Is Walgreens a good company to work for?

Walgreens has an overall rating of 3.0 out of 5, based on over 38,543 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 34% of employees would recommend working at Walgreens to a friend and 24% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Walgreens have been left by employees working as Pharmacy Technician Intern , Clinical Pharmacist and Internship .

Does Walgreens pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Walgreens employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Walgreens. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Walgreens?

34% of Walgreens employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Walgreens 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Walgreens?

Pharmacy Technician (4094) , Customer Service Associate (1986) , Certified Pharmacy Technician (1618) , Shift Lead (1596) , Cashier (1359) , Pharmacist (1158) , Store Manager (1075) , Customer Service Representative (822) , Shift Leader (736) , Sales Associate/Cashier (677) , Sales Associate (595) , CSA - Customer Service Associate (594) , Assistant Manager (576) , Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician (510) , Pharmacy Manager (466)

What are the pros of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits but they were changing these as I was leaving not sure they are still good." ((in 1828 reviews)); "It is great for people who enjoy multitasking and some of the people who work there can be pretty great." ((in 1412 reviews)); "I was lucky and had great pharmacists and coworkers who made the job feel easier." ((in 1341 reviews)); "Hours are flexible and it is a pretty easy job once you get the hang of things." ((in 1190 reviews)); "The best reason for working here was flexible schedules and you had an annual raise depending on your performance." ((in 604 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Also very low pay and you won't receive your pay raise even when promised after the one year mark." ((in 2433 reviews)); "Poor management some associates basically ran the store because the managers can't seem to do their jobs!" ((in 1932 reviews)); "Bad managers will just make it seem like a job you have to make money." ((in 955 reviews)); "Poor upper management and no desire to invest in the company" ((in 518 reviews)); "back hurts leg hurts draining no work life balance not worth the stress for the pay" ((in 482 reviews))

What are employees saying about Walgreens layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Walgreens layoffs and their outlook for job security at Walgreens in 2026.

What Walgreens locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Rosenberg , Huntington Beach , East Brunswick , Yorktown , Columbus , Pekin , Maricopa , Delaware , Corona , King of Prussia

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Walgreens reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(37,055 total reviews)

Mike Motz

24% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Career opportunities

2.8

Culture & values

2.8

Work/Life balance

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Senior management

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,055 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Walgreens employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

37K reviews

4.0

Oct 10, 2008

Lots of room to improve

Pharmacist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good technology, the processing system is the best and constantly evolving. A lot of good people work for the company. Good money but not great, and you work for it.

Cons

Effective training is nonexistent. It always gets down to on-the-job. Older stores are in wretched shape-- after a few years the facilities are ghetto. Every communication from management, no matter how nicely the words say it, boils down to four things: 1. Do more 2. Do it faster 3. Do it with less help and 4. Do it perfectly because you might kill someone. Finally, pharmacists should never, ever have to answer to a non-pharmacist regarding the pharmacist's professional judgment.

4.0

Oct 6, 2008

You make good money, but you really work for it

Pharmacist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It has good benefits, and the salary is good. They actually do promote from within. If you're not lazy or dumb you can usually move up at least a step or two.

Cons

they work you HARD. Work is almost always a zoo, and now they're talking about cutting hours even more.

4.0

Oct 5, 2008

Walgreens, better than most.

Pharmacy manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job Security. This is a company mostly run by pharmacists. Walgreens does pay very well. We tend to have the most advanced software in the pharmacy world. Pharmacists are treated very well.

Cons

Poor decisions made by upper level staff that doesnt make sense in a real world situation but looks good on paper. Upper level management tends to make decisions that do not really fit or work in a real world situation. This is a true cooporation in which the problem lies with cutting you hours, getting more work, then getting asked why the work isnt done. Treat non-pharmacy employees like pawns.

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