Great company that has undergone so much change the past several years. Good and bad. - Assistant Store Manager In Training Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
Jan 30, 2015
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Pros

Good experience to start career. Professionally I've learned and grown so much. 4 % matched profit sharing and 10% discount on stock purchase program, good dividends. Great people to learn from.

Cons

Big emphasis on company values, customer care principles, upselling at register, salutations like "Be Well " are all mandatory and enforced. This can be strange, cultish and dehumanizing. They have undergone a corporate restructuring that has taken away budgets, eliminated jobs, and raised standards and responsibilities resulting in a workforce that is spread very thin. Work life balance not good. Schedule all over the place. Mornings, mid shifts, evening shifts, even overnights. Health insurance is expensive.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

At one point the heat was out during the winter, but i'll say that this was only for about a week.

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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