Assistant Manager Overview - Assistant Manager-Walgreens Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Feb 6, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is the only positive part of the job.

Cons

This is a good job right out of college while you are searching for a career. Moving up in this company is extremely political. The company expects your complete devotion and all of your free time; getting a hair cut or going to the doctor's office is nearly impossible. The benefits are okay. The people you manage are high school kids that hide in the break room or stock room. Not only must your run the store floor but, you are expected to assist in the pharmacy as needed. This company definitely has a good ol'boy system.

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Cons

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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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