One of the worst companies I've ever worked at - Senior Financial Analyst Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Sep 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Some good/smart/caring people still work here, but they are completely unrewarded despite carrying the company on their back.

Cons

- Terrible culture - in my first two weeks, two people independently came up to me and advised me that this is the worst company to work for and they'd be surprised if I lasted a year before quitting. I should have believed them. - Low pay - hasn't kept up with any sort of inflation and merit increases are not based on performance. - Top Heavy structure - way too many Directors/ Sr. Directors squabbling over fiefdoms creating meaningless work for everyone else and taking home the majority of the comp. First step management should do is streamline the whole corp leadership by having a few really good people responsible for much wider areas. - Poor benefits - Company given laptop/equipment is laughably bad. They tried to give me an obviously used and not cleaned headset when I started. These cost like $20 - the fact that they're trying to save money by re-using these is indicative of a lot of other issues the company faces.

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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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