Completely stressful and always unappreciated - Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Jun 22, 2017
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Pros

You get a 15% discount on in store purchases. The health insurance was fairly good and the prescription insurance was great

Cons

There is no work-life balance. You are expected to stay late and come in early. Unappreciated by management. Very stressful work environment.

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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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