Power is the death sentence to the retail trade. - Pharmascist Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
Apr 9, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

balance sheet. and many locations. Through name recognitiion and convience of so many locations. WAG has grown into a conglomerate with the ability to be force to be reckoned with. If a PBMs' reimbursment rate is to low, wag simply stops participating with them and waits for their clients to complain wag is not a participating pharmacy. Their technical expertise has always been on the leading edge. from satelites to electric staplers. They cannot be beat for trying.

Cons

corporate greed. glorified dollar store. Due to the ability of all their IT work they are now able to change the way retail does business. instead of making their robotics and workflow relieve the pharmaicist for other duties which might empower the role of the profession in the community. they use it to reduce the number of pharmacists to save money. NICE!

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Work with your schedule if you are in school.

Cons

Low pay. I need to be able to multitask, run the cash register, and operate the Photo Booth lab at a fast pace.

3.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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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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