Good people. Overworked. - Shift Lead Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Sep 28, 2021
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Pros

Most coworkers are honest. They also work hard and seem to care about standards that Walgreens policies tell us to follow. Store manager is very detail oriented. Management is open to giving you honest feedback.

Cons

My hours are totally random. I have no idea when I will be working 2 weeks from now. We're very understaffed. We're borrowing managers and cashiers from other stores because we can't find people to work for us. It reflects that we are underpaid.

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5.0
Feb 25, 2026
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Pros

Worked well with my school schedule Friendly coworkers Supportive in growth in other departments

Cons

I don’t have any cons, I enjoyed this job.

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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