Overall, good company to work for - Head Photo Specialist Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Jun 29, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are awesome, including the benefit for a hassle free transfer to any store in the country that has a position open. The profit sharing package, for the last 3 years, for every dollar you put in, Walgreens has matched it with a $3 deposit. Fully vested after 6 years. Open Door Policy, you can go to any manager at any time for any issue. Despite what other disgruntled employees tell you, there is promotion potential for hard working, driven, and positive employees. 6 paid sick days a year (full time only). Flexibility with scheduling, generally management is willing to work with you on various things, 2nd job, babysitters, ect...

Cons

Well, unless you are management, the hourly starting wages are kind of on the low side. Lots of manual labor, even for management at the store level. Stressful dealings with customers. Sometimes ad items are out of stock or ring at the wrong price, sometimes making customers angry. We are open 365 days a year, so someone gets stuck working all of the holidays. In most of the stores, you cannot take vacation in November and December. January thru April are a slow time for retail, some hours may get cut. Sometimes you may be expected to do more work than you can physically handle.

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5.0
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Pros

Consistent work, as well as good coworkers.

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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