Pros
Awesome profit sharing plan. They have 7000 plus stores so you can pretty much work anywhere in the country. Good job for a college student or just out of college that wants to gain experience in a retail environment. Decent pay compared to other retailers. Meeting and getting to know customers and forming a bond with the employees.
Cons
Never been with a company with cliques like Walgreens. Promotions based on who you know/friends than on actual work. Open door policy is a joke. Cut backs. If they cut any more hours, there would no one at the store. Pharmacy is the bread and butter of the company yet they cut hours in pharmacy and throughout the store constantly. The company has completely abandoned it's values like the 4 way test and truly helping customers all in the name of making a buck. Corporate greed is apparent. Customers are just sales and that's it. Pushing flu shots like its candy to everyone is not my idea of customer service. Even with all the cutbacks, restructuring store employees (MGT to STL what the hell is that?), reduced benefits (Insurance), the company's stock price is still tanking. With a low stock price all that does is create more cutbacks which in turn lowers morale and customer service, which in turn lowers sales and stock price. It's a vicious cycle that repeats itself. Absolutely no work life balance! A 40 hour work week feels like 60 hours because of the schedule. Work all holidays, closing mostly every night and opening a few days. Want to spend time with the family? Too bad you gotta work. Wanna watch the game on SundaY? Sorry. Wanna eat Thanksgiving and Christmas with your kids? Nope. You work mostly every weekend and you get random days off during the week when normal people work so you still have no life.
