Good for Entry-Level and Entry-Level Pay - Photo Specialist Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
Oct 29, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Had no experience and they taught me, one of my first jobs.

Cons

School for Pharmacy Technician and never gave me a chance to work in the Pharmacy even after getting my Pharmacy Technician Trainee Certificate and it expired after 6 months. I left because I wasn't given the opportunity to learn and continue with a career and was stuck in a customer service/photo specialist position after 3 years. The raise I was received was only 25cents, a slap in the face, each raise per year. I am a hard worker and exceeded the expectations on my performance reviews but only receive 25cents. All employees from the non-management side were given 25cent raises. Some employees were there over 10 years.

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Pros

Scheduling, and small team. Easy work.

Cons

Sometimes you have to come in after hours. Not much.

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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