Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,157 total reviews)
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24% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,157 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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1.0
Dec 6, 2012

life has gotten much worse with ownership by walgreens

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Pros

1) its a job 2) the long time drugstore employees are a really smart, passionate group of people who get no credit for that from the current employers

Cons

Walgreens is bound and determined to treat their online entities the same as their retail stores. 1) The review process has questions and ratings directly tied to retail store jobs/KPI's - and are so structured there's not a lot of room to detail accomplishments unique to online. 2) Goals for some groups are absolutely incompatible with management's stated desires, and in fact the word 'management' is used very loosely. Most of them who want to stay on are working hard to ingratiate themselves with Walgreens execs, and either avoid giving straight answers to questions, provide little to no guidance or outright lie to employees. 3) On the other hand, and detrimentally, Chicago management has gotten very involved in day to day life and they absolutely do not get online retailing. drugstore.com is hemorrhaging resources as more and more find better salary and move to companies that understand the online space. 4) Additionally, health benefits have tanked in comparison to the market, and there is no longer a good work life balance (one VP said they 'didn't believe in working from home' like its a mythical creature. 5) So between only average pay, reduced benefits, shoddy management, little work-life balance and a not terribly bright future (which looks like merging walgreens.com and drugstore.com) there isn't much to reccommend in a city that also has Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Expedia, et al

2.0
Oct 23, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-A pro for an employee could be that constant delegation (read: avoiding work) by managerial staff will allow you to earn the experience necessary to get a better job/pay...with a different company. -A pro if you're a HS grad who is not looking to go to college. stick it out for a decade or two, and you can guarantee job security, schedule flexibility, decent benefits. -if you're a store manager with 15+ years with the company, you can stop worrying about performing. -if you're a woman who knows how to flirt a little, there's plenty of leniency

Cons

-favoritism (let your imagination fill in the gaps here) -lack of opportunities/promotions (even assistant managers could verify that the only clear way to get promoted was to switch stores/ regions/ companies). -Managerial staff inept at handling schedules, promotions, and even customer complaints. -pervert/creepy managers looking to advance their collection of NSFW photos against company rules/regulations. -if you're male, then expect to be forced to handle all stocking/loading/unloading/replenishing for all departments in addition to your own duties (more an issue of favoritism and not gender inequality).

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