From Sales to Shift Lead, Corporate is Killing Us - Shift Lead Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
Apr 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Worked with a great team, but obviously that varies by store. That's really all I can think of, problems are not with my managers, but the higher ups.

Cons

Besides the obvious (customers- retail is retail) corporate is slowly kill us off. We've faced increasing hour cuts over the last year, and now shifts are so thin that we can barely get anything done. It's killing everyone, people are leaving because it's just not worth it anymore.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Opportunity for advancement, engaging supportive environment

Cons

Expectation unattainable at times with lack of resources and communication from too many fields

2.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Gave me decent pay. Bought us little gifts and food at holidays.

Cons

Gave away one of my paychecks to another employee and refused to reimburse me because of issues with "their bank." My RxM created a hostile work environment showing clear favoritism for employees. Eventually, HR got involved, and I was no longer scheduled with him. I did not ask for this change, and actively resented it, because now I had fewer hours, meaning less pay on top of the $500 corporate had already stolen from me. They had no interest in training me or anyone else to become certified as promised. Over and over again, they hired people, ran out the time on their licenses, and let techs choose between paying to get certified elsewhere, or losing their jobs. The only thing Walgreens was passionate about was convincing patients that they couldn't even provide their regular medications to get vaccines. Often unneeded. The "patient care" calls are blatant and illegal marketing for vaccines, since Walgreens makes it next to impossible for a patient to opt out of it. I would NEVER get my medications here after seeing how poorly everything is managed, how unethical company policies and patient health were regarded, and how mistreated the staff were.

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