Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,164 total reviews)
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24% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,164 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Walgreens employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Nov 14, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

+ Good pay for the work + Solid benefits + Good work/life balance; I was never bothered on my days off and never expected to work an open to close. In fact, they have a policy where if you work past 10 hours in a day, you automatically get overtime pay for the day. As someone who was stuck at work all day after co-workers called out and the store manager refused to come in, that's a big plus. + They have a process for everything you do in-store, but unlike most places I've worked the processes actually make good sense and are not overly complicated. + I know this is more subjective, but the store manager and DM I worked with were both really great people to work for. I had a medical emergency around Christmas of 2016 (just a month and a half after I started) and missed almost a week of work; they were both extremely helpful throughout, working with me on my schedule and making sure I had someone else in the store in case I had another issue until I was okay. Most places I've worked wouldn't go to that length.

Cons

- It's a customer service job, with all the cons that brings. Some customers can be really difficult, but nothing too far out of the ordinary. - I dislike the management dress code for men; it's a dress shirt with tie and vest. I understand you want your management to look professional, but you also have to think about being practical, and unloading a 400+ piece truck in a shirt and tie is not really fun. Even if you had the option of wearing a store polo on truck days, that'd be super great.

2.0
Nov 7, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Literally nothing you can't get anywhere else.

Cons

Chaos, management that does not stand up for its employees, leadership that is threatened easily by anyone with ideas on how to improve. They penalize good employees for minor mistakes yet allow bad employees to take advantage for years before finally reviewing for termination. And the worst? TERRIBLE health insurance options! You're a health care COMPANY. And the best you can offer people is a plan with a $2,000 deductible and $6500 maximum out of pocket? How are people who make $30,000 a year supposed to afford that? Greedy.

1.0
Nov 6, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pros of this companies are your associates on a longitudinal level. The lowest paid workers are the backbone and success of this company. They are not compensated for their good work. There are superiors such as select store managers that are good-natured and good-hearted. The lower level employee is what makes this company its best.

Cons

I've been with this company for three years and they keep cutting back on staff/technicians as well as pharmacist coverage. This is an attempt to cut back and become more like CVS. Obviously this company aims to not take care of patients and ultimately have pharmacists transfer out to competitors because they don't have time to deliver a standard of care. Not to mention, Walgreens pays $15,000 less for pharmacists. Compare to competitors, they also operate at 1/2 as much tech and pharmacist coverage. This company does not provide the tools for pharmacists to succeed and your superiors are not even pharmacists. So, you aren't even able to communicate and have your needs. There is not follow through.

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