Fast paced, work here only if you have prior experience and enjoy retail environment - Certified Pharmacy Technician Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Feb 24, 2009
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Pros

Walgreens is a stable, mature company with opportunity to transfer anywhere in the country. If you have plans to work as a pharmacist with them, they compensate part of your pharmacy school tutition.

Cons

The workload is very high, there is hardly enough time to get everything accomplished, customers refusing to cooperate slow down the workflow , insurance issues are complex and hard to understand until significant time is spent on the job

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5.0
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Pros

Opportunity for advancement, engaging supportive environment

Cons

Expectation unattainable at times with lack of resources and communication from too many fields

3.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Can be a fun environment. All in whom your staff is. Operating photo was fun and building projects for the customers. Learning about pharmacy operations.

Cons

Work life balance and low pay for what is expected. Not having enough payroll to effectively run a store. My store ran FE on a 320 hour a week budget. That was barely enough to get buy and meet the expectations put out by the company. I was never able to keep a full leadership staff. When a leader called out, I had to stay. There were days I was called away from my own dinner table. SM's were forced to be in the pharmacy for more than half of their day regardless as to what is happening in the FE. I worked over 50 hours a week and barely got to spend time with my family. If I wasn't at the store I was getting a phone call and having to go back to the store.

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