not a good company to work for anymore, got too big too fast - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Aug 26, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Got paid decently for my job. Didn't have to work a ton of overtime. Worked for and with some great people.

Cons

Used to be one of the last big companies that actually had work/life balance. In the last 5 years with all the acquisitions and changes in management/lay-offs, it has become a circus. The systems are outdated because the investment in that was obviously not a priority. Benefits have deteriorated, I might as well have bought my own health insurance. There are way too many layers and "towers" of management at corporate. No one knows what anyone does there anymore and who to go to to get any information.

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5.0
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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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