A great position can be a double edged sword - Corporate Merchandiser Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Apr 3, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Walgreens provided fair compensation, great benefits, and made the transition from store level to corporate very smooth for me. I had to leave the merchandiser position for personal reasons, but would have loved to stay in the position were it more conducive to me getting things in my personal life accomplished.

Cons

Merchandisers lead a very lonely life and have the added expense of some sanity and personal freedom. The hours are great, the job can be exciting and challenging, but I know that for me, two years was all I could muster. I need to have some sort of personal support network, and the lack of it was detrimental to me. The position is very wearing on the emotions and the physical if you don't set aside time for yourself to reconnect with family and friends and take care of your own needs as well as the needs of the position.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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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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