership tells you to use the PTO accrual equation to determine how much max time you should take yearly * Antiquated technology and processes * Health insurance is slightly more than average expensive * Company shut down all opportunity for internal remote candidates to move around/up in the company, making all roles hybrid or in person. I saw several roles sit vacant because of this policy when internal people were interested and qualified. * Some title promotions were made without the qualifications or demonstrated responsibilities typically required, which diluted the role’s value for peers who had already been performing at that level. * 4 changes in direct management over 5 years, tons of restructuring, and major layoffs at least 4 of those 5 years which included teams around me in corporate not just pharmacy and store level staff

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