Avoid. - Shift Lead Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Feb 28, 2024
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Pros

Best pay I have received in my career so far, PTO, inclusion of a virtual insurance option is nice

Cons

Upper management has no idea what they are doing, they signed a contract with a bank for millions of dollars for a credit card that no one wants because the APR is trash. Not to mention it is PREDATORY because the customer base, sorry, "patient" base is mostly elderly. Because the upper management made poor decisions, our jobs are threatened because we don't "ask every customer" to go into debt for their prescriptions, overworked pharmacy workers, overworked front end leadership, micromanagement to the extreme, limited insurance options to chose from from 2023 to 2024 (BCBS that isn't virtual isn't offered to Shift Leads but may be offered to SM or above which is bad), every six month appraisals based on a scale of 1 being the worst and 5 the best but if you ever earn a 4, your district manager will adjust your score so you look worse and you won't get more of a pay raise (why my former SM left).

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Was always able to work with my on my schedule and was always a reliable workplace little surprises

Cons

My area had a lot of scary stuff happen and a lot of time I was at the front all alone just left me feeling unsafe at times as a teen.

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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