In retail, Walgreens is one of the better places to work. - Assistant Manager Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
May 7, 2009
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Pros

Great benifit packages, profit sharing is the best. Promotion potential is fairly good, and store managers are all promoted from within. Pay is about on par with the industry. It is a clean, and relatively safe environment to work in. There are always changes and new things to learn, as well as chalenges to overcome

Cons

Lots of rules that don't apply to everyone all the time. expect to work most weekends, evenings and holidays. Lots of decisions made at district level, but store personnel still responsible for the implementation and outcome. Communication from upper management involves much propeganda about how great everything is.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Was always able to work with my on my schedule and was always a reliable workplace little surprises

Cons

My area had a lot of scary stuff happen and a lot of time I was at the front all alone just left me feeling unsafe at times as a teen.

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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