Not a family oriented company - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Sep 12, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Schedule is somewhat flexible. Actual work is not hard and doesn't require much cognitive thinking. Opportunity to meet all sorts of people.

Cons

Not a family oriented company. If you step-down because of family issues, such as kids, daycare etc. Don't every expect to be promoted back into management. Most of the district and store managers do not have kids and do not understand the sacrifices that sometimes have to be made in order to raise your family. They often try to relate to your situation by saying they understand bc they have dogs. Sorry but dogs cannot be compared to kids, which goes to show they have no understanding of family.

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Pros

Was always able to work with my on my schedule and was always a reliable workplace little surprises

Cons

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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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