not a good company to work for anymore, got too big too fast - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Aug 26, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Got paid decently for my job. Didn't have to work a ton of overtime. Worked for and with some great people.

Cons

Used to be one of the last big companies that actually had work/life balance. In the last 5 years with all the acquisitions and changes in management/lay-offs, it has become a circus. The systems are outdated because the investment in that was obviously not a priority. Benefits have deteriorated, I might as well have bought my own health insurance. There are way too many layers and "towers" of management at corporate. No one knows what anyone does there anymore and who to go to to get any information.

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Pros

The management is accommodating and doesn't ask of to much.

Cons

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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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