Used to be good, getting worse every day - Marketing Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Feb 22, 2024
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Pros

Fair base pay, extremely smart/passionate/capable working teams, solid work/life balance.

Cons

Current leadership has lost the plot. People are leaving en masse and morale is at an all-time low: - 3 rounds of major layoffs since May: zero job security - Last year saw 0% bonuses/raises despite increased expectations - Employees are blamed for sub-par performance, despite the real cause: leadership's lack of direction/strategy and poor financial decisions - Layoffs resulted in new, non-sensical team organizations and majorly effected IT and road-mapping that we need to compete in the marketplace - New team leaders appointed as "yes" people - lack of functional knowledge leaves working teams with no support from above - Culture is shifting to "do as your told" model- strategic thinking is viewed as a challenge to leadership - Leadership unable to prioritize effectively-- efforts/resources aren't focused where they will drive the most business impact - Only notable move from new CEO is 3-day forced return to office mandate to "improve collaboration" (backed by zero data, just desperate deflect the board from real problems)

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Work with your schedule if you are in school.

Cons

Low pay. I need to be able to multitask, run the cash register, and operate the Photo Booth lab at a fast pace.

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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