Walgreens Employee Reviews

Working in the pharmacy was quite the learning experience. Pretty much all of the training is on the job and you just learn by doing and asking questions. If you need to learn differently, then this job is not for you. You can be understaffed a lot which gets a lot of patients angry with you not realizing how many tasks you have to keep tabs on. There are rarely any moments to breathe between tasks but usually your coworkers are very supportive and understanding because no one else will be. Prepare to have no energy after a shift.

Pros

flexible availability

Cons

worst combination of retail and healthcare, underpaid

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Used to be fun now its not

Store Manager (Current Employee) - Minneapolis, MN - June 8, 2023

Budget cut backs, pay isn't keeping up with industry standards so it's very hard to hire people and then keep people. A lot of micromanagement technology and not allowed to get creative anymore

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Has some nice co-workers that care.

Customer Service Associate (Former Employee) - Polk County, FL - June 8, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Its alright but if you get a bad manger or a bad team. You might as well apply somewhere else before they fire you anyway.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Horrible management. Horrible training. Lazy coworkers.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Terrible. Hardly any accountability. Management slacks off especially store managers.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Stressful, hectic, unfufilling.

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Its a good work space but management has favoritism’s

Customer Service Representative (Former Employee) - Carolina, PR - June 8, 2023

Its a great job and fairly easy. But the favoritism is off the chart. It has a lot of good benefits. And its not worth it if you aren’t a full time employee.

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good management

Pharmacy Technician (Current Employee) - Hopkins, MN - June 8, 2023

great team but management needs to do better. people are generally nice and good pay for a store. also patients are kind but not all the time. other than that i enjoyed the experience

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Not a good place to work.

Cashier (Former Employee) - Radcliff, KY - June 8, 2023

The manager was very childish and showed favoritism to some employees. It was extremely hard to work there if you were not in the clique. If you were new and had to ask questions you were treated like you were stupid. It was hard to get anyone to help when it was busy. The shift leads were not helpful most were on a power trip

Pros

Helping customers

Cons

Too many to mention

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Demands.aren’t able to be met so to corporate not giving stores enough hours for the duty they want

Customer Service Associate (Former Employee) - Colorado Springs, CO - June 7, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Not one thing, they treat associates like garbage , horrible company to work for.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Not allowing more hours supposedly for associates to clean stock, etc. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Nobody cared about employees or doing tasks properly. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Cleaning up after other associates and finishing what they couldn’t and not being able to do your own tasks.

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Coworkers are wonderful but company needs work

Certified Pharmacy Technician (Former Employee) - Fort Worth, TX - June 7, 2023

I enjoyed my time at Walgreens due to my former coworkers and had many positions become available to me while working here. Although something this company taught me is that you will ALWAYS be replaceable. This company has shown me time and time again that they don’t really care about their employees, just metrics! At the end of the day, You are just a number to them so don’t expect too much :) Glad I got some experience before I left!

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Nice staff

Associate (Former Employee) - Yucca Valley, CA - June 7, 2023

Work was easy. Staff was nice. Onboarding and training was easy with the right person as always. A lot of smiling faces. The positive attitudes are amazing

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okay part time job

Pharmacy Technician (Former Employee) - Gilbert, AZ - June 7, 2023

the style of work is actually alright, but jesus if ur a drama queen this is the place for you. only good for people 18 or under- dont waste your time if you want to build a career. hospitals look down on drugstore positions even if you’re in the pharmacy unfortunately.

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Eh

Cashier (Former Employee) - Waterford, MI - June 7, 2023

It’s ok. Management listens to concerns. Good hours. Dealing with people needing their medication and not being able to get it can be hard to watch! But over all like it

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fair

Healthcare Advisor (Former Employee) - Kearny, NJ - June 7, 2023

work was fair. We helped member with med rec, immunizations. I felt like we did good work helping the elderly. only con is that management kept changing what we needed to do, and cut the contracts short.

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rewarding but challenging

Pharmacy Technician (Former Employee) - Quincy, MA - June 7, 2023

high stress working environment. However, there is an incredible breadth of opportunity to learn new things and take on new challenges. Champions also generally has an encouraging culture, and people work together collaboratively to solve problems and help each other.

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Easy going job

Customer Service Associate (Former Employee) - Winston-Salem, NC - June 7, 2023

Cross-trained around the store . Management was very nice and flexible . Great place to grow in career opportunities. It could be slow paced sometimes but during weekends and especially holidays, very busy .

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A very good place, location and atmosphere to be connected to the community.

Cashier/Customer Service (Former Employee) - Thousand Oaks, CA - June 7, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Close to home and good management.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I had no stress. Very nice. Patrons nice as well as people I worked with.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Comfortable, relaxed and helpful.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Comfortable, relaxed and grateful.

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Great company , easy and fun

Sales Associate (Former Employee) - Virginia - June 7, 2023

easy fun company to work for , nothing difficult except they want you to clean bathrooms at the end of the night. Good Management and co workers are helpful

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Unorganized

Shift Lead (Former Employee) - Indianapolis, IN - June 6, 2023

Very unorganized and hard to get questions answered or any training from management. Pay was decent, but it was high stress position and on your feet constantly.

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It's a great experience and you can go a long way.

Customer Service Associate/Cashier (Current Employee) - La brea and beach inglewood - June 6, 2023

What is the best part of working at Walgreens?The staff is very nice and helpfulWhat is the most stressful part about working at Walgreens?When it's time to do resets, if one becomes a shift lead then that's more work that has to be completed in a timely manner.What is the work environment and culture like at Walgreens?It a miv culture and the environment is ok the customers will be difficult most times , everyone is suffering with high stress levels, but never be afraid to call a manager in a difficult situation.What is a typical day like for you at Walgreens?I close, my hours are 430pm til 1015pm. There is a lot of people walking in and just walking out with merchandise. Never approach them. Let them go. My goal is to just complete my shift

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Hard work ,chaotic

Pharmacist (Current Employee) - Tampa, FL - June 6, 2023

Too many tasks and staff doesn't prioritize customers as they should. Too many phone calls to make each day. The front store doesn't back up pharmacy like there suppose to.

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Great first job

Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) (Current Employee) - Middletown, DE - June 6, 2023

Honestly where I’m at now it’s like a family in the pharmacy we stick up for each other it’s a great first job to start off with Iv been with Walgreens for a few years I started as a CSA now I’m a ChPT and I really do love it, the customers though I don’t like that part some are very nice most are not. But you can’t like everyone in this world.

Pros

Great coworker

Cons

Benefits

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Great coworkers but would not work for the company ever again.

Pharmacy Technician (Former Employee) - Chicago, IL - June 6, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?I was lucky to work for a really good pharmacist, but management above him was awful. I was very unexpressed with Walgreens as an employer. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?I worked with some lovely pharmacy techs. My co-workers were so young with little work experience, I don’t think they even know how much Walgreens takes advantage of them. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Walgreens pharmacy is all about making money. What is a typical day like for you at the company?You’re worked your butt off from sign on to sign off. You could take a lunch but it was unpaid. They did not encourage paid breaks.

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