Great Place to Work - Senior Pharmacy Technician Walgreens Employee Review

5.0
Jun 27, 2009
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Pros

I started with Walgreens three years ago as a cashier. Three months later, I was promoted to photo specialist and got a dollar raise. Once I learned photo, sometimes they would rotate me working in the front or in cosmetics. I liked the change of pace. Then 6 months later, I became a pharmacy technician and got a three dollar raise. Pharmacy was a bit more difficult, but once you master the computer system (after about three months) it's really not that hard of a job. A year later, I became a Sr. Pharmacy Technician and got another raise of two dollars. Walgreens gives you lots of opportunity if you're a hard worker.

Cons

Sometimes it seems that Walgreens managers and CEOs care more about their customers than their employees. In the pharmacy, I've experienced some of the meanest customers ever. They are allowed to cuss at us and everything, and we are not allowed to ban them or kick them out. But I guess that's why Walgreens is so competitive.

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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
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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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